Escrima Concepts

Training Escrima Concepts

In a world full of conflicts, and with (un)armed attacks happening daily, we need to be prepared. Escrima Concepts is one of the few combat systems that anticipates these types of emergencies. Many of our members are security personnel and have relied on Escrima Concepts training to manage an emergency, defuse it or do what is necessary depending on each specific situation. Escrima Concepts is a tried and proven art.

As we say to our members, “Weapons teach you what to do, not what you want to do.”

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The Escrima Concepts system

Escrima Concepts teaches you how to train and combine body mechanics and weapon mechanics together from the very first time you begin training. We have a steadily growing student base teaching individuals, private security and police members. Escrima Concepts is often asked to enhance and support other Martial Art systems and has formed several partnerships across Europe

Because Escrima Concepts is a conceptual system, our goal is to help individuals discover themselves. As members learn and understand more, they can tailor their training to their personal needs. To enable our members to progress, we have a syllabus (with 9 programs) that covers many basics that allow us to emphasize our concepts( Balance, Power Focus, Speed and Transition) and to prepare for reality training.

In our training, in addition to our hands, feet, knees, elbows and head, we use all kinds of weapons, including.

Single/double stick
Knives
Ton-fa
Palm-stick
Staff
Single/double machetes

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Our Blade and Edged Weapon Awareness programs have destroyed many myths being taught regarding knife defense developing a Feed the Fear strategy to draw people to seminars.

In Escrima Concepts, we keep advanced weapons training honest, direct and simple.

The goal is to increase your survival rate in case you have the misfortune to get into such a situation.

Escrima Concepts is an intelligent and highly skilled art that has removed flashy techniques and tricks because, although they can be fun, they will actually create bad habits that can leave you untrained for a real threat.

No teacher can guarantee your survival against dangerous attacks with weapons (or unarmed attacks). But with honest effective training and proper mental preparation for conflict management, we sincerely hope to increase your chances of survival.

Steve Tappin

Chief instructor and founder Steve Tappin first encountered Escrima / Eskrima in the 1970s when it was first introduced to Europe. From then on he has trained and worked with some of the best firearms and unarmed experts around the world. Steve has gone through many changes in 40 years and endorses that Escrima Concepts will always evolve and adapt to the needs of future generations.