MEDIA

The term “Agak” means to assist in Visayan. This concept is embedded in Filipino Martial Arts and in a practical sense means to help someone. Linked to it is the concept of feeding. In FMA, we say that a person feeds when he or she strikes and helps (or assists) the other person. These two concepts are very important in Balintawak because the “feeder” helps the person who is being fed to not only execute a defense or a technique, but it does so the person being fed will develop certain skills: speed, reflex, power… 

Sometimes this term “Agak” is used as synonym of random play. When a person progresses in Balintawak, this randomness is introduced together with other elements, such disarms… These are only a few videos taken from our classes. Some of these videos show this concept of “random play”. I hope you enjoy them.