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JAGUAR ESCRIMA , LOOSE ONE WEAPON , DRAW ANOTHER
WAY OF THE STICK
Jaguar combat escrima
Jaguar Escrima, Sabang Palawan Philippines. Home of the world famous underground River . Train in paradise with insructor Mike Garner who has over 30 years experience in teaching Escrima, Muay Thai, Krav Maga contact Karate, Kick boxing.
Lock knifes are more practical than the Balisong knife, they are faster to open and have belt clips
Instruction is on a one to one basis ( but small groups
up to 4 or 5 people ) can be taught
Philippine Balisong knife , usualy assosiated with escrima . No matter how good you are with one, you will never open it faster than a lock knife
Jaguar escrima is non classical and is primarily for street defense, it is not a sport
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Mike Garner training at 63 proving there is no need to slow down. A few flourishes thrown into the stick shadow boxing, on the request of my wife who wanted me to lighten things up a little.
When she says no SHE MEANS NO
Knife Pen, Just one of the many disguised weapons out there you have to watch out for
Conditioning and fitness are required for all serious Martial arts practicioners and Escrima is no exception
Conditioning
Mike and a student training at Sabang beach
TRAINING SCHEDULE
Modern escrima weapons are light and concealable, extendable batons, extendable nunchaku, belt buckle knifes. this along with the unarmed combat make Jaguar Escrimaa formidable street defence. Laws in diferent countrys may prohibit the use of concealed batons or the carying of a knife, be aware of your countrys laws
Training is usualy 4 hours per day. 5 days per week . However like Jaguar Escrima training hours are flexible. E G morning , afternoon or evening.
MODERN ESCRIMA WEAPONS
LOCATION
Underground river
Two more examples of hidden weapons. Awareness is everything
SABANG, PALAWAN, PHILIPPINES
SAP GLOVES
Sabang beach, 5 mins walk from Jaguar Escrima
The speed and force of the steel extendable baton, make it a formidable self defense tool that can be easily concealed and carried. Everything we learn with a rattan stick is transferable to the steel baton. Make sure it is legal to own and carry one in your country.
The extendable steel baton
PRICING
One months training is 49000 Philippine pesos. Training can be from one week to as long as you like. we are open year round
Accommodation is free. You may choose to stay elsewhere, however the price is still the same.
Small Title
More hidden weopons
Sap gloves are the equivalent of knuckle dusters they enable a person to deliver punches with knuckleduster brutality. apparently they are legal, so again awareness is everything
Leisure
when you are not training there is plenty to do in Sabang, visit the underground river, or Ugong rock, maybe the waterfalls, take a swim in the warm clear sea or just laze on the beach with a cold beer, go mountain treking , have a go on the zip line.
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ALWAYS TRAINING
Brgy Cabayugan,Sabang, Palawan Philippines
STRETCHING
You can not train hard without sweating here in the Philippines
The view from the simple accomadation we offer
Inside the accomadation
Sticks
Escrima sticks are made of rattan which is strong light and durable. Batons can also be made of hardwood , metal alloy or polyurathane
STICK LENGTH
There is no correct stick length or rweight in Jaguar Escrima, whatever
suits the student is generally okay.
Training on the beach , Sabang
Reality
Reality. If you live in a county where you can legally own a gun then once you are trained how to use it ,this is your best form of self defense. all other forms of self defense are secondary to firearms. all weapon based systems have a massive advantage over unarmed combat. Many martial artists and non martial artists question the use of being taught stick fighting saying quite rightly you are not going to Cary a big stick with you everywhere you go. If a person can Cary a gun weighing upwards of six pounds around with them all day long then it is no great hardship to Cary an extendable steel baton and a lock knife with you on a daily basis. In the event these items are not available then you can use-unarmed street combat techniques
The myth of knife disarm
This is what a real knife attack looks like . I challenge anybody to disarm the knife using traditiomal martial arts techniques. This video does not belong to me, it comes from youtube
I teach basic knife concepts, i do not teach knife fighting, i don't know any real knife fighters, i have never net one in my 40 years in martial arts, i have met plenty of martial artists who play at knife fighting, and certainly the Escrima community is full of them, i have never had to defend myself against a knife in a real situation and neither have the majority of so called knife fighters on you tube. If anybody tells you they are a knife fighter, ask to see the puncture wounds and slash marks they must have from there many knife fights . If you get into a knife fight, the looser will be probably be dead and the so called winner will be on his/her way to hospital . there is no 100 per cent way of disarming a knife, anybody who tells you different is ether a fool or a liar , or both.
INSTRUCTORS WHO CLAIM TO BE KNIFE FIGHTERS
A very funny video of Jim Carey as a martial ars instructor showing knife defense to his students. unfortunatley this is more realistic than most instructors would want to admit.
THE BRUCE LEE OF THE HARMONICA
. If you watch the full video below(Eurythmics live Sydney Australia 1987 ) in the middle and at the end you will see a blistering Harmonica performance by Jimmy Zavala who kindly had no objections to me using it here. Many martial artists find music inspirational to train to, giving a rythm to there work out, I like to listen to the raw energy of this performance during some of my work outs. Finding music you realy like can be benaficial to your work outs
Check out the Jimmy Zavala website
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