Attributes Development in the Filipino Martial Arts
While the principles and techniques of the Filipino martial arts (FMA) are efficient and practical, they may not work in actual combat unless the fighter [...]
While the principles and techniques of the Filipino martial arts (FMA) are efficient and practical, they may not work in actual combat unless the fighter [...]
The tradition of becoming citizen-warriors is deeply rooted among Filipinos and its practice can be traced back in pre-hispanic times. The volatile condition of the [...]
Perhaps the reason why blade fighting evolved into a very high science in the Philippines is that the ancient Filipinos rarely allowed their knives and [...]
There is an enormous variety of bladed weapons in the Philippines. In my FMA Corner article titled “The Existence of Pre-colonial Filipino Martial Arts", I [...]
Escrima owes its first global exposure to the late Bruce Lee. Escrima was featured in two of Lee’s film – Enter the Dragon (released in1973) [...]
THE story we ran last year, about most Filipino cops being poor shooters, falling below the Philippine National Police’s “marksman grade,” has been confirmed once [...]
The sport of boxing was brought to the Philippines by the Americans. It was initially practiced within American military camps in the country with the [...]
Because the Filipino martial arts (FMA) originally existed as a battlefield art, the initial objective of practice was to develop functional fighting skills. Side benefits [...]
Savage as they may seem in the eyes of Westerners because of their headhunting tradition, the Bontoc Igorots of Northern Luzon follows elaborate conventions of [...]
The years 1762 to 1764 are of primary interest to researchers and scholars of the Filipino martial arts (FMA) for it was during this period [...]