A Students Understanding of Balintawak

BALINTAWAK IS VERY DIFFERENT

(my thoughts ten years on)

AMONG THE LIST OF GREAT MARTIAL ART STYLES:

Is an age old Filipino martial art called Balintawak escrima:

Characteristics of Balintawak teaches fluid motion a natural style of moving the body of which the elements would be at home in Tai Chi Chuan.

Training in Balintawak will seem very defensive for students starting out, as they are taught to block using the basic drills with the 12 angles of attack.

The basic drills and how to use the 12 angles of attack are practised in pre-arranged order that anybody off the street would be able to follow very quickly. Balintawak builds through it's basic drills to the group system to build emphasis on the counter to counter techniques. Students are taught counter to counter reactive training to defensive and offensive drills. thus moving on to the grouping systems: The grouping system will affectively try to answer all the questions asked by the opponent who may stab, grab, punch, kick, lock or try to disarm:

Balintawak as an art does not specifically teach knife, sword or empty hand techniques as all the body principles for using them are the same. If you understand the principles of Balintawak training you can apply all the variations required to enhance weapon techniques:

THERE ARE NO SECRETS (a quote chen man ching used wisely)

There are no secrets to Balintawak just honest hard training and practice, Balintawak techniques are taught more effectively with a hands on approach

and more important one to one with a good instructor.

THE TEACHING AND IN FIGHTING TECHNIQUES OF THIS EXPLOSIVE FILIPINO

MARTIAL ART SET IT VERY MUCH APART FROM OTHER SYSTEMS

This system is more than just stick fighting ! All instructors and students you will always be learning by training with different body types

the way they move, fast, slow different reaction time different fighting style.

Use the wealth at hand train with all fellow Balintawak brothers.

THERE ARE LEVELS TO REACH IN BALINTAWAK

Such as level 1, level 2 etc up to Completion of the Art

SEEK THE TRUTH MAINTAIN THE POWER (heard this somewhere before)

Reading this you are already on your journey