I can imagine this in a horror film. Someone walking down a dark alley. They hear a buzz and turn their head. Nothing. Continue walking, another buzz, this time closer. They look up. Nothing. Turn the corner and and this flying lawnmower comes down the street at 30MPH flipping around like a mechanized butterfly knife!!

The secret is to flip your butterfly knife around with your left hand, and then draw your pistol with your right while they're mesmerized.

Angelina Jolie's butterfly knife skills has been added as a related post - related requested by kulpims on that post.

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>> ^G-bar:

I can't even count the amount of WTFs here... is it the Grandma with the sunglasses on the side? is it the Obviously friendless brother that can wield a butterfly knife? is it the choreography?! It's amazing and WTF at the same time.
bravo for the find!


This is an independent nerdy film in the vein of Napoleon Dynamite waiting to happen. I already have back stories and a few scenes for every character in my head...it's amazing!

dude, she's holding it for him until he's done dancing with his sword-swinging sister while wielding a butterfly knife. get with the program.

I can't even count the amount of WTFs here... is it the Grandma with the sunglasses on the side? is it the Obviously friendless brother that can wield a butterfly knife? is it the choreography?! It's amazing and WTF at the same time.
bravo for the find!

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I'm sure he has burned himself many a time.

I can do this sort of thing with a butterfly knife and a thumb open knife. But not so flashy. \

Repetition makes any thing possible.

Good find.

Chinese Butterfly Knife = Huge fuckin' knife.

In reply to this comment by syncron:
My apologies, I just copied the title from YT. There, fixed.

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
Holy fail in the title.

Butterfly knife= foldable blade.

Hung ga= Chinese martial art.

More like "Huge fuckin knife vs. spear."

My apologies, I just copied the title from YT. There, fixed.

In reply to this comment by MarineGunrock:
Holy fail in the title.

Butterfly knife= foldable blade.

Hung ga= Chinese martial art.

More like "Huge fuckin knife vs. spear."

Butterfly knife= foldable blade.

Hung ga= Chinese martial art.

More like "Huge fuckin knife vs. spear."

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if you are facing a professionist, or anyone who is used to fighting, flying kicks are probably a dumb idea. But still, I bet a good part of the average street thug would still be impressed by something like that.

It's like someone playing with nunchucks (or butterfly knife) before using them: he's using them as intimidation.

I guess, if you want to take the chance that your opponent is easily impressed and isn't going to laugh at you while you flip in the air. Personally, I'd be somewhat relieved to see a person throw a flying kick, flip his nunchucks, or swing a butterfly knife. It tells me they're not ready to kick ass and take names for real. Flying kicks look silly and probably indicate that whoever's doing them actually might think that crap works, nunchucks are almost completely useless in a fight, and butterfly knives are inefficient fighting weapons compared with other knives (dangerous though all knives are).

And screwing around with any of those puts you at a momentary disadvantage. Hell, what happens if you do the kick and the guy rushes in while you're rotating in the air? Bad times.

I'm no badass, but if I were to get into a fight, I think a much safer and smarter course of action would be to put up your dukes, square your shoulders, and tuck your chin like a good boxer. Rear back for a huge right, and then when he reaches up to block, turn tail and run.