Great Grandmaster Angel Cabales
His reputation preceded him from the Philippines to the United States. A perfect record of 9-0 is what is recorded, as it is rumored to [...]
FMA Meets MMA
On January 11th, Eskabo Daan joined “The Filipino Wrecking Machine” Mark Munoz for a wrestling and mixed martial arts seminar at Treasure Island. Team Munoz [...]
Grip strength and FMA training
Being a weapons-based system, the importance of grip strength cannot be over emphasized in the practice of arnis, escrima and kali collectively known as Filipino [...]
The mentality of a weapons man
Every martial art carries its own mentality and the Filipino martial arts (FMA) being a weapons based system has a unique one. An escrimador is [...]
Disunity in Filipino Martial Arts
It is an unspoken truth, but very well known to those in the Filipino Martial Arts community. Although the exact origin of the disunity is [...]
The power of breath
Proper breathing is important in the practice of any martial art. You draw your energy from your breath hence it is the fuel of every [...]
The Traphand
The traphand is one of the signature techniques of Filipino martial arts. Despite the diversity of Filipino martial arts, the traphand is one aspect that [...]
The snapping backhand horizontal strike
The jab boasts of multiple functions; you can use it to bridge the gap, probe your opponent’s defenses, as a set up for a heavy [...]
Eskabo Daan Gives Back
Master Joseph Bautista and Carla Ayala spent ten days at a Native American village in Alaska. The Native American village called Tanana welcomed Bautista and [...]
Maestro of the Blade: Sonny Umpad
Bruce Lee is often quoted saying “Absorb what is useful, discard what is not and add what is uniquely yours.”In Filipino martial arts, many strive [...]