Started 5 months, 2 weeks ago (2008-04-29 11:11:00)
by sweetpisces29
Hello everyone My name is Wilma and I am a Balintawak student under Master Rico Raagas Carino in Cagayan
de Oro City. I am a new student but training hard 12 hours each week. I am the only female student so I must work hard to show the men I am their equal. LOL Below is a YouTube video of me practicing with Master Carino. I welcome your comments. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81Ln2yIK5d0...

Started 3 months, 3 weeks ago (2008-06-20 21:42:00)
by Mono
Hi everyone
This is a matter wich has been toched only very briefly on the Forums so far and I would like to bring it up to get some further Information from different Instructors, Studnets and Practitoners of various Balintawak
Lineages. Its all about Footwork. Basically I guess it is agreed that Balintawak uses mainly Linear Footwork in a Walking like method (one can argue and ...

Started 1 month ago (2008-09-11 00:52:00)
by yomitche
Just out of curiosity... what style(s) of empty
hand training most compliment Balintawak practitioners? I have had a "mixed" background in empty hand styles (with several years devoted to classical Wing Chun and a lot of mingling afterward), but find some arts may benefit or lend themselves to the Balintawak sytlist's system more than others. Of the various arts available, what do ...

Started 4 months, 1 week ago (2008-06-03 15:18:00)
by Mono
This is a question directed to all those who are Teaching some Lineage of the "Grouped" Balintawak of GM Villasin & Velez: When do you start "Breaking Patterns"? Do you at first finish teaching all Groups (1-5/6/7...) before breaking down the pre arranged Groups and ist "
standardized" Variations into ist Elements and re-combining them or do you breake down each individual Group into ist...

Started 2 months, 3 weeks ago (2008-07-20 12:02:00)
by garrotista
Monie and Eddie
Velez doing Palakaw http://youtube.com/watch?v=U0XUpVkHflg

Started 3 months, 1 week ago (2008-07-06 05:33:00)
by Mono
I extracted this excelent Post from a different threat since I thought it is worth more attention. This is actually the first time I ve seen the Use of
Punta y Daga in Balintawak; since it is a rare thing, I was hoping to be able to start a Discussion on this Subject... Who out there is (still) training, teaching or learning the Use of Punta y Daga in Balintawak? How does it fit into...

Started 1 month, 2 weeks ago (2008-08-24 19:16:00)
by free2flow
Let me also put this announcement for the benefit of those that only visit the Balintawak section. Tabimina Balintawak Seminar in St. Louis on
Sept. 6, 2008. Participants will be limited. http://fmatalk.com/showthread.php?p=30530#post3053 0

Started 4 weeks ago (2008-09-15 00:57:00)
by Reactor
Hello: My friends in Malaysia notified me that they put up a new Balintawak website. Has interesting features. http://riverbamboo.org/tabimina/index.php?limitsta rt=3 Cheers, Reactor

Started 1 year, 11 months ago (2006-11-17 02:22:00)
by darkpaperino
hi there, I am travelling to NYC in december and I wonder if there is any chance to cross the sticks with some balintawak brothers? I gonna stay there a week and so I thought it would be a great opportunity. thanks for any info ciao
from germany 
Started 5 months ago (2008-05-12 16:44:00)
by Mono
I would like to start this Thread about the State of the "Teovels Balintawak" Family as of today... So, what happened to the 12 original Chapters. Who is still teaching what
when and where? I will start by Posting some of the Information I have found and will fill in any further Information you (the Forummembers) can provide... _____________________________________ 1....
