Monday, 7 March 2011
New Escrima Club class
We are very please to announce that we are starting a new Escrima Club class in Hackney. The class will take place on Wednesdays at 8.30 at the London Fitness Studio, in London Fields Hackney. We are very pleased to be working with London Fields Fitness and feel that this provides us with an opportunity to expand Escrima outside of its usual student base.
Escrima Concepts seminar - London January 2011
What a great start to the year. Escrima Concepts held their first seminar of the year in Chingford, North East London. The seminar was well represented with instructors and students from all over Europe. The seminar, conducted by Master Steve Tappin, Wayne Tappin and Paul Leslie, provided an excellent opportunity to train with a variety of people from different martial arts backgrounds. We look forward with anticipation to the next one!
Saturday, 5 March 2011
Welcome to new Combat Centre | The Escrima Club Blog
Introducing martial arts, self protection and self defence to all in London. Specialising in Escrima Concepts and teaching escrima to both genders and all shapes and sizes. Escrima Concepts will teach you weapons and unarmed self protection. Proving vitally effective and realistic in todays society.
Sunday, 6 June 2010
Escrima / Kali in the movies
We love the fact that there are a wealth of movies which are starting to use Escrima / Kali for their action scenes rather than Kung Fu which has been the tradition. This is a welcome change as Escrima / Kali look great on screen and help to demonstrate and promote the art to people who may never have come across this martial art before.
Of late, the new movie called Hanna uses Escrima. In fact, although Escrima is only used briefly, you can clearly see that some of the main knife techniques which we use in Escrima are used as well as a basic double stick drill, i do not recall double stick drill training used in movies before.
Perhaps one of our favourite movies of recent times which demonstrate the effectiveness of Escrima / Kali was the movie Taken with Liam Neeson. This movie clearly used many techniques which were lifted straight from the Escrima handbook. The scenes demonstrated the effectiveness of the system and was one of the view films to show instant kill moves in a realistic manner.
More to come......
Of late, the new movie called Hanna uses Escrima. In fact, although Escrima is only used briefly, you can clearly see that some of the main knife techniques which we use in Escrima are used as well as a basic double stick drill, i do not recall double stick drill training used in movies before.
Perhaps one of our favourite movies of recent times which demonstrate the effectiveness of Escrima / Kali was the movie Taken with Liam Neeson. This movie clearly used many techniques which were lifted straight from the Escrima handbook. The scenes demonstrated the effectiveness of the system and was one of the view films to show instant kill moves in a realistic manner.
More to come......
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Thursday, 27 May 2010
What is the Filipino Martial Art of Escrima?
A nice little introduction article about Escrima, good read!
http://articlescontentonline.com/what-is-the-filipino-martial-art-of-escrima/
The Filipino martial art of Escrima has occasionally been called the most harmful martial art in the world, and that is thanks in large part towards the emphasis on effectiveness, on the works, rather than on what looks good. It thinks right away with the real life combat predicament. Because of this it is not rare to see Escrima as the selected fighting system with regard to law enforcement and military personnel.
http://articlescontentonline.com/what-is-the-filipino-martial-art-of-escrima/
The Filipino martial art of Escrima has occasionally been called the most harmful martial art in the world, and that is thanks in large part towards the emphasis on effectiveness, on the works, rather than on what looks good. It thinks right away with the real life combat predicament. Because of this it is not rare to see Escrima as the selected fighting system with regard to law enforcement and military personnel.
The developing interest in Escrima is also simply because that it can be used for different situations, and by kinds of people. Even though the most elementary fighting weapon is the arnis stick, the same concepts that guide the utilisation of the stick can be translated to hand-to-hand combat, in addition to using everyday things such as umbrellas, newspapers, and also ballpoint pens! So even if you are a veteran fighter or simply a college student looking to learn self defense, Escrima is extremely handy for you.
Simply because Escrima is focused on effectiveness, it didn’t originally did not have system of devices or uniforms, but, the old grandmasters would just journey around the different countries of the Philippines, and challenge the current arnis master of that region. Many grandmasters learned their own techniques through a lengthy process of trial and error. After they were defeated through another arnis master, many of them incorporated that master’s victorious moves within their own system, as well as tried to refine their particular moves in order to be capable to defend against such attacks in the future. Through this kind of long process of true to life experience, the techniques that have been faithfully transferred to us tend to be truly tried and tested, and are very effective when utilized and executed effectively.
Escrima also represents an abundant cultural heritage from your Philippines. It is said until this fighting system can trace its beginning even to Lapu-Lapu, the local of the Philippines that killed the The spanish language Magellan in 1521. From individuals early natives the key fighting moves of arnis were kept through different clans and households, never sharing the idea with outsiders. It is only lately that many of these designs were shared with people. In fact this also describes why there are so many versions of Escrima, and not just one single style. In the most this website, we reveal the basics only of an particular style of Escrima, nevertheless one should be aware that there are numerous other styles out there! You have to discover what works best for an individual!
For the purpose of self-defense and defense of loved ones, Escrima is certainly one of the best choices. Since it is emphasis is on the works, you can be assured the techniques will be efficient during a real street fight, or a life-or-death situation. We highly suppress using Escrima for ambitious purposes. One very important Filipino virtue is named pakikipagkapwa, and this involves seeing other people not as foes but as close neighbours, almost like brothers or even sisters, people of the blood (kapwa). And it is only once your neighbour stops to respect both you and your friends and family that you have to use up a stand and also defend the people you love. And that’s when Escrima demonstrates its sharp fangs!
Simply because Escrima is focused on effectiveness, it didn’t originally did not have system of devices or uniforms, but, the old grandmasters would just journey around the different countries of the Philippines, and challenge the current arnis master of that region. Many grandmasters learned their own techniques through a lengthy process of trial and error. After they were defeated through another arnis master, many of them incorporated that master’s victorious moves within their own system, as well as tried to refine their particular moves in order to be capable to defend against such attacks in the future. Through this kind of long process of true to life experience, the techniques that have been faithfully transferred to us tend to be truly tried and tested, and are very effective when utilized and executed effectively.
Escrima also represents an abundant cultural heritage from your Philippines. It is said until this fighting system can trace its beginning even to Lapu-Lapu, the local of the Philippines that killed the The spanish language Magellan in 1521. From individuals early natives the key fighting moves of arnis were kept through different clans and households, never sharing the idea with outsiders. It is only lately that many of these designs were shared with people. In fact this also describes why there are so many versions of Escrima, and not just one single style. In the most this website, we reveal the basics only of an particular style of Escrima, nevertheless one should be aware that there are numerous other styles out there! You have to discover what works best for an individual!
For the purpose of self-defense and defense of loved ones, Escrima is certainly one of the best choices. Since it is emphasis is on the works, you can be assured the techniques will be efficient during a real street fight, or a life-or-death situation. We highly suppress using Escrima for ambitious purposes. One very important Filipino virtue is named pakikipagkapwa, and this involves seeing other people not as foes but as close neighbours, almost like brothers or even sisters, people of the blood (kapwa). And it is only once your neighbour stops to respect both you and your friends and family that you have to use up a stand and also defend the people you love. And that’s when Escrima demonstrates its sharp fangs!
Saturday, 15 May 2010
Dan Inosanto - Kali Video
There are many great instructors in the Filipino martial arts, Dan Inosanto is one of the most respected and recognised purveyors of the Filipino arts, and for good reason. Watching this video you can see the many ways in which Dan Inosanto has kept the art evolving and developing.
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
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