The Combat Centre | The Escrima Club

Training at London Fields Fitness Studio

2011-07-26T22:30:00.011+01:00

Kids Escrima class at York Hall, Bethnal Green

2011-05-11T20:08:00.000+01:00

The Kids Escrima class at the iconic York Hall boxing venue in East London is up and running and is in it's 5th week. Our colleague Esa Manley is doing an excellent job at making sure all the kids behave themselves and that they are learning a great martial, while having fun.

The class is also open to adults and is taught in conjunction with the kids class.

If you would like further information please visit here.

Escrima Concepts - Warming up for training at The Escrima Club

2011-05-10T21:11:00.002+01:00

Instructors from The Escrima Club showing some basic Escrima Concepts drills, warming up for their class at London Fields Fitness Studio.

Batista Crump Kali Workout

2011-05-10T21:08:00.003+01:00

This is a video of Dave Batista WWE wrestler showing his skills doing Kali / Escrima.

Fun in the Park

2011-04-22T21:00:00.004+01:00

Thank you to Muawiyah, Kane and Morgan for your help handing out flyer's in London Fields this afternoon. Lets hope this lovely weather continues so that we can do some more outdoor training. All you people out with friends and family, chilling or enjoying a succulent bbq, enjoy the bank holiday weekend. We look forward to seeing you soon.

Our 5th week at London Fields Fitness

2011-04-20T12:05:00.003+01:00

We have now done 5 sessions at London Fields Fitness and we are having lots of fun. Each week we get new people wanting to take part, and within 5 short weeks, students are moving and hitting like they have been doing this for a long time. All students are training really hard and we are very pleased with students progression. Here are some photos from last nights session:

Learn Escrima Concepts - cheap!

2011-04-19T14:56:00.004+01:00

Here is your chance to get a great deal. The folks at London Fields Fitness are offering a great deal on their fitness sessions and classes. There are only a few hours left, so snap up this opportunity to train in Escrima Concepts and other classes offered at the gym, click here for further information.

New class day / time change!

2011-04-12T12:38:00.002+01:00

Our class at London Fields Fitness Studio has switched from Wednesday's to Tuesday's with an earlier timeslot of 6.45 pm. See you all there tonight!

The 6th British Filipino Matrial Arts Festival June 4th - 5th, Luton!

2011-04-04T13:04:00.003+01:00

The 6th British Filipino Martial Arts festival will be taking place on 4th - 5th June 2011 in Luton. Once again, this year proves to be an exciting opportunity to train and learn from Escrima masters from most of the recognised Escrima systems. Escrima Concepts will be represented by 3rd TG Paul Leslie and Instructor Esa Manley, and trust us when we say this, if Paul is teaching, you will be in for a hard training session ;) Have fun!

New Escrima Class for Kids and adults with Esa Manley

2011-03-27T21:29:00.005+01:00

We are very pleased to announce that our Escrima Concepts and The Combat Centre colleague Esa Manley will be starting an Escrima Club for kids and adults from 17 April 2011. The club will be in York Hall, Bethnal Green. Esa is an Instructor at the Escrima Concepts Club in Tottenham and has many years of teaching adults and kids.

The class will be available to all from 7 years and up and will be an exciting and fun way to learn a martial art. The class will also be enjoyable for kids at it will direct the kids energies and playfulness in a positive direction, helping them to gain an understanding of martial arts at a very basic level. Overall, the class will be about fun! Please click here for further information.

Good first night of the Escrima Club at London Fields Fitness Studio!

2011-03-24T21:22:00.004Z

It was a great first training session at the London Fields Fitness Studio. Being the first night we were not sure what to expect or if anyone would even turn up. We were very happy that 5 people decided to give Escrima a try. Considering this was the first time the students had picked up a stick or even heard of the name Escrima, it was a success with lots of good feedback. Everyone worked very hard on basic strikes and movement and showed that even in a short time, Escrima is something that can be grasped relatively quickly.

Over the next few weeks we will be continuing drills to improve coordination (Katie i hope you are reading this :) ) and we will get them feet moving.

Looking forward to next week!

First session of The Escrima Club, this Wednesday 23rd March 2011!

2011-03-20T18:18:00.001Z

This Wednesday is the first session of The Escrima Club at London Fields Fitness Studio www.lovelondonfitness.com in London Fields, Hackney. We are very pleased to be running The Escrima Club from London Fields Fitness Studio, it is a great location and the studio is run by people who have a passion for fitness and put the personal development of their clients at the forefront of everything they do. With the support of London Fields Fitness Studio we feel that we can deliver an exciting and specialised martial art to a part of London which has little or nothing at all in the way of Escrima.

Violent Crime in London

2011-03-12T21:11:00.001Z

The above stats are from www.met.police.uk/crimefigures and emphasise the levels of violent crime in London. It's happening on our doorsteps and goes to show that its something that we can't escape from. One of the benefits with Escrima Concepts and learning self defence is awareness. So before being a victim of crime, an awareness of people, your surroundings and your own abilities can save you.

