free2flow
White Belt
Balintawak- I don’t know what this is. Seems to be a “regional” type of Eskrima/Kali/Arnis. The videos I have seen of stick work from Balintawak used the butt of the stick more, and seemed to favor a closer range of combat than that of other FMA vids I have seen. Does this style have much by way of empty hand work? Do they utilize kicks at all?
Balintawak like most FMA styles also has a lot of empty-hand applications due to it's closer range where your tools (like hands, elbow, head, knee) can be utilized. It has punching, locking, breaking, outbalancing, low kicking, foot sweeps and more. It's really a good style when it comes to empty-hand applications. For me Balintawak (based on my experience) is like a combination of Boxing and Wing Chun.
Btw one of my training partners is a Tracy Kenpo Blackbelt and he really see a lot in Balintawak that he could combine with his kenpo as well as his small circle jujitsu.
Hope this helps .