…..Recently at “The Gathering” we received some Balintawak instruction from Guro Rich Parsons.  This has spurred some interest in all of us because the movement is different and where we would normally be butting with the punyo in Balintawak they still strike with the tip of the stick.  We have certainly been practicing the four techniques Rich showed and trying to get the weight placement right.  So to take an overall look at Balintawak I have gone out and found a few video clips.  The first clip is from a movie and the rest are training related.

There are a lot of variations of Balintawak but there is no doubt that they come from the founder Anciong Bacon!  Rich Parsons trained directly under Manong Ted Buot who was a direct student of Anciong Bacon and actually ran the school on Balintawak street when Anciong was not teaching!

Anciong Bacon

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