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Weapons in Kali: What Do They Mean?
Oct 12, 2023

Weapons in Kali: What Do They Mean?

There are at least some 12 category of weapons in the Filipino Kali. The question is where do those weapons stand with us? How do we view the weapons in Filipino martial arts? Here are a few things that are important to us: 1) Filipino...

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Five Types of Martial Artists
Nov 25, 2018

Five Types of Martial Artists

There are basically 5 types of martial artists: 1. Fighters: These are people who are interested in the raw data and have become attuned to few simple but very effective series of tools and strategies. They may or may not be articulate...

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Fight Proficiency with Weapons
Aug 5, 2018

Fight Proficiency with Weapons

Many different systems of martial arts teach weapons, but rarely they teach [proficiency] or a set of practical skills that one can honestly acknowledge as relative to the present day world. The reason being that most of their rational and...

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Anxiety, Faith, and Liberation
Jul 29, 2018

Anxiety, Faith, and Liberation

Much of what we have anxiety about can fade into nothingness by first immersing ourselves in physical activities of martial arts. I mention martial arts, and not basketball, or baseball, because it deals with solving real life-threatening...

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