Bourne Ultimatium: What Martial Arts is he Matt Damon using?

The previews look good, but I'm wondering what Martial Arts is Matt using? Looks like some sort of Wing chun or Mauy Thai

Bourne Ultimatium: What Martial Arts is he Matt Damon using?
in the extras to one of the bourne movies he said he learned kali/escrima it does also look like krav maga which involves quick devastating blows and weapon defense and is an art used by some military branches


however like i said matt damon himself said kali.





kali is taught with sticks and knives however the same techniques with those weapons can still used without. along with strikes and weapons grappling/joint locks are also learned in kali. and is taught to the military in the philippines.





krav maga is a hybrid mix martial art using different techniques from different styles for self-defense and is taught no rules anything to survive(eye gouge, nut kicks etc) also focus on defending from guns, knives, and sticks and also using improvised weapons





now like most martial arts in hollywood its probably a mix of many different arts(hollywood fu) but mainly rooted with escrima





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escrima


http://www.history.com/minisite.do?conte...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krav_maga


http://www.history.com/minisite.do?conte...
Reply:Bourne-Ku-Do
Reply:Its not Muay thai for sure... I took it before. My guess is he is using a good mixture of martial arts and not one pure form.
Reply:dunno... i watched the movie today... i don't know much about martial arts, but there's a mix of everything, it's a more defensive type of fight, not offensive, like yudo
Reply:I think it's Kali (or Eskrima). It's a Filipino fighting style which evolved from stick or knife fighting for which the practicioners learn to fight either with sword (or stick) or with bare hands. I based my theory on the observation that Bourne hits his opponent with either the back of his hand or the 'heel' of his hand.... as opposed to hitting your opponent with knuckles like a boxer's punch. His hands were also held up close for defense and effecient on extremely closed quarter hand-to-hand combat with emphasis on strikes using the hands rather than feet. Check out the link below as it also featured a video clip of the style. You will notice that the fighting style is very identical to Jason Bourne's





Just my humble opinion as I could be wrong
Reply:Hollywood version
Reply:Its kick *** that's what it is.