Greetings everyone!  We are proud to be teaching the following classes for this year's Saratoga Martial Arts Festival - SMAF- in New York: From Blade to Buah: The Integration of Filipino Kali and Silat Melayu  This unique training experience will utilize a very basic close-quarter attacking pattern with the knife – taken from the Pekiti-Tirsia […]

I took a serious interest in the culture of the Yoruba people of Southwest Nigeria in the late 80's. Throughout the 1990's I was fortunate to be able to study under some very knowledgeable Elders such as Medahochi Kofi Omowale Zannu, Chief Adebolu Fatunmise, and Dr. Afolabi Epega. I made my first “pilgrimage” to Yorubaland […]