by Tambuli Media | Apr 19, 2021 | Martial Arts Film, Movies, Chinese Martial Arts
Vision Films Releases Mafia-Kung Fu Parody ‘Made in Chinatown’ Kung-Fu. Wiseguys. You’re Welcome! “A witty, warm, and winsome look into the life of a wannabe goomba, whose more wushu than wiseguy.”—Urban Action Showcase Cinema “Culturally awkward situations,...
by Tambuli Media | Apr 6, 2021 | Japanese & Okinawan Martial Arts, Aikido, Antonio Aloia, Uncategorized
Sensei Antonio Aloia grew up in a martial arts family and has spent the better part of his life practicing Aikido. He has spent a significant portion of his academic studies on researching the history of Aikido since it reached America from Japan, he is the author of...
by Tambuli Media | Dec 19, 2020 | Filipino Martial Arts, Lameco Eskrima, David Gould
By David E. Gould The “Sulite Orehenal Group” was the private invitation-only “backyard” group of Punong Guro Edgar G. Sulite located in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles, California. We were his personal Lameco Eskrima group, the ones who spent the most time with...
by Tambuli Media | Dec 17, 2020 | Filipino Martial Arts, Derobio Escrima, Dan Medina
“The counter locks in Derobio are the most intricate I’ve ever seen.” —Guro Dan Inosanto By GM Dan Medina Until recently, Derobio Escrima has been a relatively unknown martial art outside the Philippines and the Hawaiian Islands. Th e martial arts community has, with...
by Tambuli Media | Dec 15, 2020 | Chinese Martial Arts, Wing Chun, Hendrik Santo, Dr. Mark Wiley
the late the late Interview by Mark V. Wiley Hendrik Santo is a researcher of Wing Chun Kuen, Qigong, and Buddhism. He has studied Wing Chun since 1973, is a student of the 4th generation 1850s Wing Chun successor late Master Choe Hung Choy, and also is a student of...
by Tambuli Media | Dec 12, 2020 | Japanese & Okinawan Martial Arts, Goju-ryu Karate, Karate, Russ Smith
By Russ L. Smith We are typically assuming in a self-defense scenario, that the defender is first acting in the after, as the attacker is the one initiating the action, acting before the defender. If we liken a fight to a dance, the attacker is leading the dance, and...
by Tambuli Media | Dec 11, 2020 | Filipino Martial Arts, Dr. Mark Wiley
By Mark V. Wiley The Serrada Escrima system was developed in the mid-1960s by the late Grandmaster Angel Cabales. While a teenager living in Cebu, Philippines, Cabales studied boxing and later de Cuerdas Escrima under Felicisimo Dizon. Upon relocating to the United...
by Tambuli Media | Dec 8, 2020 | Tai Chi, Nigel Sutton
by Nigel Sutton Zhou Mu Tu lives in southern Malaysia and his martial arts experience consists of training in Taijiquan and Karate. His practice of the former has been colored by his black belt karate skills insofar as the reason he first took up Karate was to make up...
by Tambuli Media | Dec 5, 2020 | Filipino Martial Arts, Kabaroan Eskrima, Ramiro Estalilla
By Ramiro U. Estalilla, Sr. This section shows the simple (as opposed to compound or complex, and distinct from composite) method or way of doing the Eskrima Art of the Barons. As there are many ways of killing and cooking chicken, so there are many ways of doing and...
by Tambuli Media | Dec 5, 2020 | Filipino Martial Arts, Mataw Guro, Louello Lledo, Andy Sanano
By Louelle Lledo & Andy Sanano Defensive and offensive techniques in Filipino martial arts revolve in a pentagonal foundation (known as MIBOME) that are interrelated and complement each other in spirit, skill, speed, strength and style, as follows: Spirit—Spirit...
