PANANTUKAN is Filipino Boxing which includes techniques and strategies taken from Western Boxing, as well as movements derived from the Kali knife system. The particularity of Panantukan consists in including elbow strikes, head butts, shoulder strikes, guntings, foot sweeps, and foot trapping… making it a special and effective form of Boxing.
Common striking targets include the biceps, triceps, the eyes, nose, jaws, temples, throat, back of the neck, ribs, spine, groin, legs… as well as the “soft tissue” areas of the body. Techniques are practiced with and without gloves.

Since it is not a sport but rather a street-orientated fighting system, the techniques have not been adapted for safety or conformance to a set of rules for competition, thus it has a reputation of “dirty boxing”.

SIKARAN is a form of Filipino Kick Boxing which completes the Panantukan System, and has the particularity of including low-line dirty kicks, knee strikes, sweeps and take downs…

STICKFIGHTING. Kali is well known in the martial arts community for the extensive combat use of sticks (or machetes) by the Filipino Warrior. The training is carried out with one or two sticks. Stickfighting training is important in the development of empty hand skills. Any development in stick training leads to an immediate improvement in the empty hand aspects
of Kali.

DAGA is Kali’s knife fighting system. Knife defence is a known specialty of Filipino martial arts. Filipino Knife fighting techniques have influenced police and military knife fighting strategies all over the World.

ESPADA Y DAGA, Sword and Dagger, is considered by many as “the Heart of the Art”. Having different weapons in each hand not only enhances coordination and hand independence, but also develops awareness of the “third hand” in empty hand combat.

ADVANCED WEAPONS includes gun disarms, dulo-dulo or pocket stick, sibat or long staff, soft weapons like the sarong or malong, and blades like the barong or machete, the balisong or butterfly knife, the kerambit and the claw.

IMPROVISED WEAPONS Developed for “mass attack” as well as single opponent confrontations, the training heightens the students’ awareness of their surroundings (wall, table, car...) and teaches them to use their environment as tools of combat. Everyday objects, such as umbrellas, phones, pencils, etc., become effective means of self-defence in the hands of a properly trained individual.

KADENA DE MANO, the ”chaining of hands” , is the Kali Circle close quarter empty hand combat system. Short, fast blows with hands, elbows, head butts, knees,etc., striking combinations and advanced reaction flows are trained in this system. Kadena De Mano is a realistic method of Self Defence when there’s no space to move and no way to escape.

One of the methods used is Hubud Lubud, or “to tie and untie”, a sensitivity drill that links clinch and attachment with striking. Known as Filipino martial arts secret weapon, it is perfect for control and restraint scenarios, but with the ability to escalate in a heartbeat.

DUMOG is Kali’s grappling system. It includes stand up grappling, joint locks and pressure points (trangkada), throws, strikes, immobilization and submission. Learning to react in a ground situation is a very important aspect of any system of Self Defence.

HILOT is Kali's health system. The Kali Circle training is not only about physical skills and combat, but also about building up health and energy levels, nutrition, posture correction, breathing and philosophy...