Guro Edie Mesina
Guro Edie Mesina - Eskrima-Kali-Arnis
Kampilan Eskrima
Edie’s martial arts journey began in her home city of Cebu, a place situated in the central region of the Philippines and home to some of the country’s great Eskrimadores.
Her intense yearning to learn the art of Eskrima, also popularly known as Arnis or Kali made her withstand the rigorous training at the world famous Doce Pares Club under the guidance of the Canetes – Supreme Grandmaster Ciriaco “Cacoy” Canete, Grandmaster Felimon “Momoy” Canete, Supreme Grandmaster Dionisio “Diony” Canete and Grandmaster Eulogio “Yuling” Canete. Doce Pares awakened her martial spirit by introducing her not only to her native art of Eskrima but also to the art of Judo and Aikido. It was during one of those training sessions that she met Grandmaster Bonifacio “Loloy” Uy, the former sparring partner of Supreme Grandmaster Cacoy and the founder of BDU Eskrima System. That brief encounter led to an invitation to train with Grandmaster Loloy.
Her one on one training sessions with Grandmaster Loloy polished her skills and deepened her understanding of the martial arts. With her sight set on the World Championships, Grandmaster Loloy continued to challenge her and pushed her limits in training. After a successful shot at the World Championships, Edie was pushed into teaching when asked to form a team to compete in a series of local and national tournaments to scout for new talents for the Philippine Team. While training and coaching a championship team, she discovered a new passion- a passion that led her to teach countless men, women and children the art of Eskrima, train and motivate them to make the best of the gifts that they’re given.
Along the way in her martial arts journey, Edie put together a self defense system called STRIVE (Survival Techniques & Response In Violent Encounters), a practical and easy to learn system geared for women and children.
She is currently teaching at Lions Martial Arts in Grayslake, IL: http://lionsmartialarts.com/
This will be Guro Edie Mesina's 4th appearance at the Illinois Katipunan. She will be the sole female instructor in this year's Illinois Katipunan. She is one of the more experienced female FMA instructor in the Chicagoland/Illinois area.
ON HISTORY:
What is Eskrima?Eskrima-Kali-Arnis, also known as "Filipino stick fighting." The instructor, Edie M. Mesina, has been training for almost 30 years and has trained with the world renowned Doce Pares Club in Cebu City, Philippines. She has experience in both traditional and sport Eskrima and she also has a background in Judo, Aikido, and Boxing.
Eskrima (or Escrima), a fighting style indigenous to the Philippines, is believed to have evolved from Chinese, Malaysian and Indonesian martial arts forms brought to the islands by South China Sea traders around the 2nd century. It is a mostly weapons-based fighting style that combines punches, kicks, takedowns and joint lock techniques with stick and sword or knife fighting techniques.
During World War II, Filipino fighters used the stick-and-sword techniques to resist Japanese invaders, compensating for a lack of firearms with powerful, swift movements of their sticks and knives.
By the 1970s, however, organizations such as the Doce Pares association and the World Eskrima Kali Arnis Federation (WEKAF) had managed to turn Eskrima from a martial art used primarily for killing into a sport, with organized competitions and generally sanctioned rules and regulations. Eskrima techniques are still employed by the Filipino army, especially in its struggle against guerrilla members of the militant Islamic organization Abu Sayyaf, related to Al Qaeda.
Unlike other martial arts, each strike in Eskrima is designed to be used three different ways: empty-handed; with a knife; or with a baston, or stick, often made of a lightweight bamboo-like wood called rattan. Eskrima fighters can use single-stick, double-stick and stick-and-dagger techniques.
This will be Edie Mesina's 3rd Ilinois Katipunan participation as an instructor.
Edie Mesina On the Web:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYwu6LjWiS8
http://lionsmartialarts.com/instructors/guro-edie-mesina.html
http://www.viatimes.net/?p=607
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM87YyAFxNk
Kampilan Eskrima
Edie’s martial arts journey began in her home city of Cebu, a place situated in the central region of the Philippines and home to some of the country’s great Eskrimadores.
Her intense yearning to learn the art of Eskrima, also popularly known as Arnis or Kali made her withstand the rigorous training at the world famous Doce Pares Club under the guidance of the Canetes – Supreme Grandmaster Ciriaco “Cacoy” Canete, Grandmaster Felimon “Momoy” Canete, Supreme Grandmaster Dionisio “Diony” Canete and Grandmaster Eulogio “Yuling” Canete. Doce Pares awakened her martial spirit by introducing her not only to her native art of Eskrima but also to the art of Judo and Aikido. It was during one of those training sessions that she met Grandmaster Bonifacio “Loloy” Uy, the former sparring partner of Supreme Grandmaster Cacoy and the founder of BDU Eskrima System. That brief encounter led to an invitation to train with Grandmaster Loloy.
Her one on one training sessions with Grandmaster Loloy polished her skills and deepened her understanding of the martial arts. With her sight set on the World Championships, Grandmaster Loloy continued to challenge her and pushed her limits in training. After a successful shot at the World Championships, Edie was pushed into teaching when asked to form a team to compete in a series of local and national tournaments to scout for new talents for the Philippine Team. While training and coaching a championship team, she discovered a new passion- a passion that led her to teach countless men, women and children the art of Eskrima, train and motivate them to make the best of the gifts that they’re given.
Along the way in her martial arts journey, Edie put together a self defense system called STRIVE (Survival Techniques & Response In Violent Encounters), a practical and easy to learn system geared for women and children.
She is currently teaching at Lions Martial Arts in Grayslake, IL: http://lionsmartialarts.com/
This will be Guro Edie Mesina's 4th appearance at the Illinois Katipunan. She will be the sole female instructor in this year's Illinois Katipunan. She is one of the more experienced female FMA instructor in the Chicagoland/Illinois area.
ON HISTORY:
What is Eskrima?Eskrima-Kali-Arnis, also known as "Filipino stick fighting." The instructor, Edie M. Mesina, has been training for almost 30 years and has trained with the world renowned Doce Pares Club in Cebu City, Philippines. She has experience in both traditional and sport Eskrima and she also has a background in Judo, Aikido, and Boxing.
Eskrima (or Escrima), a fighting style indigenous to the Philippines, is believed to have evolved from Chinese, Malaysian and Indonesian martial arts forms brought to the islands by South China Sea traders around the 2nd century. It is a mostly weapons-based fighting style that combines punches, kicks, takedowns and joint lock techniques with stick and sword or knife fighting techniques.
During World War II, Filipino fighters used the stick-and-sword techniques to resist Japanese invaders, compensating for a lack of firearms with powerful, swift movements of their sticks and knives.
By the 1970s, however, organizations such as the Doce Pares association and the World Eskrima Kali Arnis Federation (WEKAF) had managed to turn Eskrima from a martial art used primarily for killing into a sport, with organized competitions and generally sanctioned rules and regulations. Eskrima techniques are still employed by the Filipino army, especially in its struggle against guerrilla members of the militant Islamic organization Abu Sayyaf, related to Al Qaeda.
Unlike other martial arts, each strike in Eskrima is designed to be used three different ways: empty-handed; with a knife; or with a baston, or stick, often made of a lightweight bamboo-like wood called rattan. Eskrima fighters can use single-stick, double-stick and stick-and-dagger techniques.
This will be Edie Mesina's 3rd Ilinois Katipunan participation as an instructor.
Edie Mesina On the Web:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYwu6LjWiS8
http://lionsmartialarts.com/instructors/guro-edie-mesina.html
http://www.viatimes.net/?p=607
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM87YyAFxNk