English | Xvid 512×384 29.97fps |  48000Hz stereo 102kbps | 2 hr 20 min | 1 GB

Karambit is one of the most awesome personal defense weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago. this video presents the history, training methods and other requisite skills in operating the Karambit.

A student of edged weapons since 1979 Steve Tarani trained extensively throughout the 1980′s in the Filipino weapons arts under the likes of Guro Ted Lucalucay and Grandmaster Giron resulting in his achievement of graduate instructor status in 1989 directly under Grandmaster Leovigildo Miguel Giron. Further research, training and investigation into various Japanese, Chinese, Burmese, Korean and other edged weapons systems led him to the masters of the Karambit hailing from the Indonesian Archipelago. About this same time Steve began formal training in the Malaysian and Indonesian weapon systems with his first Malaysian instructor Cibku Sulaimen Sharif.