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Ammara and Sinawali – Single Hand Striking – Open Position – Three Strikes – Exercise Three – High L
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Cerada, Serada, Serrada, Cerrada, Sirado?
Serrada Cerrada/o or Cerrar are Spanish terms and depending on the context, means: To Close, Is Closing, even Secretive or Concealed....


Russell Balintawak Empty or Livehand – Part 1
An edited version of this Article was first published in Rapid Journal within the Philippines in 2007 under the Title of: The Importance...


Ammara and Sinawali – Single Hand Striking – Open Position – Two Strikes – Exercise Two – High High
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Ammara and Sinawali – Single Hand Striking – Open Position – Two Strikes – Exercise One – High Low
The Single Hand Striking Drills: Two and Three Strikes, Open Position are the most simple striking or punching drills. One arm/hand...


The Balintawak Student – Twelve Basic Strikes – Side On
THE BALINTAWAK TWELVE BASIC STRIKES There are Twelve Basic Strikes in Balintawak. With the teaching of the strikes the Basic Footwork is...


The Balintawak Twelve Basic Strikes – Front On
THE TWELVE BASIC STRIKES FRONT ON #12basicstrikes
Understanding The Filipino Double Sticks or Double Weapons OR Understanding Ammara and Sinawali
This Article first appeared in John Russell’s old Visayan Martial Arts site in 1999 (www.visayanmartialarts.com) and was republished in...
The Fists a First Or Last Resort? Part Five.
Our human history, the evolution of our mind to think with, our voice box to communicate with and our thumb to manipulate tools, has...
The Fists a First Or Last Resort? Part Four.
The police are only a phone call away, they are meant to protect you. Right? If they get there in time. This is another civilized...
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