Escrima Club Flyer

2011-03-12T13:39:00.005Z

Women and Escrima?

2011-03-08T16:35:00.002Z

We were recently sent an email asking whether Escrima is a suitable martial art for women. We believe that Escrima without doubt, is perhaps one of the most suited martials arts for women. There are numerous factors for this, however to keep the response brief we will outline 2 main points.

Escrima is all about movement, if you get hit, you move, as opposed to other martial arts which say "if you get hit, do this technique", this invariably leads to a wrestling match and whoever is the strongest will possibly win. Escrima, does not play this dangerous game. We teach people to move and attack, move and attack, move and attack. Escrima is in many ways a pre-emptive martial art, we anticipate what our attacker is planning and feed off that before the attack is actually carried out. If the attack is unsuspected, we use body mechanics to get out of a difficult situation, a small framed person with the correct knowledge can therefore easily escape an attack.

And perhaps one of the most overlooked aspects of martial arts is weapon use. Weapons are very common in society, and their use is on the increase. It is not realistic to assume that "if someone grabs you here, you do this". This is simply unrealistic and puts the "victim" at even more danger, believing that the self-defence they have been taught will work, chances are it won't. We teach weapon use, not only for you to become proficient at weapons, but for you to learn how to deal with a weapon attack. To have some knowledge of weapons may be your best chance of self protection!

Escrima Concepts

2011-03-07T20:08:00.001Z

All of the The Escrima Club Instructors have trained and continue to train under the Escrima Concepts system. Escrima Concepts is the foundation of everything we do with weapons and our understanding of weapons is borne from many years of hard work, toil and fun under the tutelage of Paul Leslie, Master Steve Tappin and Wayne Tappin. With The Escrima Club, we strive to promote Escrima Concepts to as wide an audience as we possibly can.

www.escrimaconcepts.com
www.escrimalondon.com

New flyer for The Escrima Club

2011-03-07T16:32:00.003Z

New Escrima Club class

2011-03-07T16:22:00.002Z

We are very please to announce that we are starting a new Escrima Club class in Hackney. The class will take place on Wednesdays at 8.30 at the London Fitness Studio, in London Fields Hackney. We are very pleased to be working with London Fields Fitness and feel that this provides us with an opportunity to expand Escrima outside of its usual student base.

Escrima Concepts seminar - London January 2011

2011-03-07T15:31:00.001Z

What a great start to the year. Escrima Concepts held their first seminar of the year in Chingford, North East London. The seminar was well represented with instructors and students from all over Europe. The seminar, conducted by Master Steve Tappin, Wayne Tappin and Paul Leslie, provided an excellent opportunity to train with a variety of people from different martial arts backgrounds. We look forward with anticipation to the next one!

Welcome to new Combat Centre | The Escrima Club Blog

2011-03-05T19:34:00.007Z

Introducing martial arts, self protection and self defence to all in London. Specialising in Escrima Concepts and teaching escrima to both genders and all shapes and sizes. Escrima Concepts will teach you weapons and unarmed self protection. Proving vitally effective and realistic in todays society.

Escrima / Kali in the movies

2010-06-06T16:12:00.028+01:00

We love the fact that there are a wealth of movies which are starting to use Escrima / Kali for their action scenes rather than Kung Fu which has been the tradition. This is a welcome change as Escrima / Kali look great on screen and help to demonstrate and promote the art to people who may never have come across this martial art before.

Of late, the new movie called Hanna uses Escrima. In fact, although Escrima is only used briefly, you can clearly see that some of the main knife techniques which we use in Escrima are used as well as a basic double stick drill, i do not recall double stick drill training used in movies before.

Perhaps one of our favourite movies of recent times which demonstrate the effectiveness of Escrima / Kali was the movie Taken with Liam Neeson. This movie clearly used many techniques which were lifted straight from the Escrima handbook. The scenes demonstrated the effectiveness of the system and was one of the view films to show instant kill moves in a realistic manner.

More to come......

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What is the Filipino Martial Art of Escrima?

2010-05-27T15:31:00.000+01:00

A nice little introduction article about Escrima, good read!

http://articlescontentonline.com/what-is-the-filipino-martial-art-of-escrima/

The Filipino martial art of Escrima has occasionally been called the most harmful martial art in the world, and that is thanks in large part towards the emphasis on effectiveness, on the works, rather than on what looks good. It thinks right away with the real life combat predicament. Because of this it is not rare to see Escrima as the selected fighting system with regard to law enforcement and military personnel.

