The Extreme sports | Fitness holidays | Martial Arts Abroad programmes in Philippines
From Price: 899.00EUR / GBP752.00
FMA, the system-of-systems developed defeat the Spanish. Learn this Filipino martial art that turn this proud nation into great warriors. As seen on the discovery channel fight quest series.
Filipino Martial Arts: Stick & Knife Fighting, Philippines Essential Info
The FMA course teaches you one of the world's most effective combat systems using sticks, knives and unarmed combat. You can learn Arnis at our training academy located in the beautiful Philippines training 5 to 6 days a week. The programme is run by Filipino grandmaster "Bambit Dulay" who will take you to various settings to train in Escrima (modern Arnis).
There are 2 programmes you can join with Xtreme Gap.
1. The normal training in a town close to manilla with 5 days a week training. You can enroll longer term and train with Filipino Modern Arnis students, and imerse your self in the culture of tapi tapi.
2. Special once a year crash course featuring serious training 7 hours a day with the worlds leading teachers.
Learn the Filipino martial art modern Arnis in the Philippines on your gap year. Arnis is a deadly system of Filipino martial arts (FMA) also known as Escrima and Kali. As a self-defence system it is easy to learn and incredibly effective and a great idea for a different style of fitness holiday.
The Training. A typical training day (5 days a week)
8:30 Breakfast, depending on if there is an early morning rus
3-4 hours of training in the morning
Lunch
2-3 hours training in the evening
Equipment
We use normal sticks, (rattan stick weapon) for the basic training. For the sports arnis module we use padded sticks. helmets, and body armour, and for the combative training we use a knive and Bolo.
Who Joins The Filipino Martial Arts school?
People with a love for Martial Arts are very welcome. You need to have a good level of fitness before you join, but you do not need to have a lot of Martial Arts experience. People from all over the world join. The average age is between 26 and 45. the local students sometimes join the training. They are mostly younger (between 17 and 25)
Accommodation
Comfortable and secure, shared dorm accommodation based on 3 people sharing a room and facilities. The accommodation is at the school (university) where the daily training sessions are. During the training you will stay in Marikina City, this is on the outskirts of Manila the capital of the Philipinnes (21 Kms from Manila). The training itself takes place in Marikina Polytechnic college.Marinkina City has one of Asia's most disciplined people and Asia and healthiest and most likeable people including one of most cleanest cities in Asia which makes it a twin city to Singapore.
Getting There
The programme is in the Philippines, if you would like help with booking your flights you can let us know through the booking form, or give us a call. We can arrange airport pick up from Manilla airport.
When To Go
The training facility is open all year.
Price and Dates
The normal training cost €899 for 2 weeks.
Prices and dates can depend on numbers. Next Group dates are 1st July - culminating in attending the international Arnis Tournament in Palawan Island. (Further details of this event found here) Please contact us for details.
Included
2-4 weeks FMA instruction (longer available on request)
Group training
Sight seeing in weekends (option to join)
Accommodation
3 meals a day Airport pick up (Manila)
Training equipment including your own pair of Arnis Sticks to keep
Excluded
Flights
Passport
Visa fees
The Special Crash Course
This year the course takes place from July 25th to July 30th 2010 on Palawan. Palawan is an amazing island! You will be joining and training with the masters and grand masters.
The 2010 6-day training camp: will highlight among others, personalized instruction by leading Grandmasters of various styles, a cultural goodwill competition (individual and team FMA Stage Presentation), dinner gala night and awards hosted by the host city, tour of the island, barbeque night, and other social events. Also, examination and grading for those seeking promotion on belt ranks at the end of the training camp. If you send us your Martial Arts skills, age and other details Grandmaster bambit will make a special programme for you for the training week.
Including:
In-camp hotel accommodation (triple sharing)
Food (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks)
Training, training kit (sticks, carrier)
Gala night Certificate
Shuttle for island tour
Transfer from Manilla training camp to Manila Airport.
An extra fee will be charged for single, twin and family accommodation upon request. An early request will help us and the organisers organizers arrange your accommodation. Terminal fee upon departure from the Philippines: Pesos 750 per passenger Domestic airfare not included at approx.: Manila - Palawan - Manila $75 USD/person
Interesting information...
