Kali Class

Kali Classes at Tae Ryong Taekwondo Thousand Oaks!

We welcome you to join our new Filipino Marital Arts Kali class for this special offer! Enjoy 6 months of training in a great introduction to the art where you will learn some fundamental techniques and the philosophy behind the indigenous art of Kali. This is a separate program from our Taekwondo classes but you are able to register for both arts. Ask an instructor for details.

What is Kali? You may have heard it called Escrima or Arnis, all under the umbrella term of FMA. There are many systems within the FMA community due to regional differences in the Philippines. We use the system of iKali, a presentation of PTK (Pekiti Tirsia Kali) founded by Tuhon Apolo Ladra. It is an indigenous fighting art of the Philippines in its truest form, a systematic art of combat fighting based on the science of Strategic and Tactical applications of Counter-Offensive techniques as defense. Its methodology of “Learn to Teach, Teach to Learn” speaks of its core process of Know, Understand and Apply in order to “Flow”. Everyone is taught through the use of sticks from which the same movements can be applied through other mediums such as blade and empty hand.