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Dec 16

The Worst Case Scenario in Stick Fighting – And How to Turn It to Your Advantage!

Attack is imminent, you're ready with a stick strategy – and then life gets in the way! As a practitioner of arnis—or any other...

Dec 2

The Untold Story of How Filipinos Fought and Won Using Pekiti Tirsia

Every traditional martial art exists in the present because at one time in the past, it was used successfully in battle.

Nov 25

Why This Filipino Fighting Style Has Taken the Martial Arts World by Storm!

Biceps, chamber, hip, point. Thrust, slash, cover. The rhythmic shouts come from a kali master instructor, and they’re echoed by hundreds...

Sep 9

Weaponize Your Structure: Limb Destruction From the Filipino Martial Arts

Anyone who’s been around the martial arts long enough no doubt has heard a certain boxing maxim: Make him miss and make him pay. That’s...

Aug 8

Cover Story Throwback: Remy Presas

The father of modern Arnis, Remy Presas taught thousands of students worldwide and was one of the first to spread the Filipino arts on a...

Aug 2

Celebrating the Rich Heritage of Filipino Martial Arts: “Legacy 11” a Gathering of FMA Masters

One of the most influential figures in the American FMA movement was the late Grandmaster Angel Cabales...

Jul 30

Leo Fong’s Winding Road to Wei Kuen Do

The only Asian on campus, he found himself surrounded by a group of students during recess. They began throwing racial slurs at the newcomer

Apr 19

Mastering Balintawak: The Legacy of Jemar Carcellar and the Art of Filipino Martial Arts

Growing up in Cebu City, Philippines, the heartland of Balintawak, Jemar Carcellar’s early life seems like a martial artist’s dream.

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