DUMAA Eskrima International - Hobart

Eskrima trains your nervous system to stay calm under pressure so that your mind can actually work. When you're truly calm, you become unstuck and everything slows down. You see the board of options open up in real time: to block, where to counter, whether to move offline, or how to disarm your opponent become choices.

When you learn new movement patterns your brain is literally building new neural pathways. You can see it here. The student is fully concentrated and then as soon as the cognitive load becomes too much, it falls apart. Once the pattern is stable, we can add complexity. And your ability to handle more and more cognitive load increases as you move towards freedom.

DUMAA Eskrima Hobart is growing. We train 2 or 3 times a week with a mixture of mornings and afternoons. Group classes and private sessions are both available.

When an MMA coach tries to learn Eskrima 😂

One of the things that make Eskrima so awesome is it's versatility as a martial art. Without a partner, you can still practice, enjoy the flow of the movement, and express yourself through the art.

First you learn the instrument, then you learn the music, then you forget all that s**t and just play.

When force meets force equally they cancel each other out.

But notice how the last rep is different here. The concepts of 'yielding' and redirecting energy is one of the fundamental pillars of traditional martial arts and part of the DUMAA Eskrima system.

Instead of getting into a power struggle, when your opponent gives you too much energy, you can use it against them if you are positioned correctly. This principle is particularly useful when encountering aggressive opponents and is applicable across all martial arts.

Range control is one of the most important skills in any fight. Here my teacher Ike Xavier Villaflores is teaching me to react in close combat by grabbing the weapon hand and forcing a counter attack.