The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco recently hosted a Filipino Martial Arts workshop as part of its Violence Against Women Campaign, connecting cultural heritage [...]
Breaking New Ground in San Francisco's 175-Year History On October 23rd, 2025, Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) made history by being featured for the first time [...]
What an Incredible Year! Wow, what a year 2025 has been for Legacy Filipino Martial Arts! We've had the privilege of bringing some of the [...]
Table of Contents 1: Introduction to Filipino Martial Arts 2: Pre-Colonial Origins 3: Influences from Southeast Asian Martial Arts 4: Kali, Eskrima, Arnis during [...]
Survivalism or prepping, in its simplest definition, is preparing for emergencies whether personal, national or global. I would say that survivalism entered mainstream consciousness in [...]
It takes time to articulate and put into writing the principles and techniques of one’s martial art. Miyamoto Musashi, Japan’s greatest swordsman and author of [...]
In 1932 at the age of 26 Grandmaster “Joe” Jose Lamayo Viñas officially founded his family’s system and started teaching Viñas Arnis to his relatives [...]
Grandmaster Jose (Joe) Lamayo Viñas was born February 6, 1906. He was the second son of Andres Viñas and born in Manapla, Negros Occidental. Grandmaster [...]
History of Tapado Tapado is an Original Filipino Martial Art which came from a Hiligaynon (a Filipino dialect) word ‘Tapat’ or ‘Tapos’ which means – [...]
PAKAMUT – The original name of the Filipino Fighting Art that originated in MACTAN island province of Cebu, central Visayas, Philippines is a reflection of [...]