I had the privilege this weekend to be able to attend Guro Dan Inosanto’s seminar down in Newport News, VA at East Wind Academy of Martial Arts. Guro Norris Domangue and his crew hosted Guro Dan, his assistant Guro Joel and the rest of us attendees at his facility and it was a great time. … More Motivation Monday
Guro Mike Pana recently reshared this documentary on Facebook. It is an old French documentary supposedly filmed in 1962 although described as from the 1950’s. A few Filipino Martial Arts forums had mentioned the year 1962 but I was unable to find any source. In Guro Mike’s post he also said that the practitioners filmed … More Pampanga and the Macabebes
The phrase “Energy Based” is used frequently to describe the Filipino Martial Arts. It involves a reciprocal and mutual relationship between and amongst students, practitioners and instructors. It encompasses concepts like sensitivity and flow. It focuses on the unique characteristics of that time and place, with specific individuals. It isn’t cookie cutter, and it isn’t … More Energy Based
This past weekend I had the great pleasure to see and train with one of my teachers, Guro Dan Inosanto. Hosted by Guro Nick Sacoulas and Progressive Martial Arts in Queens, NY these March seminars at Progressive have become a much anticipated tradition for his students around the country. It has been a little over … More Guro Inosanto in New York
Guro Inosanto always speaks highly of former Navy SEAL Pat Tray, who owns and runs Trident Academy in Woodbridge, VA.
Today’s Throwback Thursday article is “The Vital Templates of Sayoc Kali.” While there are many individuals and/or systems that utilize the term “template”, few outside our system truly understand the purpose and concept of Vital Template mapping, target identification and physiological responses. Here is an introduction to Vital Templates as a component of the Sayoc … More The Vital Templates of Sayoc Kali
Guz demonstrates Inosanto Kali Doble Daga – Phase 1 counters (Slash and Thrust) for Inosanto Academy angles 1 to 5. The material covered today is Guro Dan’s double knife Abecedario progression, developing line familiarization, parrying and counter cutting (Defanging the Snake). We also worked the Sakay, Cover & Hit and Ordabis series in the Double … More Slash & Feed
USA Today CNN Washington Post The tragic events of the day remind us that violence in any form may rear it’s head no matter where and when we find ourselves. Lakas Filipino Martial Arts sends it’s deepest and most sincere condolences to the families of those that died today. I’m sure many of you have … More Plan and Practice
Ray Longo deconstructs “The Destruction” “The origin, I’ll give you for how it came to be for me. I was a Jeet Kune Do (JKD) practitioner under, technically, the lineage of Dan Inosanto, who was under Bruce Lee. And I think Bruce, or at least Dan, had incorporated a lot of Filipino martial arts. They … More Ray Longo deconstructs “The Destruction”
“If I had to choose between technique and conditioning, I’d probably choose conditioning.” – Guro Dan Inosanto As we get into 2014, the gyms are full, people are watching their diets and students are back into training. I started martial arts before I ever really got serious about exercise, and even when I did exercise … More Training vs. Exercise
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