Dekiti Tirsia Siradas

Dekiti Tirsia Siradas headed by Grand Tuhon "Nene" Tortal, and his son GM Jerson Tortal Jr. is a blade oriented system heavily emphasizing footwork, enabling the practitioner to rapidly close the distance and finish the opponent(s). This system has three basic strategies: attack, counter attack, and counter the counter. These are present in all techniques of the system: empty hand, impact and bladed weapons, firearm retention, empty hand vs. weaponry, and dumog (Filipino ground fighting).

Doce Pares

The term Doce Pares is a Spanish term which means"'Twelve Pairs" and was started by a group of instructors in Cebu, Philippines 1932.

Doce Pares is often referred to as a "Multi-Style" system and gives equal treatment to all the original styles. It came into prominence in the 70's, 80's and 90's due to the efforts of the Cañete family, especially Ciriaco "Cacoy" Cañete and later by his nephew Dionisio "Diony" Cañete.

Pekiti Tirsia

Pekiti-Tirsia Kali was founded in 1897 on the province of Negros Occidental in the Philippines and was formulated by the Tortal family of Negros and Panay islands. It is currently headed by Grand Tuhon Leo Gaje Jr. Pekiti-Tirsia Kali is a close-quarter, in-fighting combat system against multiple opponents based on the use of the Blade.  It is a combat-oriented system, as opposed to sport-focused, style. Pekiti-Tirsia utilizes all close quarter weapons such as the sword, knife, baton, empty hand.   Today, Pekiti-Tirsia is being trained and executed in combat and survival situations by military operators, law enforcement officers, and citizens across the free world.

Balintawak Arnis

Is named after Cebu City's Balintawak Self Defense Club, where it was originally taught. The club took its name from the street of its location, Balintawak Street, where the original Balintawak masters trained.

Balintawak Arnis was the inception of Grandmaster Anciong Bacon of the Philippines in the 1940s. Although small in stature, Anciong Bacon was feared for his unique style of stick fighting.  He developed his techniques with the utmost economy of motion and void of any fancy ineffective moves. Balintawak Escrima's techniques are practiced with precision and accuracy and with its direct approach and explosive application to stick fighting, it is more regarded as a Combat Art.

Lameco Escrima

Lameco Escrima was created in 1981 by Edgar Sulite. The name Lameco is actually three words joined together.

La = Largo (long)
me = Medio (Middle)
co = Corto (close)

This covers all of the ranges in combat. Lameco uses primarily Double and single Stick, Double and Single Dagger, Stick and Dagger, Sword, Staff, Handkerchief, and Empty Hands. Lameco Eskrima is a synthesis of 5 major and 6 minor systems of Eskrima.

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