International Philippine Martial Arts Federation (Kombatan) Hong Kong

Kombatan is a Filipino martial arts system. The head and founder of the system is Ernesto Presas Sr my master that had passed away on 2009 November I thank him for all the effort and heart to where I am now a master spreading his art in Hong Kong and now the founding successor and my dear friend very well known as well, skilled wise like his father a real "PRESAS" Grandmaster Ernesto Presas Jr. who will run and continue the Presas Clan.

Grandmaster Ernesto Presas Jr. has the outstanding skills only a Real "Presas" in Blood. I believe his no other people can claim this even others say that they are Grandmaster of stolen kombatan art. Seeing is believing.

Kombatan the style is known for its double stick techniques but features other stick and blade techniques, as well as empty-hand methods.

Ernesto A. Presas Sr. was born in the coastal town of Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on 1945-05-20. At age 8 he began his martial arts training under his father, Jose Presas, a well known escrima practitioner at that time. He went on to be an athlete in his college years, participating in various sports. His training in the martial arts is eclectic, having studied judo, jujutsu, karate, and various forms of Filipino and Japanese weaponry. He is currently a Lakan Sampu (10th Dan) in arnis and Mano Mano (hand to hand combat) and holds a Lakan Walo (8th Dan) in Philippine Weaponry.

Remy and Ernesto Presas both recognized that the classical arts of their country were losing their appeal and therefore slowly dying. Both sought to modernize the native arts into an effective fighting system that would be appealing to martial arts students living in modern Filipino society. Their dream to re-introduce his native arts led to the development of Modern Arnis. Ernesto Presas would later re-christen his version of the art Kombatan.

In 1970 he began to teach the Filipino martial arts in the University of the Philippines and Lyceum of the Philippines. Later other classes expanded to the University of Santo Tomas, Central Colleges of the Philippines, the Far Eastern Military Academy, Philippine National Police Academy, and the Philippines Air Force Officer's School. Also in 1970 he was invited to Japan at Expo '70' to demonstrate Arnis. He quickly earned the respect of many of the Japanese masters who called his Art Filipino Kendo. After returning home, with the help of his friend Frederico Lazo, he opened his first club. Later he formed the Modern Arnis Association of the Philippines International and the ARJUKEN (which stands for Arnis, Jujutsu, Kendo) Karate Association to formally spread the art within the Philippines. In 1975 he founded the International Philippine Martial Arts Federation (IPMAF) and began to spread the Filipino art to the outside world. In time his Arnis Presas Style and techniques became widely accepted and adopted by countries in Europe, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and Puerto Rico. He has also published numerous books and videos and has been featured on the cover of Inside Kung Fu magazine with the title "Ernesto Presas: The Father of Mano-Mano" (which art he created) and also hall of fame with his son Ernesto Presas Jr.

Ernesto Presas Senior and Junior traveled the world teaching seminars to spread his art. Many visited the Philippines to take lessons from him in Manila.

We are now still spreading the Filipino Art Kombatan here in Hong Kong. We also guide teaches Internal Power, Knife Throwing, Balisong, Nun-chacku, knife to knife to Hong Kong and China.

Kombatan combines several traditional Filipino styles that have been blended into a single art:

Palis

Hirada Batangueno

Sungkiti Tutsada

Abaniko Largo / Corto

Doblada / Doblete

Banda y Banda

Sinawali

Espada Y Daga

Daga sa Daga

Dulo Dulo

Dos Puntas

Tres Puntas

Bangkaw

Sibat

Mano-Mano

Sipaan

Dumog