Kali Ilustrisimo (also Kalis Ilustrisimo) is a blade-based Filipino Martial Art (Eskrima) founded by Antonio "Tatang" Ilustrisimo. The style has been in the Ilustrisimo family for over five generations and is based on traditional Filipino stick and sword methods.
Referred to simply as "escrima" by the founder and previous generations of his family, this system began to be referred to as "kali ilustrisimo" by US-based and US-influenced practitioners of the Filipino Martial Arts starting in the 1980s. Outside the Philippines the label "kali" has become firmly linked with the Ilustrisimo family system of fighting. However, in the Philippines, its country of origin, it is still simply called "escrima".
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Today
GM Antonio Ilustrismo died in 1997. There are several organizations that continue to teach and propagate his art in part or in its entirety:
- Bakbakan International
- BAHAD Zu'Bu Kalis Ilustrisimo
- Kalis Ilustrisimo Repeticion Orihinal
- LAMECO
- Olistrisimo Eskrima
- Ilustrisimo Escrima
Notable students
- Antonio “Tony” Diego
- Romeo Macapagal
- Epifanio "Yuli" Romo
- Reynaldo S. Galang
- Christopher “Topher” Ricketts
- Edgar Sulite, (Lameco Eskrima)
- Raymond Floro
- Tom Dy Tang
- Arnold Narzo
- Samuel Ilustrisimo
- Martin Raganas
- Robert Morales
- Norman Suanico
- Pedro Reyes
- Ernesto Talag
- Pedring Romo
- Warren Damian
- Josh Wood
- Kevin Haaland
- Russel Lim
- Serge Gilette
- Samim Haque
- Roy Harris
- Francis Capinpin
- John Chow
- Raul Marquez
- Torqui Dojillo
- Ernie Balbaligo
- Frank Flores
References
- Mark V. Wiley (1997). Filipino Martial Culture, ISBN 0-8048-2088-0.
- Mark V. Wiley (2000). Filipino Fighting Arts: Theory and Practice, ISBN 0-86568-180-5.
- A.Diego/C.Ricketts (2002) The Secrets of Kalis Ilustrisimo, ISBN 0-8048-3145-9.
External links
- http://www.bakbakan.com Bakbakan International
- http://www.ILUSTRISIMOusa.com Kali Ilustrisimo USA
- http://www.kalisilustrisimo.com Kalis Ilustrisimo
- http://www.Yuli-Romo.com Grandmaster Epifanio 'Yuli' Romo, Official Website
- http://www.zubu-kali.co.uk Bahad Zu'Bu Kali Ilustrisimo, World HQ
- http://www.kalis-ilustrisimo.org Kalis Ilustrisimo Repeticion Orihinal Association UK and Ireland
- http://www.ilustrisimo.net Kalis Ilustrisimo Repeticion Orihinal Association Europe
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