fighting like the dark knight

**jlewin** · Posted On: 7/19/2008 7:13pm

Black Belt Magazine (I swear I don't normally read BBMag) did an article on the Keysi (sp?) Fighting Method (KFM) that supposedly Christian Bale and Heath Ledger trained in for work in Batman The Dark Knight. Does anyone have any experience with this training? They made it sound like realistic, no movement except one that is functional and practical type training. However from what it looks like in the movie it looks like typical Batman moves. Sweeping arm movements, lots of downward elbow strikes (good set up to shoot daggers from your forearm armour). Really cool hardcore Batman combat, but not really functional in my opinion. Just curious if KFM has popped up anywhere outside of Hollywood or if it is just a theatrical thing.

**marcell** · Posted On: 7/19/2008 7:18pm

This was posted already in YMAS, where it belongs.

***DerAuslander*** · Posted On: 7/19/2008 7:35pm

Saw this coming a mile away...

**DKJr** · Posted On: 7/19/2008 7:36pm

I swear I saw batman do an rnc...

**jlewin** · Posted On: 7/19/2008 7:42pm

yea i thought this might belong in YMAS but I didn't know enough about KFM so I wasn't sure. The new Batman franchise is great in my opinion, but I guess I wouldn't want to count on any of those moves myself

***DerAuslander*** · Posted On: 7/19/2008 7:46pm

He did an RNC to Dent when the Joker crashed the fundraiser.

**jlewin** · Posted On: 7/19/2008 9:47pm

that is true. I guess that is a great example of non-lethal real world application. knocking out your friends to save their life. i stand corrected.

***DerAuslander*** · Posted On: 7/19/2008 9:56pm

How often did your mother drop you on your head?

**EternalRage** · Posted On: 7/20/2008 12:13am

She used him as a basketball.

**KayRoc** · Posted On: 7/20/2008 12:33am

Originally Posted by Errant108

He did an RNC to Dent when the Joker crashed the fundraiser.

I jumped up in the theatre as it happened, and screamed ZHJIU ZHJITSUUUU!!! Jk, but it was pretty sweet, his form kinda sucked tho, too much forearm across the windpipe, IMO.