Filipino Martial Art

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Sikaran is a distinct Filipino Martial Art focused heavily on foot fighting and played as a game by farmers inside circular arenas in the middle of rice fields. As Sikaran is a general term for ''kicking'' which is also used as the name of the kicking aspects of other Filipino Martial arts,...
Kali Ilustrisimo (also Kalis Ilustrisimo) is a blade-based Filipino Martial Art (Eskrima) founded by Antonio "Tatang" Ilustrisimo. The style has been in the Ilustrisimo family for over five generations and is based on traditional Filipino stick and sword methods. Referred to simply as "escrima"...

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Martial ArtSikaran is a distinct Filipino Martial Art focused heavily on foot fighting and played as a game by farmers inside circular arenas in the middle of rice fields. As Sikaran is a general term for ”kicking” which is also used ...
Martial ArtRemgio Amador Presas (December 19, 1936 – August 28, 2001) was the founder of Modern Arnis, a popular Filipino martial art. Born in the Philippines, he moved to the United States in the 1970s, where he taught his art via ...
Martial ArtKali Ilustrisimo (also Kalis Ilustrisimo) is a blade-based Filipino Martial Art (Eskrima) founded by Antonio “Tatang” Ilustrisimo. The style has been in the Ilustrisimo family for over five generations and is based on traditional Filipino stick and sword methods. Referred ...
Yaw-Yan, also called ”Sayaw ng Kamatayan” or “Dance of Death” is a Filipino martial art developed by Napoleon Fernandez. It is a form of kickboxing and resembles Muay Thai but differs in the hip-torquing motion as well as the downward-cutting ...
Arnis martial artsAn article describing the martial art of Kali
Martial ArtDoce Pares is a Filipino martial art that focuses on two stick fighting and later adopted the Balintawak style method of one Stick fighting. Magellan’s sword-wielding conquistadors fell to Datu Lapu-Lapu who used Eskrima to defeat the Spaniards at the ...
Arnis SticksIn Part 2 of this series, I am going to talk about my experience in the Filipino Martial Arts. The Filipino Martial Arts is known as Arnis / Kali / Escrima. Most all empty handed Martial Arts today seem as ...
Filipino martial arts is a term used to describe the numerous martial art forms that originated in the Philippines, similar to how Silat describes the martial arts practiced in Asia. Filipino martial arts include Panantukan (empty-handed techniques), Eskrima, Kali, Arnis ...
Balintawak, also known as Balintawak Eskrima or Balintawak Arnis, is a style of Filipino martial art developed by Venancio Bacon in the 1950s from earlier tutelage of Lorenzo Saavedra. It is named after Cebu City’s Balintawak Self Defense Club, where ...
Martial ArtInayan System of Eskrima is a complete martial combat system, founded by Mike Inay on the basis of a traditional martial art in the Philippines. Eskrima is a martial art and the national sport of the Philippines, with a very ...
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