Bowie Knife Fighting Tutorial | Complete BACKCUT FLOW | Master at Arms James Keating
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What if one of the most overlooked knife fighting techniques was actually one of the most devastating?
In this exclusive Tactical Tavern training session, legendary Master at Arms James Keating breaks down the Bowie Knife Backcut Flow—a method he has refined, taught, and championed since the 1990s. As one of the foremost authorities on Bowie knife combat and historical blade systems, Keating reveals how the backcut became one of the defining elements of his fighting methodology.
Tomas Alas traveled to train and document legendary martial artist and blade instructor James Keating as he teaches The Bowie knife Back Cut Flow for knife fighting rooted in historical combat and real-world combatives.
If you would like to learn from James Keating he offers group classes, private one on one instruction and seminars. Call 541-938-3451 or email here: comtech@bmi.net or message me on Facebook. Group classes held Every Saturday at 10am in Milton Freewater, Oregon (Call for details). For downloadable Home Training videos by James Keating please have a look here: https://jameskeatingscomtech.gumroad.com/
This is NOT flashy movie knife fighting.
This is a practical, battle-proven movement system rooted in historical Bowie knife combat that allows seamless transitions between offense, defense, cutting angles, and follow-up attacks.
For the first time ever, James Keating teaches this complete backcut flow exclusively on Tactical Tavern.
In this video you'll learn:
⚔️ The fundamentals of the Bowie Knife Backcut
⚔️ Why the backcut is often misunderstood
⚔️ How to generate cutting power from unconventional angles
⚔️ Fluid offensive and defensive transitions
⚔️ Historical Bowie knife applications
⚔️ Combat principles that made the Bowie knife feared throughout history
⚔️ Training concepts from one of the world's leading edged weapons instructors
Whether you're a martial artist, knife enthusiast, historian, collector, HEMA practitioner, survivalist, or student of edged weapon combat, this is a rare opportunity to learn directly from a true pioneer.
James Keating has spent decades preserving and advancing the art of Bowie knife combat. His influence can be seen throughout modern knife training, defensive tactics, and combative systems around the world.
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Have you ever trained the backcut?
Do you think it's one of the most effective Bowie knife techniques ever developed?
Let us know your thoughts.
???? LIKE the video if you want more training with James Keating.
???? SHARE this video with your training partners.
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This documentary-style episode explores the mindset, mechanics, and brutal efficiency behind classic Bowie knife fighting systems that influenced generations of martial artists, self-defense practitioners, and tactical instructors.
From edge alignment and close quarters movement to timing, positioning, and power generation, James Keating breaks down foundational Bowie knife concepts that still apply today.
Whether you’re into:
• Bowie knife fighting
• martial arts
• self defense
• tactical training
• knife combat
• combatives
• historical fighting systems
• Filipino martial arts
• HEMA
• edged weapon defense
• close quarters combat
• survival training
• EDC culture
• weapons history
• tactical gear
…this series is built for you.
This is more than a tutorial.
This is preserving a legacy.
⚔️ Subscribe to Tactical Tavern for martial arts documentaries, tactical gear reviews, knife content, self-defense training, and exclusive combat instruction.
In this exclusive Tactical Tavern training session, legendary Master at Arms James Keating breaks down the Bowie Knife Backcut Flow—a method he has refined, taught, and championed since the 1990s. As one of the foremost authorities on Bowie knife combat and historical blade systems, Keating reveals how the backcut became one of the defining elements of his fighting methodology.
Tomas Alas traveled to train and document legendary martial artist and blade instructor James Keating as he teaches The Bowie knife Back Cut Flow for knife fighting rooted in historical combat and real-world combatives.
If you would like to learn from James Keating he offers group classes, private one on one instruction and seminars. Call 541-938-3451 or email here: comtech@bmi.net or message me on Facebook. Group classes held Every Saturday at 10am in Milton Freewater, Oregon (Call for details). For downloadable Home Training videos by James Keating please have a look here: https://jameskeatingscomtech.gumroad.com/
This is NOT flashy movie knife fighting.
This is a practical, battle-proven movement system rooted in historical Bowie knife combat that allows seamless transitions between offense, defense, cutting angles, and follow-up attacks.
For the first time ever, James Keating teaches this complete backcut flow exclusively on Tactical Tavern.
In this video you'll learn:
⚔️ The fundamentals of the Bowie Knife Backcut
⚔️ Why the backcut is often misunderstood
⚔️ How to generate cutting power from unconventional angles
⚔️ Fluid offensive and defensive transitions
⚔️ Historical Bowie knife applications
⚔️ Combat principles that made the Bowie knife feared throughout history
⚔️ Training concepts from one of the world's leading edged weapons instructors
Whether you're a martial artist, knife enthusiast, historian, collector, HEMA practitioner, survivalist, or student of edged weapon combat, this is a rare opportunity to learn directly from a true pioneer.
James Keating has spent decades preserving and advancing the art of Bowie knife combat. His influence can be seen throughout modern knife training, defensive tactics, and combative systems around the world.
???? COMMENT BELOW ????
Have you ever trained the backcut?
Do you think it's one of the most effective Bowie knife techniques ever developed?
Let us know your thoughts.
???? LIKE the video if you want more training with James Keating.
???? SHARE this video with your training partners.
???? SUBSCRIBE and turn on notifications because we have even more exclusive James Keating content coming soon.
This documentary-style episode explores the mindset, mechanics, and brutal efficiency behind classic Bowie knife fighting systems that influenced generations of martial artists, self-defense practitioners, and tactical instructors.
From edge alignment and close quarters movement to timing, positioning, and power generation, James Keating breaks down foundational Bowie knife concepts that still apply today.
Whether you’re into:
• Bowie knife fighting
• martial arts
• self defense
• tactical training
• knife combat
• combatives
• historical fighting systems
• Filipino martial arts
• HEMA
• edged weapon defense
• close quarters combat
• survival training
• EDC culture
• weapons history
• tactical gear
…this series is built for you.
This is more than a tutorial.
This is preserving a legacy.
⚔️ Subscribe to Tactical Tavern for martial arts documentaries, tactical gear reviews, knife content, self-defense training, and exclusive combat instruction.