Balintawak Eskrima

Nickelstick Balintawak Eskrima Complete Curriculum for Levels 1-4 (Short Node 1)

Counter Blade Tactics is Guro Jerome's personal blade and combatives curriculum. The program is designed to take students from zero to proficient in a short period of time. The program has three areas with multiple levels of emphasis in each. The structure of the program is based on the military concept of Immediate Action Drilling (IAD).

SUNTUKAN, also called Panantukan and Dirty Boxing is one of many empty hands form of fighting found in the Philippines. These arts borrow heavily from western boxing going back to the late 19th Century and onward and also include kicking, locking, and takedowns. As with all FMA, there is a great deal of overlap with the impact and bladed weaponry in both the movements of the hands, footwork, as well as core concepts such as damaging the attacking limb of the opponent (limb destructions/ defending the snake). In this section, Guro Jerome Teague presents the 3 main areas of his personal approach to the topic of dirty boxing: PHASE 1: Basic Kickboxing (Footwork, Hand Attacks, Kicks, Combination Attacks, and Defense) PHASE 2: Advanced applications of Defense, Hubud Drill, and Trapping PHASE 3: Locks and Takedowns