Is Limb Destruction Bulls**t? and Fred crashes the Legendary Wild Card - Eskrima - Arnis - Escrima - Kali

This week we chat about limb destruction in FMA empty hand fighting and Fred tells us his tale of daring do as he attempts to work out at the legendary Wild Card gym while Pac Man there conducting his training camp for the Mayweather fight May 2nd. 

Our hosts will be Guro Federico Malibago, Guro John Bednarski, Guro Mark Basel and anyone else we can convince to join in on the madness.

Listen to this show live and streaming this Sunday at 8 PM Central Standard time at: http://mixlr.com/fmatalklive


This show is sponsored by http://philippinecombatarts.com http://bahadzubu.org/

Did FMA make western boxing invincible? - eskrima kali escrima arnis

This week we chat about the Filipino influence in boxing.  Also Francis Serrano joins us again to chat about the Western regional tournament for GSBA.  Free spectators and only one price for early birds!  Listen for details.

www.fmaschool.com

Our hosts will be Guro Federico Malibago, Guro John Bednarski, Guro Mark Basel and anyone else we can convince to join in on the madness.

Listen to this show live and streaming this Sunday at 8 PM Central Standard time at: http://mixlr.com/fmatalklive


This show is sponsored by http://philippinecombatarts.com http://bahadzubu.org/

Pacquiao vs Mayweather and the warring history of the Philippines - eskrima, arnis, escrima, kali

We chat about the upcoming Super-fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather.  We also discuss the influence, if any, that past wars in the Philippines have had on Filipino Martial Arts.


Our hosts will be Guro Federico Malibago, Guro John Bednarski, Guro Mark Basel and anyone else we can convince to join in on the madness.

Listen to this show live and streaming this Sunday at 8 PM Central Standard time at: http://mixlr.com/fmatalklive


This show is sponsored by http://philippinecombatarts.com http://bahadzubu.org/

FMATalk Live wants to talk to you LA

Image courtesy of  Witthaya Phonsawat / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Hi All,

If you listened to the latest podcast, you know that coming this March, FMATalk Live Host Federico Malibago will be in the LA area for one week only, and he wants to talk to YOU!!!!!!!  Sage Grandmaster who has contributed amazing things to FMA, I want to talk to YOU!!!!!  Hard working earnest teacher, dedicated to teaching quality FMA, I want to talk to YOU!!!!!  Dedicated FMA practitioner who trains hard as much as they can, , I want to talk to YOU!!!!!  Irate FMATalk Live listener who is just really wants to beat me up, well you sure can but afterwards I want to talk to YOU!!!!! New to the art, yesterday was your first introduction to FMA, , I want to talk to YOU!!!!! 

All joking aside, if you want to meet up, play, and/or chat/record an episode please feel free to message me, Federico Malibago, on FB or our BZ LA rep Cutler Dozier on Facebook and we can figure something out.

This show is sponsored by http://philippinecombatarts.com http://bahadzubu.org/ http://www.meetup.com/vikingcombat

GSBA and training in Norway - eskrima arnis kali escrima

We chat with Francis Serrano about the upcoming GSBA Judges an Referee training and Guro John Bednarski gives us the lowdown on training in Norway

Our hosts will be Guro Federico Malibago, Guro John Bednarski, Guro Mark Basel and anyone else we can convince to join in on the madness.

Listen to this show live and streaming this Sunday at 8 PM Central Standard time at: http://mixlr.com/fmatalklive


This show is sponsored by http://philippinecombatarts.com http://bahadzubu.org/

Swish of the Kris by Vic Hurley Audio - Part I - Arnis Eskrima Escrima Kali

This is part I of an audio reading of "Swish of the Kris" by Vic Hurley.  This is a rare book that has been out of print for decades.  PDF copies are available (see link below) and a new reprint is available on Amazon with some special features.   "Swish of the Kris" is a story of the Moros in the Philippines and how their fierce fighting spirit and vibrant culture has stood the test of time.

We wanted to bring this book alive in audio so we are doing a series of special FMATalk Live episodes featuring the reading of this great piece of literature.  

This is Part I of a multi-part series.  Each episode is an hour in length.

Available for free on iTunes and Stitcher.

Enjoy!




Swish of the Kris - PDF Version

Swish of the Kris - Amazon.com

Reading by Mark Basel

Neil Buzick - Eskrima in Cebu and beyond - eskrima arnis escrima kali

Neil Buzick is passionate about martial arts, community service,
patriotism and his family. Mr Buzick is a veteran of the US Army having
served as a counterintelligence agent and deployed to Baghdad, Iraq in
2004-2005.  He returned to Iraq for 4.5 more years as a civilian
contractor before choosing to return to the U.S. to pursue opening a
martial arts school.  He attained the advance rank and black belts by
studying a blend of martial arts in Southeast Asia such at the world
renown and respected clubs of Doce Pares (under Grandmaster Dinoy Canete
and GM Percival “Val Pebleo), Carin Eskrima (under GM Alredo Carin and
GM Vicente “Jun” Carin Jr), and Rapido Realismo Kali (under GM Henry
Espera and Master Isagani Abon).



He is happily married to his wife and is the proud father to a
two year old boy and infant daughter.  Mr Buzick is proud to be a father
two his two children and is slowly integrating martial arts training
into their lives.  Most importantly when not at work, he spends his time
at home enjoying as much time as possible with his wife Shella and the
kids.

www.risingsunjupitor.com


Mr Buzick believes martial arts has the unique ability to change
lives and also feels a responsibility to teach self defense skills that
can genuinely assist students in real life street encounters.


Our hosts will be Guro Federico Malibago, Guro John Bednarski, Guro Mark Basel and anyone else we can convince to join in on the madness.

Listen to this show live and streaming this Sunday at 8 PM Central Standard time at: http://mixlr.com/fmatalklive




This show is sponsored by http://philippinecombatarts.com http://bahadzubu.org/