Know any good FMA videos?

**jspeedy** · Posted On: 5/19/2009 11:09pm

Does anyone know of any good FMA videos/clips? I've seen a lot of the Dog Bros. stuff and some other random stuff out there. Mostly i'm interested in instructional videos or videos od people training/sparring, or random demonstrations, but anything new is cool to check out.

Mainly I just want to see what else is out there and how it differs from what I know. I've seen some stuff but it dosen't seem like there's a whole lot of FMA rescources out there, at least when you compare to all the other MA stuff available. I tried the search and didn't come up with any specifically FMA clips. What do you guys have?

**selfcritical** · Posted On: 5/20/2009 12:13am

Dog bros and Atienzas. The Sayoc Stickgrappling one.

Ron Balicki's is a good study notes if you're already learning inosanto, but it's just him going down all the drills list-style. The dog Bros method is best in my opinion (Here's ONE drill. Here are variations of the drill. Here's how those applications play out in a fight).

**Matt Stone** · Posted On: 5/20/2009 5:40am

I've studied with Kelly Worden, and find his videos very easily understandable, very easy to assimilate the skills, good stuff all around.

**Brian R. VanCise** · Posted On: 5/20/2009 7:00am

Kelly Worden's stuff is good but I have a liking for Dekiti Tirsia Siradas videos by Jerson "Nene" Tortal. I also enjoy quite a bit of the Pekiti Clips that are available on Youtube.

**Jim_Jude** · Posted On: 5/20/2009 7:50pm

Originally Posted by jspeedy

Does anyone know of any good FMA videos/clips? I've seen a lot of the Dog Bros. stuff and some other random stuff out there. Mostly i'm interested in instructional videos or videos od people training/sparring, or random demonstrations, but anything new is cool to check out.

Mainly I just want to see what else is out there and how it differs from what I know. I've seen some stuff but it dosen't seem like there's a whole lot of FMA rescources out there, at least when you compare to all the other MA stuff available. I tried the search and didn't come up with any specifically FMA clips. What do you guys have?

Arsenio Advincula's three-dvd set is outstanding and has a ridiculous amount of material for the price. Look Here, it's the first source I could find for it. You could probably find it someone else cheaper...

I agree that Kelly Worden's and Dog Bros' stuff is excellent too.

**jspeedy** · Posted On: 5/20/2009 8:44pm

Can anybody post some clips here? I'm not lazy just busy (that's what i'll go with at least).

**Dr._Tzun_Tzu** · Posted On: 5/20/2009 10:44pm

YouTube - Rene Latosa teaches "The Basic Principals of SHORT POWER"

YouTube - Rene Latosa P-4

These are from Rene Latosa's latest DVD set. Really quality material, though all instructional and no "free sparring".

foom, foom, foom.....

**Ike** · Posted On: 5/20/2009 11:47pm

Short power? Seems a bit of an odd thing to emphasize. Going through with that backfist would do a decent amount of damage, at least empty-hand, and it allows you to flow into another strike (and another lead). And in the second video, why is he not taking the head? FMA does work the clinch.

For empty-hand FMA, I like Rick Faye. He has two instructional DVDs and a book on Panantukan, Filipino Dirty Boxing. Most of the stuff is functional, but forget about being able to string together elaborate, fluid, Jason Bourne-type body manipulations and limb-destructions, unless your opponent is wowed into compliance. Faye's stuff has a good basis in boxing, but it's up to you to take the little dirty tricks, wrenches, and half-beat strikes and add them to your standup. I like to use it on my way to the clinch.

Faye does, however, spend a bit of time doing patty-cake, just-for-fun, compliant flows. But (at least in person), he stresses that pulling something off would be rare-- it always comes back to having a good boxing game.

**Jim_Jude** · Posted On: 5/21/2009 1:00am

Originally Posted by Ike

For empty-hand FMA, I like Rick Faye. He has two instructional DVDs and a book on Panantukan, Filipino Dirty Boxing. Most of the stuff is functional, but forget about being able to string together elaborate, fluid, Jason Bourne-type body manipulations and limb-destructions, unless your opponent is wowed into compliance. Faye's stuff has a good basis in boxing, but it's up to you to take the little dirty tricks, wrenches, and half-beat strikes and add them to your standup. I like to use it on my way to the clinch.

Faye does, however, spend a bit of time doing patty-cake, just-for-fun, compliant flows. But (at least in person), he stresses that pulling something off would be rare-- it always comes back to having a good boxing game.

& we all know about those Filipino boxers, now don't we? ^_^

**Dr._Tzun_Tzu** · Posted On: 5/21/2009 1:07am

Originally Posted by Ike

Short power? Seems a bit of an odd thing to emphasize. Going through with that backfist would do a decent amount of damage, at least empty-hand, and it allows you to flow into another strike (and another lead).

Follow through is something else, it is long power.

Short power allows you to do a "flow" into something else faster, since it is shorter. It is also closer to the other limb, and thus is a power available to both sides of the torso very quickly.

You need to be able to do both.

Rene joked one time about how far in does a blade have to go anyway?

Originally Posted by Ike

in the second video, why is he not taking the head?

It's a focus mitt drill. He zones combos at the head several times though starting at 1:03