Laying The Foundation – The Basics of Modern Arnis

The fundamentals of any martial art are the foundations upon which greater skill can be attained.  Without good basics, you can only go so far.  Having been thoroughly schooled in the importance of basics, Prof. Dan Anderson lays out the basics of Modern Arnis and his system, The MA80 System Arnis/Eskrima, in 27 separate lessons. 

The instruction on basics are coming from a “Dan perspective” – Anderson has over a half century experience in the martial arts, 40 of them in Filipino martial arts.  These lessons in this video are a combination of lessons taught by Prof. Presas taught as well as innovations by Anderson such as the Blocking Form, Body Torqueing for power striking, additional strikes in the numbering system and the first counter the counter drill he teaches, Block/Check-Counter-Counter.  There is something for every practitioner of Modern  Arnis in this video! 

“If this video adds to your understanding of the basics, I have done my job right.” Prof. Dan Anderson