filipino martial art

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Ladies!

Ladies!  You can see the entire series on youtube in 5 parts , called “Last Woman Standing -Kali, Filipino Martial Arts”  this is part 4 where the tournament starts, enjoy…

I think our female training partners already strike and defend a little tighter, and have a little more footwork, but I am biased, I think they’re great.  NONETHELESS, we will continue to train –  for personal development.

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THANKS!

Thanks to the family, friends, customers, and all who attended the talks given last night at the Bookstore. We got great information on health and fitness,

Bookstore (IBC)

Bookstore (IBC) (Photo credit: Arthur Pennant)

and on Self Defense for everyone.

We look forward to presenting in other venues.  Please contact the vendor to get the books on the suggested reading list:

STAND BY FOR A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW 🙂

Suggested Reading:

The Gift of Fear.  Gavin de Becker

Meditations On Violence.  Rory Miller

No Second Chance.  A Reality-Based Guide To Self Defense.  Mark Hatmaker

The Filipino Martial Arts As Taught By Dan Inosanto.  Dan Inosanto

Filipino Fighting Arts: Theory and Practice.  Mark V. Wiley

 

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“…only if you carry a stick around with you…”

English: Stick fighting is one of the most fam...

Stick fighting is one of the most famous parts of Eskrima, Filipino Martial Arts (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“Kali is only good if you carry a stick around with you.”  Gotta thank M.A. for mentioning that she heard this from someone in relation to Filipino Martial Arts Practice.

It’s a common comment from observers who see us clacking away or twirling and doing disarms.  It’s even a little more disappointing when you hear that it’s a Filipino who says it, after all, it is their native martial art.  I am not Filipino, but I am unapologetically biased for it.

So is the comment a valid point?

Hardly.  For one, it’s not a “stick” martial art, it’s a fighting art.  It encompasses weapons and more: matched and unmatched weapons, unarmed vs weapons, unarmed vs unarmed with striking and grappling, ground fighting, partner fighting and multiple opponents.

In my experience it’s one of the least segmented martial arts; one combative action may include a weapon for weapon counter, disarm, hand strikes, re-counter, kicking, joint lock, limb destruction, take-down to finish. You learn all this almost simultaneously.

Train TaeKwonDo and you’ll be kicking without learning take-downs anytime soon, take Jiu Jitsu and you won’t be learning punching that first month, take boxing and you won’t know what to do when someone bear hugs you, and on and on. Within a handful of classes my students are striking with and without weapons, kicking, locking, taking down.

A lot of us in FMA all do the same things, the differences are in training methods and order of instruction.   All in all I’d say that in ten FMA classes versus 10 classes of any other martial  art, you’ll know more, and you’ll understand that you don’t need to “carry a stick around with you!”