As Carlito Bonjoc Jr. gets his arms going, it's best to get out of the way. Like way out of the way. The blur of hands wielding wide, stocky knives interspersed with flashes of reflected sunlight is a ...

Gregory Manalo was in the midst of a personal renaissance in the late 1990s when he discovered Filipino martial arts (FMA). “I didn’t find eskrima,” he told NBC Asian America, referring to a style of ...

At least once a week, at the University of Guam Calvo Field House after sunset, a group can be seen gathering in a circle. They bow to each other, each armed with a rattan stick, one arm placed over ...

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Award-winning national athletes, Southeast Asian Games champions and children joined hands as they performed a combination of martial arts and dance at the recently concluded ...

SELF DEFENSE. Some 50 housewives living with their families in San Nicolas, Binondo, Manila are taking up lessons in self-defense using karate and eskrima or arnis. A Cebuano eskrima master acts as ...

It’s an ancient form of martial art that originated in the Philippines, and in honor of Filipino-American History Month, a free class will be taught at the Filcom Center in Waipahu on Saturday, ...

The rattan sticks smack against each other. Almost rhythmic, the clack- clack-clacking is reminiscent of a sword battle. And, in a way, that's exactly what's going on. A dozen students of the Filipino ...

To defend Winterfell against the Night King’s army of ice zombies in HBO’s Game of Thrones, Arya Stark turned to a real-world martial art: Eskrima, the official combat sport of the Philippines. But ...