Arnis Self-Defense: Stick, Blade, and Empty-Hand Combat Techniques of the Philippines

The book concentrates on Modern Arnis and later Kombatan as it is taught by Presas Family and distinct differences of this style, it also provides short but informative historical background information about Kombatan Presas Style, IPMAF and how they came to be.Really GOOD BOOK, well written and worth a read.A bit different approach from other books I read on Filipino Martial Arts, It gives solid explanation of basics and theory behind it, which is all you need for self defence. In my opinion you should have some idea about the art already to really appreciate the book.The purpose of the book is showing how to execute techniques correctly and what to watch out for when executing them not on showing step by step instructions on many techniques which is OK as long as you know what you're doing already. There is also a bit of theory about awareness which is also important part of self-defenceTotally recommend to anyone interested in FMA.

Quite an informative book. I recommend it to practitioners of FMA and related arts.

Tempi di consegna rispettati, buon prodotto, spiegato bene e ricco di illustrazioni esplicative. Qualità prezzo ottimo.

Very pleased with book and transaction

a solid, nice book about Arnis/Escrima. nicely done, covers history, background and also some basic techniques.in my opinion a very good book and excellent way for beginners/starters into the Filipino Martial Arts (FMA); after reading this book you will know a great deal more about FMA and also the great and interesting history and culture of the Filipines.for advanced FMA students/practicioners - a nice to have as the techniques are very basic and only a few; they just seem to be shown to give an idea of the FMA combat concept.however - a solid, good book that is nicely done (good written, good illustrations/Fotos).for beginnes - get it!!for seasoned/advanced guys - if you have the money, try it, there are worse books than this on FMA.

Only a real basic overview of escrima strikes (good thing that i am already familiar with stances and technique from 30 years ago), and completely skips over balisong, save for a mention that they exist.

I have always had great respect for the Martial Arts of Asia and the Philippines. I have also been a student and instructor of numerous martial arts over the years (Judo, Jujitsu, Karate-Do, Military combatives, Kenjutsu, Kendo, Tanto-Jutsu various stick fighting arts like Arnis). One of the most effective stick and knife arts over the years has come from the Philippines. I have had the opportunity to train under several Arnis masters over the years. I have also read numerous books on Arnis. I just purchased this book (Arnis Self-Defense: Stick, blade, and empty-hand combat techniques of the Philippines by Jose G. Paman) and found it to be a good basic text on the techniques of Arnis.This 178 page text is organized into two parts. Part one explains the history of the Filipino martial arts. I was especially intrigued how “Modern Arnis” which I learned from Remy Presas at his seminars, is now known as “Kombatan” which was founded by Grandmaster Ernesto A. Presas SR. The second part gets into the actual practice of this Kombatan Arnis system. I found it fascinating that I was familiar with most of the techniques in this Arnis system, which includes weapon and empty hand combat.The techniques with the black and white photographs are clear and easy to follow for me; however, a book can never take the place of hands-on training with an Arnis instructor. A combination of hands-on training and studying this book will produce positive results in learning the system of “Kombaton.”Rating: 4 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Use of the Monadnock (MEB) Straight Baton).