Kombatan is a composite of various classical and modern fighting systems used in the Philippines. The student of Kombatan is introduced to the various systems in the full range of fighting. An emphasis is placed on drills to train the student to react instinctively. Students are encouraged to develop their own "style" of techniques within the Kombatan framework.

In contrast to many other oriental martial arts, the Kombatan student first learns how to handle and defend against weapons. This philosophy is to a large degree culturally bound, but also has a practical application. The Philippines has traditionally been a blade-oriented society. Even today, in many rural areas both men and women use swords and knives in their daily work. Self-defense using a blade is the preferred method. In a practical sense, the rationale for training a student with weapons first and then later with hands and feet are

1. Training cane to cane is safer than taking punches and kicks to the body, and
2. If you can defend against a weapon then fighting against punches and kicks will come easily because training with canes conditions one to avoid errors in judgement.

Kombatan is a complete system of hand to hand and weapon combat incorporating empty hand moves based upon the same motions used in weapon fighting. The weapon is just an extension of the hand. This modern system embodies all the different martial arts, emphasizing to react instinctively and encouraging you to develop your own style of techniques. It is called "an art within an art".

Kombatan incorporates the aspects of the ancient arts Judo, Ju-Jitsu, Karate, Kendo, Wing Chun, Muay Thai and Kick Boxing. It is a system that puts it all together ! It supplements most other styles by learning to understand "the flow". Martial artists studying other systems, such as Karate or Tae Kwon Do will be able to learn how to make their systems flow using the principles. The flow is where the body and weapon movement blend to achieve one's most natural individual fighting style. Students of Kombatan learn very quickly how to defend themselves through the full-range of fighting, kicking, punching, trapping and grappling ranges.

The system is based around 12 angles of attack on the human body and 12 basic ways of dealing with each angle by hand, foot or weapon. In order to do so, you will learn, a variety of strikes, kicks and blocks; a number of locks, holds, sweeps, throws and takedowns covering many martial art styles; weapon training including blocks, counters and disarms; unarmed combat armed combat, unarmed verses armed and armed verses unarmed, evasive footwork; single and double stick fighting drills and strikes; and sparring techniques and combinations including single and double stick.

This style is geared towards today's busy adults who want to learn a traditional martial art with real and valuable self-defense skills. We take a scientific approach to instruction and years of research and development allow us to teach the most effective techniques and strategies. It is our goal to provide an effective system of self-defense through a teaching program that starts you on the path of improved self-defense capabilities right away. The Philippine martial art KOMBATAN has proven methods of defensive tactics used by Filipino Police officers and citizens themselves to protect their homelands. This style is based more on self-defense techniques and practicality, utilizing cane or weapons just as extensions of your hands, applying the same principles using an umbrella, walking stick, a pen or just your bare hands for the same very effective self-defense maneuvers. Filipino elders say…

A Kombatan practitioner is just like a cane he holds, simple.. yet deadly!

Most people will begin to obtain valuable self-protection skills from the very first class and continue to enhance these skills in successive classes. The ability to protect oneself gives the student peace of mind, a feeling that is priceless!

Kombatan training is fun, very real and suits both men and women equally due to the flowing techniques.

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