The art of Kalis Ilustrisimo hails from Cebu, Philippines, where martial arts are still considered a matter of life-and-death survival - rather than a sport or science.
Named after Antonio "Tatang" Ilustrisimo, the master who taught the style to both of the authors of this book, the art of Kalis Ilustrisimo has been in the Ilustrisimo family for more than five generations. Based on traditional Filipino stick and sword fighting methods - and refined by Antonio Ilustrisimo's vast personal experience in challenge matches - it offers a powerful, flexible, dynamic, and effective fighting style.
This book documents the history and structure of the system, the fundamentals of practice, the defensive movements and applications, and the training techniques used to prepare for actual personal combat. It also includes hundreds of photographs showing the essential movements and techniques of the style.
Antonio Diego is a lifelong student of arnis who was a student of Antonio Ilustrisimo between 1976 and his teacher's death in 1997. Christopher Ricketts began studying arnis in the late 1960s and became a student of Antonio Ilustrisimo in 1984.
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The Secrets of Kalis Ilustrisimo
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