Extreme Weapons Full Contact Fighting

About Us

On December of 1979, me and my family came back to the United States after 3 years of overseas stay at the US Navy base in Subic Bay, Philippines.  All of my 3 children were born in the Philippines. I was transferred to US Naval Manpower Pacific in San Diego, California.

I joined Master Narrie Babad, my former mentor in his arnis school in Spring Valley, California and started to introduce the Siete Pares Escrima system.  My brothers in the lord, Joe Giron, also fresh from overseas assignment (US Air Force Clark Air Force Base, Angeles Pampanga Philippines), and Jay Cabauatan, also fresh from a 4 year US Navy stint were also with Master Babao

After a year or so we separated from Master Babao and continued our training in brother Jay Cabauatan’s garage in IMperial Beach and in front of my yard, also in Imperial Beach.  I also started teaching at the temporary YMCA in Del Sol Blvd in South San Diego, CA. I started with 4 students first, mainly my 3 children and a friend, a US Navy Chief I call Romy. After a week, I had more than 20 students, all willing and full of energy, ready to fight.  One night, I brought my “balisong” (fan knife) and lined everybody and went to the motion of stabbing and slashing each one of them.  The next night, only 4 showed up for training. My friend Romy and my 3 children.  Students come and go except my children and Romy until the temporary YMCA closed down.  We continued training in my yard and Jay’s garage.

After a few years, my brother Jay decided to break away from me to pursue in going to the ranks of the Hawaiian Martial Art of Kajukenbo.

In April of 1987, I retired from the US Navy, working as a US Navy Base Police until 1989 when I joined the US Immigration Inspection Service stationed at the San Ysidro border, a gateway to Tijuana, Mexocio. Romy and another student, Virgil Apostol, got their black belt rank and we went separate ways. Romy also retired from the Navy and was occupied with his civilian job.  Virgil continued his education and became a “Hilot” (filipino massage expert).

Sometime in 1990, I started teaching at Imperial Beach Peri Park with Brother Joe’s help.  Most of my students were co-workers, all immigration inspectors at the San Ysidro Border. Brother Joe is also an Immigration Inspector.  some of the students are DEA Agents, US Customs Special Agents, San Diego County Deputy Sheriffs, San Diego Police, Bounty Hunters, Border Patrol, “Company Men”, and some Mexican Law Enforcement Officers, Mexican movie actors, special groups, active US military personnel and intelligence officers.

In October of 2006, I finally retired fromt he service (now called US Customs and Border Protection under the Department of Homeland Security) due to health problems.  The Imperial Beach Siete Pares escrima is growing with members in Mexico, Vallejo CA, Arizona, Virginia, Texas, North Carolina, and Hawaii.  At present there are no more Siete Pares Escrima practitioners in the Philippines.