Edmonton Filipino Martial Arts Club

Edmonton Filipino Martial Arts Club

The Edmonton Filipino Martial Arts Club is dedicated to preserving and promoting authentic Filipino martial arts. We welcome those who share our passion and love for these truly unique and highly effective martial arts.


Traditional FMA Programs

- We teach traditional Filipino martial arts based on the Rutano Estokada system as well as Modern Arnis. These programs are taught in the traditional manner of weapon-to-empty hand skills translations. Training begins with single and double stick, then progress to single and double knife, and then to empty hands. Included in the training are five sub-systems - Sandata (Weapons), Sipaan (Kicking), Suntukan (Punching), Huliin at Baliin (Limb Trapping and Breaking), and Buno (Grappling).


Modern FMA-Based Combatives

- For students looking for a more modernized, functional training program, we offer an FMA Combatives progam. This program contains the same material as our traditional FMA programs, but the training is combined with modern physchomotor skills teaching research and is delivered to emphasize quickly learned and immediately utilizeable self-defense and combative skills.


Attribute Development Program

- This program is strictly designed to develop critical combative attributes such as speed, power, timing, agility, and conditioning reflexive responses to attacks. Classes are dynamic and fast paced, giving the students a great workout in addition to enhancing skills learned in either our Traditional FMA or Modern FMA Combatives classes.