Fighting with two plus opponents?

I have seen training a fighting style called "cheenadi" which is a local form of martial arts where


I live(Sri Lanka.. a south Asian country) by some of the villege boys and the question is


that when training this style they used to freely fight like in a death match but with


more than two opponents at least. For example if I am going to fight, then I should get


more than or at least two opponents to fight with. As I did a small background reading,


this style is a very ancient style of fighting used by the worriors in their history.


I should say that this is a very bruital form of fighting which does not have any rules for trainign


and with lot of grapling, stricking and ground fighting techniques. I just want to know whether it is more effective to


train like them ?(with more than one opponent like in Boxing or Karate).


The other thing is that these local groups do not teach anyone


who is an outsider to them and I cant get much detail from them.

Fighting with two plus opponents?
Sounds a bit like PENTJAK ADE or BUKULAN both of which are practiced through out south ASIA.Different areas would of course have different names due to linguistic expression.PENTJAK (without the ADE)is taught in the western world .





The 1st 2 are very secretive .If you do manage to recieve lessons come back and give us a run down.


good luck
Reply:MY SUGGESTION TO YOU IS TO FIND OTHERS IN THE ARTS WHO ARE WILLING TO HELP YOU IN YOUR TRAINING AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE TRAIN LONG AND TRAIN HARD THE MORE PEOPLE YOU FIGHT THE FASTER AND MORE ACCURATE YOU MUST BECOME YOUR CHI ! IS WAITING FOR YOU TO LEARN HIS DANCE!
Reply:In my classes I regularly train my students to defend against more than one attacker. In fact I have produced a grading syllabus that focuses on self defense against one or more than one attacker. To gain their belt they must survive for a certain amount of time (increases the more advanced they get) amongst other factors.





Sounds very interesting this ancient art, you would have to dedicate lots of time, which you would have to sacrifice a lot.





Good luck mate!
Reply:Did one of the practitioners of this art himself tell you that they don't teach outsiders?





Maybe you can show them that you are worthy... if this is what you really want!





Be persistent.





Insist that you really want to enhance your life with their cultural art.





Don't give up.
Reply:A relay good Martial Arts school can show you how to deal with multiple attackers. Taekwando, Karate, Wing Chun. are all useful tactics. Whatever the art at some level of training usually around the equivalent of black belt you should be learning strategies for dealing with more than one attacker.


A good self defense course should include some of these strategies as well.


An interesting project you are taking on.


Good luck
Reply:My Muay Thai instructor had myself and another girl in the ring with him at the same time. He kicked both of our butts at the same time. I'm sure it was ammusing to everyone who was watching.
Reply:I am unfamiliar with this art but it sounds interesting.


It would be great if you could find out more about it.





A pointer to the members here on multiple opponents,whenever possible find a wall.In these situations a wall is your friend.


Keeping your back to a wall can make all the difference as opponents are not able to attack from that direction.


A wall turns a 360 deg. fight into a 180 deg.(at best) fight.


This little piece of info may save your life one day.
Reply:This sounds like bullshido. Bring some of these village boys and we'll put that theory to the test.