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Dave Hedges
- Apr 10, 2008
- 1 min
Irish Council of Eskrima Kali Arnis Instructors
In 2006 3 people got together and formed a non political umbrella organisation in the UK in order to promote the Filipino martial arts and ensure it’s quality is maintained at a high level. It was fortunate that one of those 3 was Pat O’Malley, in the last 2 years he has cajoled, bribed and bullied representatives of around 20 styles of FMA to join the council. There are now similar councils in the Philippines (to whom we all answer, yes even Pat!), Italy and New Zealand. I b
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Dave Hedges
- Apr 4, 2008
- 3 min
The Wrong End Of the Stick
I often find that peoples view of the Filipino Martial Arts is somewhat inaccurate. I hope here to put it right. FMA otherwise known as Eskrima, Kali or Arnis are the fighting arts native to the Philippines, and are a complete combat method. Unfortunately the popular view of these arts is that it’s just “Stick Fighting”. This was illustrated most clearly by the owner of the Martial Arts Academy when he offered to make up posters to advertise our class. Guess what we got. Yep,
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Dave Hedges
- Apr 2, 2008
- 1 min
3rd British Filipino Martial Arts Festival
The last two FMA Festivals were incredible, this one promises to even bigger and better again. To be able to get 16 of the top Filipino Martial Arts masters together on one room for the event of the year is simply not to be missed. The event is fully supported by the British Council of Kali, Eskrima, Arnis Instructors (BCKEAI), which of course is supported by the Philippine Council. What does that mean? It means that every instructor has the backing of a genuine Filipino Gran
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Dave Hedges
- Feb 18, 2008
- 2 min
Escrima Concepts Semiar – Confirmed
Eskrima Concepts Seminar
Martial Art, Self Defence, Security & Sport
with
Master Steve Tappin Sat 3rd May, 11am – 5 pmSun 4th May, 11am – 3pm
One day €50, 2 Days (Pre book) €80, 2 Days (on Door) €100 Places Are Limited
Venue to be confirmed Master Steve Tappin Has taken time out of his busy schedule (click here to see how busy) to come to Dublin for the 1st Escrima concepts seminar in Ireland.
Steve travels extensively through out Europe and the rest of the world in teaching
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Dave Hedges
- Jan 8, 2008
- 1 min
Escrima Concepts Seminar
Quick note, Steve Tappin of Escrima Concepts has confirmed he will be coming to Ireland to teach a seminar for us. If you’re an eskrimador, martial artist or security professional, don’t miss this opportunity to train with one of the best in the industry. Steve agreed to take time out from his busy schedule (check out the calender page on his website) travelling to teach all over europe, to come to us for the weekend of May 2-4th. Call back for more info, as soon as I get the
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Dave Hedges
- Dec 21, 2007
- 3 min
12th Anniversary of the Black Eagle Society
Post taken from the Rapid Arnis forum site, view the original posts here
———————————————————————————————– The Black Eagle Society Formation
The Black Eagle Society was founded in the Summer of 1996. The inaugural meeting took place in a wood in Barnet, North London.
The meeting had been arranged by Pat O’Malley and Simon Wells (of LaPunti Arnis de Abaniko) who first tried to get this format of fighting off the ground back in 1992, also in attendance at this first meeting of t
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Dave Hedges
- Dec 17, 2007
- 1 min
British Council FMA Festival
Wild Geese Martial Arts have a close affiliation with the British Council of Kali Escrima Arnis Instructors (http://www.bckeai.co.uk/) and attended both last years FMA festival and this years massive FMA festival. Fortunately, Peter Lewis of Zu-Bu Kails Illustrissimo has saved me the trouble of writing a review, have a look at this special edition of the FMA Digest:http://www.fmadigest.com/Issues/special-issues/2007/Special-Issue_FMAFestival_United-Kingdom.exe Read and enjoy.
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