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Filipino Martial Arts

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Tags: self, defense, martial, arts, fighting, knife, combat, filipino, retirada

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Summary: Escrima, also spelled eskrima, refers to a class of Filipino martial arts that utilize sticks and swords as fighting instruments. Since the martial art was originally taught to villagers to defend themselves against foreign invaders and other villages, escrima fighting is traditionally simplified, with simple village folk physically or otherwise unable to learn complicated or flashy fighting arts. However, escrima fighting is not simple; in fact, beyond the basic skills lies a fighting art and a skill set that takes years and years to master.

In this free video series, our expert John Brown will teach you all about filipino martial arts. He'll teach you how to do retirada with follow ups, and how to fight with escrima sticks, and with short swords. He'll also teach you how to do knife thrusts including a knife thrust drill, a knife thrust feint, and various ways to disarm your knife bearing opponent. He'll teach you how to fight and defend at various ranges, close and long distance, and even how to switch between ranges!

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Expert: Instructor John Brown Jr( aka Jotunn) is a certified instructor in Yashai Warcraft under Guro Blaise Loong and has been fervently training FMA for many years with him. He is also ranked as Guro in Bahad Zubu Mangtas Baraw under Dakila Guro Yuli Romo. Master Yuli is a senior student of the late Tatang Illustrisimo and holds key knowledge regarding the warrior arts of the Philippine archipelago.

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