The developing interest in Escrima is also simply because that it can be used for different situations, and by kinds of people. Even though the most elementary fighting weapon is the arnis stick, the same concepts that guide the utilisation of the stick can be translated to hand-to-hand combat, in addition to using everyday things such as umbrellas, newspapers, and also ballpoint pens! So even if you are a veteran fighter or simply a college student looking to learn self defense, Escrima is extremely handy for you.
Simply because Escrima is focused on effectiveness, it didn’t originally did not have system of devices or uniforms, but, the old grandmasters would just journey around the different countries of the Philippines, and challenge the current arnis master of that region. Many grandmasters learned their own techniques through a lengthy process of trial and error. After they were defeated through another arnis master, many of them incorporated that master’s victorious moves within their own system, as well as tried to refine their particular moves in order to be capable to defend against such attacks in the future. Through this kind of long process of true to life experience, the techniques that have been faithfully transferred to us tend to be truly tried and tested, and are very effective when utilized and executed effectively.
Escrima also represents an abundant cultural heritage from your Philippines. It is said until this fighting system can trace its beginning even to Lapu-Lapu, the local of the Philippines that killed the The spanish language Magellan in 1521. From individuals early natives the key fighting moves of arnis were kept through different clans and households, never sharing the idea with outsiders. It is only lately that many of these designs were shared with people. In fact this also describes why there are so many versions of Escrima, and not just one single style. In the most this website, we reveal the basics only of an particular style of Escrima, nevertheless one should be aware that there are numerous other styles out there! You have to discover what works best for an individual!
For the purpose of self-defense and defense of loved ones, Escrima is certainly one of the best choices. Since it is emphasis is on the works, you can be assured the techniques will be efficient during a real street fight, or a life-or-death situation. We highly suppress using Escrima for ambitious purposes. One very important Filipino virtue is named pakikipagkapwa, and this involves seeing other people not as foes but as close neighbours, almost like brothers or even sisters, people of the blood (kapwa). And it is only once your neighbour stops to respect both you and your friends and family that you have to use up a stand and also defend the people you love. And that’s when Escrima demonstrates its sharp fangs!

Dan Inosanto - Kali Video

2010-05-15T20:15:00.000+01:00

There are many great instructors in the Filipino martial arts, Dan Inosanto is one of the most respected and recognised purveyors of the Filipino arts, and for good reason. Watching this video you can see the many ways in which Dan Inosanto has kept the art evolving and developing.

Jason Bourne - Bourne Trilogy using Kali/Escrima

2010-05-12T21:02:00.000+01:00

Charlie - Profile

2010-03-21T18:42:00.008Z

Martial Arts Background

I started boxing at Epping Forest Country Club in Essex when I was 16. My boxing instructor was boxing promoter and local hard man Alan Mortlock. From here, I started to get into Kung Fu and more traditional martial arts. I started to train Wu Shu Kwan, achieving black belt status. After 6 years of training in Wu Shu Kwan, I felt that I had progressed as far as I could within the system so I started to seek alternative martial arts to train. After witnessing many knife incidents, I realised that I needed to learn a weapon based martial art. I started to train Escrima at a club in Romford which was run by Jay Dobrin and Phil Chenery. My love for weapon training was cemented here. I moved to East London and seeked out a club which was closer to where I lived. Luckily, I found Escrima Concepts in Tottenham, run by Paul Leslie. This is my martial arts home. I have been training with Paul Leslie and Master Steve Tappin and Wayne Tappin for over 10 years now, working my way up to 12^th Grade and Instructor.

Working with Paul, helped me to become a fighter and to become aware of situations which may arise. Paul helped me to win the gold medal at the 2005 Escrima Concepts Championships in Denmark for light heavyweight category as well as winning and taking part in many other competitions. Throughout this time I was also training MMA and Muay Thai. I trained MMA for 5 years; my MMA training took me to some of the most important MMA gyms in London, such as, London Shootfighters in Kilburn, Pancrase London in Bethnal Green and the MMA Clinic in Islington. Due to a serious neck and back injury which I suffered on the mats, I had to give up MMA, although MMA and grappling are one of my passions and always will be. This however, has allowed me to focus on Escrima and to spread the system to as wide an audience as possible.

Why Escrima?

Escrima is the perfect martial art for the street. Escrima, from the very first lesson teaches you how to handle and use weapons, as far as I am aware no other martial art does this. It does not matter which weapon you use, it could be a pen, mobile phone, a bottle, what actually matters is that you understand the Concepts involved. When you understand the Concepts, weapons become easy to learn. Additionally, there are many types of Escrima systems out there, I should know I have tried most of them, but Escrima Concepts as taught by Master Steve Tappin appeals to me the most; it encourages a realism and energy missing elsewhere.

The things I like most about teaching are?

My interest is in teaching people who have had little or no martial arts training and to see them progress and become proficient at using weapons. People can find it hard to engage in a martial art which focuses primarily on weapons; let's face it, this does not appeal to everyone. It is my job therefore, to make Escrima engaging for the student and fun, while maintaining the integrity and realism that the martial art deserves. It is rewarding to chart the student's progress and to see them over time, become comfortable at using a variety of weapons.

Other interests

Fitness is something which I care passionately about. I am a qualified Fitness Instructor under WABBA (World Amateur Body Building Association). I love training at the gym and i am lucky enough to train at Muscle Works gym in Bethnal Green, surrounded by Pro’s such as Gilbert Alascasti and JD Dawodu among others, is inspiring. I am a regular at White Hart Lane, watching my beloved Spurs. And diet and nutrition are also very important to me, hence my dietary choice of veganism.