I have some curiosity about the Balintawak style of Arnis. As from what I see on YouTube this style I only see close ranged fights with good coordinations and the coordination only consists in striking and blocking back in fourth.

I have already heard that this style of Arnis is good for developing fast and powerful strikes and reflexes. But other than that, how would it ever work in a real sparring with gears and better yet in a real life situation in the streets. Because I never see the basic fundamentals such as slashing, sparring with gears in both medium and large ranged sparrings like I mainly see in other styles like RRK, Doce Pares etc.

In conclusion I just want to know from y'all out of curiosity and not meaning to insult this Arnis style. Like for what good the use of this Arnis style is in a sparring or real life situation without those fundamentals like (Slashing, geared sparring, medium & large range).

Anyone got any good tips for making or purchasing padded sticks? I'm looking to do some training with disabled people and need something that will reduce the chance of accidental injury.

So I live in a literal FMA desert… The only thing available within 3 hours is a ‘Philippines Martial Arts Alliance’. So I looked around at some of the growing number of styles that are offering online training and have qualified teachers of the style somewhat in close enough proximity that I could do some private training every other month or so. PTK thru PTK University and Balintawak thru either Bobby Taboada’s digital download dvds or Nicklestick Academy seem to be the strongest contenders so I’m looking to get some feedback on the quality of the online training or videos from those who have used or seen the videos and if you thought it was a viable training option?

Thanks in advance.

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Just looking for a training partner or instructor near Bellingham WA.

I am interested in learning and wonder if there are any balintawak communities in the Boston, MA areas to learn.

Obviously it would take almost twice as long to level up from Level 6 to Level 7, but all things considered how long does it take on average to get to those levels?

Been meaning to start training balintawak for a while now but I can't find a gym so could someone give me a guide or a video to follow in order to practice the 12 basic strikes and all the progressions of level 1 by myself? Thanks.

Is this still taught? I was in class and someone started going through it, then, by chance, I saw GM post it too, and I don;t think I've seen it on any curriculum or anything

Now that Los Angeles is opening back up again, I wanted to ask if any of you can recommend where I can learn some Balintawak?

Anyone in college point i could partner up with here? Would really love to train again.

I'm really new to Balintawak, but I'm wondering why it's taught without partner drills-I realized that I was struggling with the basic blocks series because I did not have someone feeding me the strikes. The other FMAs I have learned were all drills where you work with someone else, so this is a unique experience for me. This appears to change at higher levels, unless I'm missing that.

anybody know of a school or practitioner that does balintawak here in UAE?