FMA : Workshop with Felix Valencia

silat liam

Felix Valencia will be making his first appearance in Ireland this summer. The seminar will take place on

Sat 21st June / Sunday 22nd June
11.00 - 4pm
Firhouse Sports and Leisure Center
Price €75 - 1 Day
€120 - Both Days
To book a place Tel 087 9956569

A little bit of back ground ..

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Felix trained for 5 solid years with Dan Iansanto and became famous in his twenties as "Edgar's Brawler", (The Late Edgar G. Sulite, was one of the great grandmaster of Filipino fighting arts) where Felix was undefeated against other challengers. He has train and fought Thai Boxing in Thai land for two years , and also train under Herman Suwanda in Silat for 5 years.

Felix now regularly competes in the famous Dog Brothers hard-contact stick fighting matches and is undefeated in these matches.

Felix has taught SWAT teams, Green Berets, CIA, U.S Field Marshals, LAPD and FBI... this be his first trip to Ireland and only one of two places in Europe he teaching this year, we very proud to host his seminar.

Felix will also be doing some full contact stick fighting at the end of the first day, so this is a added bonus. We still taking bookings for this event. We have at the moment about 18 places left out of 80. So if you like to attend, can you let me know asap thx. We are also pleased to have Felix stay on in Ireland for an extra week to help guide us, and we look forward to promoting his work and style in Ireland.

This event is open to all and if you like the opportunity to come along and experience FMA with one of its top teacher, than this is a great experience. We have attendee traveling from as well as Ireland North and South, UK, Spain, Finland, Russia and Mexico so come along and enjoy the fun.

For more info or question you can PM

celt2005

Liam,

Is this open to people from a non-fma backround

silat liam

celt2005 wrote: »

Liam,

Is this open to people from a non-fma backround

Hi Celt

Yeah its open to all. I talk to felix and the workshop is design so people with no fma back ground can learn and experience the training. His knife concepts are very simple, easy to use and some of the best I seen.. If you like to go, you are more than welcome.

All the best.

Liam

celt2005

I,il drop you a line, thanks for reply

silat liam

Just abit more info on what Felix will be teaching at the seminar and some background info :

Felix Valencia will be making his first visit to Ireland in June. The event hosted by Combat Silat International and Liam Mc Donald. Felix Valencia was Edgar Suilte top student, and was nickname the "Brawler" due to combat attitude towards training and sparring, inside the training arena and on the streets of the Philipipines. Due to the sudden Death Of Edgar, Felix has been developing his skills not only in Lameco eskrima but spent 5 years studing under Dan Insanto and Herman Suwanda of Mande Muda. He spent two years in Thailand learning Muay Thai and was undefeated in the ring, during that time. Along with this Felix also spent time learning Hawaiian Lua (a warrior traditional art the island blending grappling / striking and weapon training), boxing and shooto wrestling. Felix also takes parts in a number of Dogbrothers events both stick and knife. Felix has remain undefeated in area of knife sparring. Combining all of these arts has led Felix to develop a deep understanding of what works in all combat areas. On the saturday there will be a two hour section on combat stick applications.

The main focus of Felix seminar is to focus on knife defense, this is due to the fact that a blade attack is usually the choosen weapon, that most attacker use. Felix main goal is to simulate real life knife attacks, taking control of the situation and how to react tactically. He will teach the breakdown of the knife, and what to look for in a real knife fight, where a suspect may hide a weapon and improvised a weapon such as a pen, handkercief or belt. An over view of what Felix will be covering at the seminar.


Close Range:
• Introduction of ground control
• Ground against the knife
• Take downs
• Arrest and control
• Escalation of force
• Sparring on the ground

Medium Range:
• Kick and punch with the knife
• Riding the arm
• Blocking, Passing and Trapping
• Introduction to weapon retention
• Introduction to 21 foot and 5 foot rule

Long Range:
• Knife to knife sparring
• Footwork
• Angles of attack
• Thrusting
• Lunges and Flinch
• Hand evasion
• Postures (positive and negative)
• Knife vs. sticks (sparring)
• Knife vs. knife (sparring)
• Two against one (sparring)





Felix Valencia has taught Weapon defences to the following.

● F.B.I
● C.I.A
● S.W.A.T
• Los Angeles Police Department
• Santa Barbara Sheriff Training Bureau
• Toledo, Ohio Police Academy
• Austin, Texas Police Academy
• Oklahoma City DT (police)
• Arizona Highway Patrol (DTS)
• U.S. Marshals (Honolulu, Hawaii
• CSTI-California Specialized Training Institute
• Governors Office of Emergency Services
• National Guards of California
• Gidding, Texas Police
• CQB-Close Quarters Battle
• Krav Maga
• Gunsite Knife Symposium
• Blackwater
• Front Sight
• House of Champions
• Former Instructor of Cold Steel Knives
• Current Instructor of Trident Knives
• Inductee into the Filipino Martial Arts Hall of Fame (2000)

silat liam

New european website has been set up, with details of Felix Valencia Training

www.defenseedgeseurope.com

Felix will be in Dublin for 8 days and will be doing some evening classes (60 mins to 90mins) cost €30 across Dublin, along with Private training in morning and early afternoon. Private lesson will be €75 hour.