Category Archives: Martial Arts

  The Rattan Arnis was one of the most common weapons in the resistance arsenal because it was readily available and it was easily disguised as a farmers tool. The resistance fighters fought against the Spanish colonizers, Japanese invaders, and US Imperialism who all had superior weapons, but anyone with an Arnis and the will […]

I learned the word, “eracism” before the word “racism”. I saw it painted in white on a gray concrete wall under the 580 freeway in an underpass in Oakland, California. I was in the third grade when I first read it. I guessed it was about erasing racism, because I remember studying the word “eradicate” […]

In the past few years, there have been more and more books written on the martial art sport of Arnis. These books are an attempt to capture years of knowledge from an Arnis Grandmaster. Grandmasters like Ernesto A. Presas who documented his Presas Style in the 232-page book, “Arnis Presas Style and Balisong”, complete with […]

Don’t worry there are no movie spoilers in this article, so read on! With most movie theaters closed because of the COVID-19 epidemic, how can you watch Pixar’s newest movie Raya and the Last Dragon? You can wait until theaters open, or upgrade your Disney+ subscription to Disney+ Premier, which gives you unlimited access to […]

How has the COVID epidemic impacted Arnis training? Has the number of people training in Arnis decreased? A census has not yet been completed, so this is a challenging question. Arnis only became an official sport on December 11, 2009, when the Republic of the Philippines decreed that Arnis was the national martial art of […]

And since we all came from a woman Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman I wonder why we take from our women Why we rape our women, do we hate our women? I think it’s time to kill for our women Time to heal our women, be real to […]

“Attack me,” the old man said before Dan could comment. The frustration started to show on Dan’s face. “Attack me.” Dan lunged at him again, and again, and again, each time the old man countered with a different technique. Almost 40 years ago, Inside Kung Fu Magazine published an interview with Dan Inosanto explaining his […]