Sonoma County Martial Arts Center

Escrima

Escrima" refers to a class of Filipino Martial Arts that emphasize stick and sword fighting.  In recent years, there has been an increased interest in Escrima from cultures all over the world.  Escrima is arguably one of the best arts for learning to use or defend against knives. These arts are considered so effective and easy to learn with sufficient practice that the U.S. military teaches it to some varying degree in all of its branches, particularly  groups like the Navy SEALs, Army Special Forces and Delta Force. The most obvious feature of an Escrima class is that it is mostly weapon-based. The student is first taught to work with weapons and only advances to empty-hand techniques once the stick techniques have been learned.

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