Richmond Balintawak

We teach the Taboada system of Balintawak Escrima, a close quarters combat art. Balintawak is the name given to the personal escrima style of Venancio "Anciong" Bacon in the first half of the 20th century. Using a single stick.

We don't like to fight. We try to avoid it at all cost. However, sometimes the choice is not ours and we are forced to defend ourselves. In this case we have found that the most effective way to bring a confrontation to an end is to hit the person in the head... hard... and fast. We aren't flashy but we are effective. We don't want to show off, we just want to go home.
he concepts and techniques that we develop with the stick in Balintawak works