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This is a normal post For the 'bass drum'...
He's tapping his finger on the bottom of the bridge, *just* after strumming the chord. A bridge pick-up inside the ukulele will amplify that into a deep thump.

For the 'snare'... likely he's hitting the instrument with a fingernail as he strums on the offbeat, to give it that extra snap.
 (I helped save b3ta! spacehog, Mon 11 Jul 2011, 22:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post Can't see what exactly he is doing with the bass sound
but he is flicking before strumming, which is easier to see in this version.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHC4KjglouQ
 (I helped save b3ta! Holly Would long wheel based tranny, Mon 11 Jul 2011, 23:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post ah, nice find..
definite tapping on the bridge for the bass drum, with the 5th/4th finger.

this guy is really quite good.
 (I helped save b3ta! spacehog, Tue 12 Jul 2011, 1:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post naaa he's using his forearm to thump the main body for the bass
;)
 (I helped save b3ta! sPUNKer do your pictures for nothing get abuse for free, Tue 12 Jul 2011, 0:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post
Argh! Due to your winking smiley, I have no idea whether or not you are joking.

Regardless: watching the vid, there's not enough velocity in his smooth forearm action to create that. There's not even any forearm contact, clearly. A crafty tap of a finger-tip over the internal pick-up location though, is a different story...

Basically, the entire reason for the circular right-hand action during the bass-beat sections IS because he's hitting near the pick-up location, on the bridge, with his finger.

First time I saw that technique was Steve Knightley off of Show Of Hands, in the early 90's on a guitar, in an ex-church in Suffolk. He called it something clever in jest, at the time... can't remember now... oh crap. Something like "digital percussion" or something. Definitely involved the 'digital' pun anyhoos.

edit: upon closer inspection, i'd say he's using his pinky for the 'bass drum'. Nice technique.
 (I helped save b3ta! spacehog, Tue 12 Jul 2011, 1:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post Watching it again
I'd say it was his thumb (the inside not the nail as used for the 'snare') which connects above the strings. Allowing him to strum and hit the beat at the same time.
 (I helped save b3ta! Holly Would long wheel based tranny, Tue 12 Jul 2011, 8:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post ah yeah ok, you may have a point there

(I helped save b3ta! spacehog, Wed 13 Jul 2011, 20:23, , Reply)