Maestro Elmer Ybanez (1953 – 2004)
Master Elmer Ybanez was the highest-ranking and most trusted student of Grandmaster Benjamin ‘Mang Ben’ Luna Lema who was the founder of Lightning Scientific Arnis [...]
Master Elmer Ybanez was the highest-ranking and most trusted student of Grandmaster Benjamin ‘Mang Ben’ Luna Lema who was the founder of Lightning Scientific Arnis [...]
On December 19th, 1936, in the small Filipino fishing village of Hinigarin, Negros Occidental the face of martial arts changed forever. We didn’t know it [...]
Antonio "Tatang" Ilustrisimo (1904 - 1997) was the Grand Master of Kali Ilustrisimo, a Filipino martial art bearing his family name. Early life Born in [...]
Professor Florendo M. Visitacion or as he is commonly called, Professor Vee, was born in Ilocos Norte, Philippines in 1910. He began informal training in [...]
Edgar Sulite (September 25, 1957 - April 10, 1997) was a teacher of Filipino martial arts. He was the creator of Lameco Eskrima and trained [...]
Christopher Ricketts (also "Topher" Ricketts) was a well-known Filipino martial arts innovator, teacher and author. He was also one of the chief founders and head [...]
Mangisursuro Mike Inay began training in the Filipino Martial Arts in the mid 1960’s under two of the pioneering Eskrima Masters in the United States. [...]
In Memory of Ted Lucaylucay: A Great Martial Artist, Teacher, and Friend. Los Angeles - Jeet Kune Do and Filipino Kali legend Ted Lucaylucay died [...]
Father of Pedoy's Style of Derobio Escrima. Great Grandmaster Pedoy was born on October 16, 1900 in Ormoc City, Leyte, Philippines. At the age of six, [...]
Grandmaster Floro Villabrille is the undefeated champion of countless Kali and Eskrima stick fighting death-matches in the Philippines, Australia and Hawaii. In the 1930’s, Kali [...]