In what style and/or training method do the Nepalese Gurkha soldiers train?

It sounds like that man got very lucky. Plus you have to remember that they were in a train. So only a limited number of attackers could come at him at once. Had there been more space, it would have been a different story. I'd like to think I could do the same in the same situation.

Gurkha Training

Uh it comes down to the soldiers. There are good and bad soldiers in every military. Just because you made it through basic training doesn't make you some kind of super soldier. Being born in a certain country does not make you a better soldier by default. There is a military skills event called the Sandhurst Competition. Since 2005 a Canadian team has won the competition five times. British three times. American once. Australian once. Most NATO countries have very similar training methods.

Don't know about the Bando connection, but from what I can gather, taekwondo was introduced to the Brigade of Gurkhas in 1970 through the British Forces Taekwondo Association (BFTA) in Hong Kong.

As for any sort of systematized, traditional Gurkha martial-arts training, this website (http://www.himalayan-imports.com/gurkha.html under the "Gurkha Training ??" heading) suggest that there is no such thing. The kukri is also said to fill the same role as a machete, where "... even in special forces operations, field knives are used 99-100% of the time for mundane tasks such as bush clearing, shelter buiding, firewood gathering, opening crates and cans, and as a pry bar."

Would be interesting to hear if anybody else has more info on this. I mean, this is one military force with one heck of a reputation...

A few years ago I saw a film on training the Nepalese Gurkha do. Some reminds me Of Taekwando. They also were training in knife drills mostly disarms in the clip I saw.

The thing I came away with was that Gurkha are trained like the Marines' used two in the 1940's.

Beond that Gurkha believe in death before dishonor and have been known to fight to the death. It is also their heritage to train constantly to be always ready.

Thanks that was truly inspirational and shows how one person can make a world of difference. It shows also how important it is to be prepared for the worst.

How important it is to stand up to thugs and evil. They is often weaker than we think.

We all owe that man for setting an example. We owe him to be at our best.

http://www.michaelyon-online.com/gurkha.htm

Realism is their martial art.

Nepal is their dojo. Nepal is arguably the most inhospitable region in the world.

Fitcomb claims to train Gurkhas and has a video on YouTube (not worth much but as you say there is a paucity of information regarding their training).

http://fitcomb.com/index.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay2z0FVECV4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k445F14ZjaI

That's a trip!