Filipino Martial Arts - Pekiti Tirsia Kali

Pekiti Tirsia Kali is a true Filipino fighting system that focuses on edged and impact weapons including single and double stick, knife, long blade as well as empty hands. It is both traditional and progressive as it comes from a rich cultural history, yet can be applied today.  In Pekiti Tirsia you will learn how to use weapons, and you will learn how to defend against them.  Pekiti Tirsia is the official system for the Philippine Marine Corps and a number of crisis response, presidential security and other law enforcement groups in the Philippines.  Our Pekiti Tirsia program is made available thanks to our instructors Mataas na Guro Erwin Ballarta, Mandala Rommel Tortal and especially Grand Tuhon Leo T. Gaje, Jr.  For more information about Pekiti Tirsia Kali, find the Texas Kali Association website in our links section.

Filipino Martial Arts - Dumog Pangamut (Dumpag)

Dumog Pangamut, known as Dumpag for short, is a subsystem of Pekiti Tirsia Kali. Dumpag is a combination of the empty hands strikes and techniques consistent with the weapon motions and tactics of Kali as well as takedowns, locks, breaks and what Grand Tuhon Gaje calls muscle, tendon destruction. This class is intended to be a supplement to the Kali program for students who want to learn more about the empty hands of Kali right away.

Indonesian Martial Arts - Pencak Silat Mande Muda

Pencak Silat Mande Muda is based on principles of body mechanics and leverage making it functional for both the old and young, male and female. Training includes throws, takedowns, locks, ground fighting, empty hands and weapons techniques. Course material includes cultural studies and personal development.  Pencak Silat Mande Muda offers the best of tradition yet cultivates the ability to adapt to change.  The attitude of one who learns Pencak Silat Mande Muda is to keep a young mind and always be open for growth.  Our Mande Muda program is made available thanks to our instructors Guru Besar Dadang Gunawan, Guru Besar Rita Suwanda and the late Guru Besar Herman Suwanda as well as the rest of the Suwanda family.  For more information, find links to the Texas Association of Pencak Silat website and the Suwanda Academy website in our links section.

Defensive Tactics for Security and Law Enforcement

Adequate defensive tactics and officer survival training is often neglected or unavailable in the law enforcement community.  Yet these are the brave men and women who are risking their personal safety to keep our communities safe from real danger. 

Our courses give officers a chance to prepare for the serious threats that face them in their line of duty.  Topics include, but are not limited to, edged weapons defense, baton, weapon retention and disarming, control tactics, ground recovery tactics and more.   Techniques are taught systematically with an emphasis on application.  Contact us for more details

Combatives Training for Military Personnel

In our modern world, the weapons of war have become highly sophisticated, but warfare is still often conducted at close range.  Whether in an urban terrain or jungle environment,  close quarters conditions limit the available options.  Combatives training not only instills confidence, but also prepares the modern soldier to better handle the additional threats that arise from contacts made at close quarters.  Although one may not often need to employ backup or environmental weapons, the enemy may rely on them. 

Our combatives training is offered to serve those heroes who are protecting us and our freedom.  Our curriculum addresses the many needs of military personnel by including both control and destroy tactics linked to a single method of use.  This unified mechanics base makes our tactics and techniques easier to use and quicker to learn. Contact us for more details.

Self Defense

Safety, security and health all require that one make the best choices for oneself.  Learning awareness skills and basic self-defense tactics is a critical choice that should not be neglected by anyone.  Our self-defense programs are designed to be simple to learn and practical to use for everyone.  To learn more, contact us for details.

CrossFit Functional Fitness

Whether it be for survival, performance or simply better quality of life, fitness is critical.  Fitness is a measurement of health and a hedge against illness.  The Tactical Arts Academy offers classes in CrossFit that are based on natural, functional movements.  Our CrossFit classes are designed to improve your general level of fitness and supply you the energy you need for any of life's challenges and endeavors.  Our classes can help you lose weight, gain strength, develop flexibility, balance endurance and more.  Classes are scalable to any fitness level to serve both those new to fitness as well as conditioned atheletes.  For more about our CrossFIt classes visit here