Who: GM Tony Somera and Master Joel Juanitas (both from Stockton, CA)

What: Bahala Na/Giron Arnis Escrima Martial Arts Seminar

When: Saturday, July 18, 2009 - 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Where: The Downtown Club at Houston Center - 1100 Caroline Street (top floor of the First City Tower...

*5th East Coast FMA Gathering*

This is an informal gathering of Kali Eskrima Arnis practitioners in Manhattan, to help build comraderie in the local FMA community and increase general awareness and appreciation of other FMA styles/systems. No fighting or Politics.

The gathering will be held...

Ok, first off, hi :)

As stated, this may sound quite wierd. The thing is this, once upon a time, when the internet was a wide, unexplored world for me I was in desperete need of a nick name. As I am a person with a fond liking of completly random stuff, I basically just threw a few letters into...

Is “KALI” appropriate to describe an indigenous blade based Filipino Martial Arts?

True blooded genuine Eskrimadores in the island Panay from the coastal plains to the hinterlands of Aklan, Capiz, Iloilo and Antique who are mostly if not all are World War II underground guerrilla fighters pitted...

Has anyone else heard of or trained with ray Floro?
I live in Sydney and have had over a dozen sessions with Ray in private lesson mode.
He is brilliant and opened my eyes to the beauty of simplifying martial arts in order to make them more functional.
Google Floro Fighting Systems for more info.

this weekend i was in washington dc, and a friend of mine showed me some videos by the dog brothers and their style of FMA.

i noticed that the style they developed is very much like true singko tiros arnis. i say "true" singko tiros, because there are so many people using this name to describe...

The Martial Games is a new era of tournament in the UK, and has been dubbed by some as "the Olympics for Martial Artists". With 24 areas running over the weekend it is set to be one of the most unique and slick tournaments ever to hit the UK and with an estimated 1000+ competitors it’s not one of...

Hello,

I would like to know if anyone is aware of any sites where I may download sword or knife templates. I would like to make a few training weapons but I really only have a few visual references to work from. Ideally I would like something I can print off and use to mark the steel.

Thanks...

Hi Everyone,
Would someone point me in the direction of a site or give me some information on what "pinky pinky" ( not sure how to spell it) is.I understand it relates to escrima martial arts.
Much appreciated for any help you can give me.

Cheers.
darky

Kuntaw Kali Kruzada workshop in Oakhurst, NJ

Instructor:

Datu Rich Acosta - Kuntaw Kali Kruzada Chief Instructor

Workshop will cover:

• Solo Baston
• Doble Baston