On June 8, attendees embraced their inner warrior at Silayan Filipina’s Arnis workshop. We were treated to an engaging cultural history lesson and learned basic, […]
Tag: FMA Angles and Lines
Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) use angles and attack lines to define their fighting system.
Arnis: An Indigenous Filipino Martial Art
Arnis captures the spirit of the Filipino way of life, whether through the wicked-fast techniques displayed in competitions or the rhythmic motions of the sticks. […]
Kali’s Angles: Zone Defense in Kempo
I remember talking with my uncle, a Vietnam vet and 1st Lieutenant in the US Army, about the similarities between sports and combat. He told […]
The Right Angles
Many of my students use to shudder when I explained that trigonometry is in Kempo. “How can that be?” they would protest, “This is karate, […]