Saturday, March 17, 2012

Rockin' Balisong demo

Kalis Ilustrisimo

Bahad Zubu Mangtas Baraw

Review on Balisong instructional Book


Balisong
The Lethal Art Of Filipino Knife Fighting
by Sid Campbell, Gary Cagaanan, and Sonny Umpad



Three experts of FMA Contributed to authoring this book, it covers how to conceal, draw, flip and grip the balisong as well as the usage of the live or open hand for checking, monitoring, passing and parrying.

the photos are nicely laid out and informative. GM Sonny Umpad is a legend in FMA circles for his Visayan Corto-Kadena eskrima method and his utter mastery of blade methods & his deceptive footwork. it was nice to read such a well laid out book with alot of history and information on the tactics of this uniquely filipino weapon. the knife cutting drills and patterns of attack were very informative and gives great insight into visayan Corto-Kadena eskrima methods.

a worthy addition to ones FMA library.

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Corpus Christi Eskrima Videos

some videos demonstrating techniques from Corpus Christi Eskrima

Double stick methods





Demonstration


Espada y Daga

Modern Arnis Stick Disarms

some great disarms and techniques going on in this video-traditional eskrima

Interesting interviews with Guro Dan Inosanto & Guro Leo. T. Gaje

Welcome to Corpus Christi Eskrima Blog

Corpus Christi Eskrima is a fighting system which is a fusion of Eskrima (a weapons based martial art from the Philipines) with methods derived from Kung-Fu, Millitary Combatives, various knife-fighting methods and Western-Fencing methods.

The term “Corpus Christi” is derived from the final venue of the club based in the Moyross, Community Buildings,Limerick City. This website is an attempt to preserve for posterity and to collate some of the training methods, drills and tactics Master Bennis imparted.

The intention is to continue and spread the art that Master Bennis taught.
I hope you all enjoy some of the upcoming posts and look forward to training with you some day.

Henry Minogue
(Instructor)