KADENA DE MANO (Empty-hands / Self-defense) is a very efficient sub-system for CQC (Close Quarter Combat), and teaches how to flow from one movement to another, using punches, palm strikes, elbows, knees, head-butts, takedowns, etc. Kadena de Mano was founded by Filipino Master Max Sarmiento; it means “chain of the hands”. STICK-FIGHTING (Single and Double Sticks) is […]

At birth, a child is neither right nor left-handed. It is only following a short but efficient conditioning that the duality appears. Most of today’s martial art schools do not take the left hand into consideration, and only few of them still teach the efficiency of asymmetrical exercises necessary to balance the cerebral hemispheres.

I started martial arts when I was six years old and my passion gave me the opportunity to travel extensively at a young age in order to learn and compete around the world.

Nowadays, many martial arts instructors call themselves Grand Master, Great Grand Master, and even Supreme Great Grand Master (don’t laugh I’ve seen it). I can understand when those terms are used as a sign of respect by devoted students… But, I feel that, in the martial arts world, we have a tendency to over do […]

The recent works of Dr. Raymond Lafontaine confirm what common sense tells us: the same teaching technique for everyone is unnatural and counter-productive.

I am very fortunate to have had several incredible teachers during my journey, starting officially from age 14 until now. They taught me not only martial arts techniques, but so much about the world and my place in it. I can honestly say that without my teachers I could never have achieved the things I […]

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