Eskrima Academy

The Eskrima Academy, located in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, offers instruction in authentic Filipino Martial Arts (FMA). Our Eskrimadors train to be proficient in Bernas Estocadas, a beautiful, comprehensive, and effective FMA system developed by Grandmaster William Bernas, from his initiation into, and study of, both the old unstructured but effective Wedo (Oido) martial traditions of Negros, and the carefully-organised Pekiti Tirsia (Close-Quarters) methods of Grandmaster Hortencio Navales. Training in martial arts since 1980, and having has his first exposure to FMA in 1982 in seminars with Guro Dan Insanto, Academy Director Robert Parkes is the only individual ever to have been awarded the rank of Agálon (Master) in Bernas Estocadas. Robert is also a Magtutudlo (Instructor) in De Campo 123 Original.