He was a great man who always respected our veterans trained often and helped me with my homework on occasion as I was growing up. A great roll model as my son bears his middle name and I thank him for all the time he invested in me as I grew into a man.
I’m proud to say I was Ron Meekins brother-in- law and knew him at a different level and not the Bando master he’s known for. Ron was a good friend and cared deeply about the well being of his family and friends. He is missed.
used to work in the afternoons with with Ron at the CCC . Always made me feel good even when things got rough. He was one of the kindest, smart and honest people with a great sense of humor. did not know he died. great loss ! Hope all the best to his family
Les Meekins, it is totally obvious that your brother knew what he was doing. I've known a few masters of a few different styles of martial arts and I've found that it's usually the ones you least expect that are the ones who are the most dangerous. I give much respect to anyone who uses a blade in combat. Anyone can pull a trigger, but it takes a true warrior to take on an enemy with only a blade. It's for that reason that I have so much respect for the Gurkha soldiers. They go into combat "often with only their Kukri" and emerge victorious. I've read stories of Gurkha soldiers sneaking into enemy camps at night armed only with their kukri and taking out an entire camp or just a couple people to let the enemy know who they're dealing with and sneaking out undetected. With that said, much respect to your brother, you're nephew Robert and yourself.
To just speak of the technique, I think it would be easy to miss the point a little. It isn't a block, it's an entry. Kukri needs to get "in" during the swing and check the blade as far up the staff as he can to shorten the lever. The student here starts out treating it like a static block but you can see he quickly learns that he needs to get in fast and starts moving up the staff closer and closer. Personally, I don;t like any of those classical blocks where your wrist is higher than your sword (or rattan or whatever). Feels weak, esp if someone is baseball swinging with a staff or club. I always feel like the blade would get knocked out of my hand. One thing to note though is that upside down block means your kukri doesn't wind up stick in the other guy's staff like a hatchet in a hickory tree. Probably a pretty important distinction if your kukri is all you have.
@sidifermo Your comments are completely out of line and hurtful. They are also directed toward a very good and talented human being who is no longer with us and cannot defend himself to the likes of you. You may very well be the "queen" Mary.
So from the looks of the video you use one hand for attack but you reinforce with your other hand to block? Do you cup your free hand over the end of the handle?
Allah!I knew it!:))I speak 4 languages.My english is not perfekt .I know.if you dont see i already make my skuse for my first coment!but you dont seen this you hurry to atack!Ok! go on!
used to work in the afternoons with with Ron at the CCC . Always made me feel good even when things got rough. He was one of the kindest, smart and honest people with a great sense of humor. did not know he died. great loss ! Hope all the best to his family
Hey man, I just wanted to say that your uncle is one hell of a man. I can honestly say that I would never want to make him mad at me. With that said, I would love to learn some Kukri fighting skills. I have always been fascinated with blades and especially the Katana and the Kukri due to their amazing strength and the tradition behind them. I recently purchased a Kukri from KHHI of Nepal that was designed for the Gurkha and British soldiers in Afghanistan and it should be here in a few days. I have some knowledge and skill with a knife and a Katana and I would love to learn to master a Kukri. I'm not sure if your uncle is still with us or not but please give him my respects either way.
He was a great man who always respected our veterans trained often and helped me with my homework on occasion as I was growing up. A great roll model as my son bears his middle name and I thank him for all the time he invested in me as I grew into a man.
I’m proud to say I was Ron Meekins brother-in- law and knew him at a different level and not the Bando master he’s known for. Ron was a good friend and cared deeply about the well being of his family and friends. He is missed.
used to work in the afternoons with with Ron at the CCC . Always made me feel good even when things got rough. He was one of the kindest, smart and honest people with a great sense of humor. did not know he died. great loss ! Hope all the best to his family
Les Meekins, it is totally obvious that your brother knew what he was doing. I've known a few masters of a few different styles of martial arts and I've found that it's usually the ones you least expect that are the ones who are the most dangerous. I give much respect to anyone who uses a blade in combat. Anyone can pull a trigger, but it takes a true warrior to take on an enemy with only a blade. It's for that reason that I have so much respect for the Gurkha soldiers. They go into combat "often with only their Kukri" and emerge victorious. I've read stories of Gurkha soldiers sneaking into enemy camps at night armed only with their kukri and taking out an entire camp or just a couple people to let the enemy know who they're dealing with and sneaking out undetected.
With that said, much respect to your brother, you're nephew Robert and yourself.
Thank you Les. I would love to be able to confront "sidifermo" in person to teach him some respect and common decency. We all miss Ron more every day.
To just speak of the technique, I think it would be easy to miss the point a little. It isn't a block, it's an entry. Kukri needs to get "in" during the swing and check the blade as far up the staff as he can to shorten the lever. The student here starts out treating it like a static block but you can see he quickly learns that he needs to get in fast and starts moving up the staff closer and closer.
Personally, I don;t like any of those classical blocks where your wrist is higher than your sword (or rattan or whatever). Feels weak, esp if someone is baseball swinging with a staff or club. I always feel like the blade would get knocked out of my hand.
One thing to note though is that upside down block means your kukri doesn't wind up stick in the other guy's staff like a hatchet in a hickory tree. Probably a pretty important distinction if your kukri is all you have.
@sidifermo
Your comments are completely out of line and hurtful. They are also directed toward a very good and talented human being who is no longer with us and cannot defend himself to the likes of you. You may very well be the "queen" Mary.
Hi Bob .
This is the nephew of Ron Meekins.
I use to train with Uncle Ron in Westminster all the time.
How can I get in contact with you ?
GOD Bless
@realityfighting Unfortunately Ron did pass away. He is missed.
Excactly. They can be a badass when they need to
what happened to this instructor? people speak of him as in past-tense. is he still teaching or did he pass away ?
So from the looks of the video you use one hand for attack but you reinforce with your other hand to block? Do you cup your free hand over the end of the handle?
Well.. I just feel bad reading this : /
i realy sorry for the death of this man!i didnt know obout this! i just coment the video!
which one is the kookie master?
Allah!I knew it!:))I speak 4 languages.My english is not perfekt .I know.if you dont see i already make my skuse for my first coment!but you dont seen this you hurry to atack!Ok! go on!
used to work in the afternoons with with Ron at the CCC . Always made me feel good even when things got rough. He was one of the kindest, smart and honest people with a great sense of humor. did not know he died. great loss ! Hope all the best to his family
Hi Bob .
This is the nephew of Ron Meekins.
I use to train with Uncle Ron in Westminster all the time.
How can I get in contact with you ?
GOD Bless
Hey man, I just wanted to say that your uncle is one hell of a man. I can honestly say that I would never want to make him mad at me. With that said, I would love to learn some Kukri fighting skills. I have always been fascinated with blades and especially the Katana and the Kukri due to their amazing strength and the tradition behind them. I recently purchased a Kukri from KHHI of Nepal that was designed for the Gurkha and British soldiers in Afghanistan and it should be here in a few days.
I have some knowledge and skill with a knife and a Katana and I would love to learn to master a Kukri.
I'm not sure if your uncle is still with us or not but please give him my respects either way.
Hey Phil.
I'm in Kuwait right now. you can send email.
robert.meekins777@gmail.com
Robert,
My email is BobMaxwell@mchsi.com
Bob Maxwell hello Mr. Maxwell. I’m in America now.