Presas Style Kombatan Arjuken is the main foundation of our art as it combines several classical and modern styles of Filipino systems unlike no other system of it's kind.

 

Students learns several different approaches to different attacks both with or without any form of weaponry. We teach this through scientifically established drills that are designed to improve the reflexes and reactions of students instinctually, both individually as well as collectively. These drills are very important in training of Kombatan as too is the footwork. 

Usually the first thing that is taught in martial arts are techniques from a specific stance. On one hand, this helps learning but on the other hand, studying this way requires years of practice to be able to use these techniques in free fight. This is why we as the Wolf Band stand strong in our position that multi-range martial arts knowledge and wisdom are essential and too, that the footwork and body mechanics are just as equil in importance - that they are the Yin & Yang so to speak as without one aspect, the other will prove less effective if effective at all when it comes to the bottom-line outcome.

Unlike in many Asian martial arts, students of Kombatan learn first to use weapons and defend themselves against them. This philosophy is widely based on Filipino culture, where both women and men use swords and knives in their daily work. This is why it is more popular to defend oneself using a weapon than without it. Technically speaking, training with sticks is safer realistically than training without them because when training without weapons, strikes and kicks are performed directly on the body whereas training with sticks puts the direct contact on the stick not so much on the person.

 

Basically, when the student learns to defend him/herself against a weapon, it is easier to learn to defend oneself against an unarmed opponent. This is why we always say, "Whatever you can do with a weapon, you can do without hand-to-hand." Presas Style Kombatan Arjuken includes both hand and weapon techniques. Empty hand techniques are based on the paths of the weapons. The weapon is only an extension of the hand. Kombatan combines several different martial arts and it focuses on reacting instinctively. It is ”an art within an art”. 

Great Grandmaster Presas style Kombatan Arjuken is based on 12 attack angles. These angles have 12 basic ways of counterattack (with feet, hands or weapons). Our students learn several different strikes, kicks and blocks, locks, grapplings, sweeps, throws and takedowns, blocks, counterattacks and disarms with weapons, armed and unarmed sparring, unarmed vs. armed, armed vs. unarmed styles, footwork, solo and doble baston drills as well as solo and doble baston sparring and combinations and too, will also learn how to use as well as disarm a wide variety of weapons ranging from a simple pencil to a fully automatic machine gun, and every sword, knife or other weapon fathomable in between!

Kombatan Arjuken is especially suitable for today’s busy adults, who wish to learn a classical martial art, which teaches real and valuable self-defence skills. As a result of years of studying and developing, the most effective techniques and strategies have been implemented into the Presas Style of Kombatan. Our goal is to provide students an effective self-defense system.

 

Kombatan Arjuken is based on self-defence techniques and their practicality. Weapons are used only as an extension of the hand.

Advantages of learning the Presas Style of Kombatan Arjuken include but are not limited to:

1. Effective and realistic self-defense system, which combines all the sparring styles - unarmed, ground and weapon techniques;

2. Students learn to move fluently - not respond to force with force but to ultimately protect and preserve themselves;

3. Students are encouraged to apply the techniques and sparring style suitable for themselves in a positive and beneficial way opposed to becoming a "Bully";

4. Teaches to relax when training while remaining confident in their ability to adequately defend themselves should the need arise. Instinctual reacting doesn't always prove to be a sure thing when a person isn't properly trained Or confident in their own personal abilities to defend themselves, and if they lack that, then they will definitely prove to be of little benefit to others who find themselves in situations in which they are depending on You the student to protect them!;

5. Improves coordination as well as hand-eye and brain contact and too, our training develops ambidexterity in our students whereas most untrained "street fighters" tend to rely only on their primary functioning side, such as for example whether the person is right or left handed.;

6. Provides an overall Effective workout while sharpening and focusing on the mechanics of the body in more of a self-preservation way. Anyone can do a workout, jump rope, jumping jacks and sit-ups BUT knowing how to use those skills to protect yourself and or others is far more beneficial as well as rewarding at the end of the day. After-all, knowing how to jumping jacks or jumping rope isn't going to do much if someone comes at you with a knife and intent to rob or kill you now, is it!;

7. Improves reflexes and observation - students learn evasive movement, controlling and neutralizing the opponent and sharpen their senses so that they are better in tuned and can better read and analyze a situation they are finding themselves in that may ultimately end up requiring them to find their way out of it.;

8. Increases confidence, self-esteem, character, strength and peace of mind, which overall is among the most important things that We believe is essential for all human beings roaming the globe today. Contrary to what many believe, martial arts is not about "Beating people up", it is about Personal self control as well as preservation. Either a person conducts themselves in an honorable manner or they don't - we expect our students to maintain a level of respectable integrity and do all we can to discourage anything less, or we simply won't teach them anymore, it'a that simple.