Big 3 Filipino Martial Arts Origins Seminar
Big 3 Filipino Martial Arts Origins Seminar,Rhode Island, USA Oct 25-26, 2025 In the 1980s and 1990s, three legendary Filipino Grandmasters traveled the world, introducing[…]
BEFORE, DURING and AFTER
I am obsessed with the “Who, What, Where, When, How and Why” questions, the “Ws and H.” For 30 years now, I can do 2[…]
Simpler – Faster – Capable
While 2025 starts my 30th year anniversary of traveling and teaching, I have been toiling away as a teacher since 1989. Before traveling-seminar teaching starting[…]
IN DEFENSE OF FMA STICK FOLLOW-UPS
If you are a FMA “stick versus-stick-fighter,” I think, about…ohhh…80%…85% (?) of the stick material typical taught, thee so-called by many – “fancy stuff,” fancy[…]
WHAT I WON’T DO, DON’T DO
Every competent person, every competent organization has or should have a refined “mission statement.” It’s where you start. Like so many operations, and in a[…]
FMA STICK versus STICK DISARMING
In the big picture of fast and furious, speedy, adrenalized stick fight, where does the single stick disarm exist? How can it? Let’s take a[…]
RESPECTING THE HEAD SHOT IN STICK SPARRING
Respect the Head Shot? Do you? Really? One of the conundrums in FMA stick sparring is figuring out the realistic importance of the head[…]
Hock the Filipino Gringo of FMA
Okay folks. Bare with me. I have a few martial ranks through the years, (like a FMA, guro BB test in Manila). So, this is[…]
The Quandary of FMA Training Stick vs. Stick, versus Stick Combatives
A Bigger Picture. In the martial arts world, stick versus stick fighting is most closely associated with the Filipino Martial Arts (FMA). A huge chunk[…]
HANDS-LANDS Touching the “Hands” of the Master in the “Lands.”
HANDS-LANDS – Touching the “hands” of the master. Touching the “lands” of the master. Hands-Lands. (This was a spirited discussion on FMA Discussions. Many say[…]