The Training
Grand Master Ernesto G Presas Jnr introduces us to some core techniques in Kombatan Arnis. This footage from the IPMAF camp held in the Philippines April/May 2009
Could you be injured? Modern Arnis is designed to teach you the principals and techniques of stick fighting with out causing injury. Originally, Arnis practitioners were expected to hit their canes at the hand or forearm of his sparring partner and not at the their canes. This also had the advantage of being the preferred method in actual combat, referred to as "defanging the snake", that is, making the opponent drop his weapon so that he is less of a threat. However, it discouraged many would-be practitioners who found this training too painful and injury-inducing. The result was that the Filipino martial arts were in danger of dying out; in many areas of the Philippines, Japanese martial arts such as Karate and Judo were much more popular than the indigenous systems. So during training strikes are now made against the opponents stick. What will you learn Obviously the longer you go the more your skills will develop. Training covers empty-hand self-defense (striking, locking, throwing, etc.) as well as the trademark single and double stick techniques of the Filipino martial arts. Other aspects of the art include espada y daga (sword and dagger fighting), sinawali (double stick weaving patterns), and tapi-tapi (locking drills with the stick).
To see an example of students practising tapi tapi click here In addition to partner drills, Modern Arnis includes the use of anyo (kata), solo forms both with and without the stick. Emphasis is placed on fitting the art in with a student's previous training ("the art within your art"), smoothly reacting to changing situations in the fight ("the flow"), and countering the opponent's attempt to counter strikes directed at him ("tapi-tapi) Arnis teach the interrelationship between empty hand skills and weapons. Therefore the FMA should be considered a complete martial arts system that develops many different types of skills for combat.
Belt ranks & Terminology Modern Arnis uses a ranking system similar to the Dan ranks used in Karate or other Japanese systems. There are some minor variations between organizations as to the exact number of belts. There are 10 or 11 black belt ranks in Modern Arnis , depending on the organization. The actual name of the ranks is gender-specific. For men the rank is referred to as Lakan (Tagalog for male) while for women it is referred to as Dayang (Tagalog for "femaleThus, a first degree black belt in Modern Arnis would be referred to as either a Lakan Isa or a Dayang Isa, depending on his or her gender. The "zero-degree" rank, if used, is referred to as simply Lakan or Dayang. The black belt is traditionally bordered with red; however, some groups use a plain black belt.
What are the differences between Arnis, Eskrima, and Kali ? Eskrima and Arnis are the names primarily used in the Philippines today. The name Kali is seldom used in the Philippines and in most cases is an unknown term for eskrima. Eskrima" or "Escrima" refers to a class of Filipino Martial Arts that emphasize stick and sword fighting. The term and the art most probably originates from the Spanish word "esgrima" which is the term for fencing. Other terms which have entered into common usage include "Kali" and "Arnis de M'no" ("harness of the hand"); occasionally the abbreviation "FMA" ("Filipino Martial Arts") is used. Eskrima and Arnis are among the many names primarily used in the Philippines today to refer to these arts. The name Kali, although primarily used in the United States and Europe, is seldom used in the Philippines and in most cases is an unknown word. But due to the popularity of the term outside of the Philippines and the influence of foreign practitioners, the term Kali is increasingly being recognized and accepted in the Philippines. However, for all intents and purposes, Eskrima, Arnis, Arnis de Mano, Kali and FMA all refer to the same family of Filipino weapons-based martial arts. Click to view the Kali episode of fight quest. You will train with some of the students featured in this episode, but in a slightly less brutal way!
Itinerary
During the training you will be leaning to use weapons and also un armed combat techniques. The primary weapon is the rattan stick, called a cane or baston (baton). Both single and double stick techniques are taught; unarmed defence against the stick and against bladed weapons (which the stick is sometimes taken to represent) are also part of the curriculum.
The teaching of the basic skills in FMA are traditionally simplified. With limited time to teach flashy and intricate techniques, only skills that were proven effective in battle and could easily be taught en masse were used. This allowed villagers, generally not professional soldiers, a measure of protection against other villages, as well as foreign invaders. This philosophy of simplicity is still used today and is the underlying base of the FMA. Because of this approach, the FMA are often mistakenly considered to be "simple" fighting arts. However, this refers only to its systematization, not effectiveness. To the contrary, beyond the basic skills lies a very complex structure and a refined skill set that takes years to master. Your training will be in the form of lessons of up to 7 hours per day 5 days a week with weekensd off to explore.
We will go to the town, to manilla or to the beach in the weekends and you are free to join us!
