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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.
Like all great things, our site is always under construction, updating everyone on events, adding merchandise, videos and pictures, and creating new formants with which to get the training to you, including distance learning programs. So, check back often!
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FMA Digest Article on Majapai Derobio
Be sure to check out this month’s special edition of FMA Digest on Majapai Derobio. There are many good articles and even a few submitted by myself as well. Click the image to download the free article. Enjoy!
Professor Brandon Jordan
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Silat Video Footage
I recently found some old seminar footage from a workshop I did in Oakland, CA 2007. We went over some basic principles and concepts of Silat using the level 1 triangle stepping patterns.
Professor Brandon Jordan
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Basic Espada y Daga Concepts
This is a short clip of simple stick and knife concepts shot at the Silent Warrior Arts Academy during the Warrior Arts Conference in Oklahoma City, OK.
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Basic Double Stick and Knife Tapping Similarities
This is the first of many short instructional clips on material we covered during the 2009 Warrior Arts Conference in Oklahoma City.
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Formal Acknowledgment of Punong-Guro
On August 15th I was awarded a certificate of recognition and title of Punong Guro/Founder of the Mandala Mandirigma system during the 2009 Warrior Arts Conference by long time friend and colleague, Grandmaster Darrell Sarjeant, and the Silent Warrior Arts Association.
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2009 Rank Promotions
I am pleased to announce that this year’s Warrior Arts Conference in Oklahoma City was a great success. The material covered was very complete, and dealt with multiple ranges of combat ending with some internal arts practice for energy cultivation and injury recovery. Students were tested for two and a half days on their knowledge [...]
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Warrior Arts Conference Report 1
This is day two of the annual Warrior Arts Conference in Oklahoma City, OK. Students from around the state have stopped by and participated in this event along with Instructor testing for members of the Silent Warrior Arts Association. I am pleased to say that everyone has thoroughly enjoyed themselves and is learning a great [...]
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2009 Warrior Arts Conference Begins Today!
The Silent Warrior Academy of Self-Defense and Brandon Jordan’s Warrior Arts have come together to host the 2009 Warrior Arts Conference! The event is being held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from August 14-16. The training will include over 20 hours of physical instruction and lecture as well as hands on healing methods from Traditional Chinese [...]
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Promoting, Preserving, and Evolving the Arts
I am sharing a discussion from FMA Talk last month regarding the practice of an old bladed Filipino martial art style I learned years ago called Derobio. Lately there have been many inquiries about this old art ranging from where one can find instruction to the various systems teaching it in whole or part throughout [...]
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Stick Sparring for the Fun of It!
This month I am starting with a clip of a great teacher that I personally admire, Senior Grandmaster and living legend Cacoy Cañete. For those of you new to Filipino Martial Arts, GM Cacoy is the oldest and most senior of all living Doce Pares Eskrima Masters and Grandmasters. Like many long time practitioners he [...]
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Training Guidelines
In order to assist beginning or experienced students and practitioners alike, I am listing 8 tips that I share with my own students in order to enhance their training experience at our school.
1. Safety first. Always remember to train responsibly with your training partner. You are responsible for your partner’s safety and they are responsible [...]
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10 Principles of Warriorship
I am beginning this weeks blog with a summary of notes I have taken over the years based upon the insights of teachers I have had the privilege of studying with from various philosophical traditions. Many individuals have found that the ideas contained here can be found or expressed in one form or another throughout [...]
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Training Considerations
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In my years as a martial arts instructor I have had the opportunity to meet students and practitioners of many different disciplines and backgrounds. Some with several years of training, and many without any previous experience at all. Yet one of the common questions I hear when working with them is this in [...]
New Videos Posted
This is a short blog posting to inform everyone that I have added several videos to the website. The video included below is of me doing a short carenza or free flow expression of practice. To see more videos click the link above.
Professor Brandon Jordan
Carenza, free flowing movement
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2009 Warrior Arts Conference Announcement
The Silent Warrior Academy of Self-Defense and Brandon Jordan’s Warrior Arts have come together to host the 2009 Warrior Arts Conference! The event is being held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from August 14-16. The training will include over 20 hours of physical instruction and lecture as well as hands on healing methods from Traditional Chinese [...]
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Upcoming Workshop in Estes Park, CO June 18-20