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NEW EVENT!
Sunday December 5, 2010
FICA Seattle in Capitol Hill
Part I of a new Workshop Series covering Filipino and Indonesian Martial Arts in Seattle.Click below for more info.
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Akinyemi Fighting Arts (formerly Mandala Mandirigma) is the best kept secret of Southeast Asian martial arts, utilizing and drawing from the arts of Eskrima/Kali/Arnis and Pencak Silat. Master Brandon Jordan is the founder and head instructor of this art, bringing over 20 years of experience with influences from styles such as Derobio, Silat Sera, KunTao, and Arnis, among others. Akinyemi Fighting Arts is an ultra-compatible Filipino-Indonesian based martial art/science linking old-world practice with new world application.
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Akinyemi Fighting Arts
The Akinyemi Fighting Arts system, founded in 2004 and formerly known as Mandala Mandirigma, is a Southeast Asian based fighting art that utilizes and draws from the arts of Eskrima/Kali/Arnis as well as Pencak Silat into a cohesive and effective method of self-defense. Master Brandon Jordan is the founder and head instructor of this art, bringing over 20 years of experience with influences from styles such as Derobio, Silat Sera, KunTao, and Arnis, among others.
Akinyemi Fighting Arts utilizes :
•Single/Double Bladed Defense
•Single/Double Stick
•Espada y Daga; Sword & Dagger or Stick and Dagger
•Empty/Open Hand
•Close Range Offense/Defense
•Strategic footwork methods
•Improvised weaponry
•Pressure point and nerve destruction
•Grappling and anti-grappling
The Akinyemi Fighting Arts system has grown into it’s own and pays tribute to those who came before.