About Us

The Kali Majapahit philosophy

In 1998, following a lifetime dedicated to the Martial Arts, Fred Evrard founded Kali Majapahit (KM), a holistic Filipino Martial Arts system. The first two KM schools were opened in Tahiti and Moorea (French Polynesia). In 2006, after a 4-year trip around the world for further studying martial arts and traditional medicines, Fred and his wife Lila, opened their 3rd KM school in Singapore. Today, KM is represented in Singapore (Headquarters), Indonesia, Japan, India, Tahiti, France, Germany, Finland, Switzerland, the Philippines, the Netherlands and the US.

The philosophy behind Kali Majapahit is that Martial Arts training is not only about physical skills, focus and self-confidence, but also about reaching challenging goals, and building up our health and energy level. Every class will emphasize 3 aspects of the Art: Self-defense & Martial Arts, Health (including nutrition, posture correction, breathing, etc.), and Personal Growth. A comprehensive rotating curriculum makes our very efficient and unique Martial Art system accessible to anyone. KM also has a specific law enforcement program and is used by special forces and elite units around the world.

Our Mission is to positively impact the world and the life of others through our teaching and philosophy. We strive to be our very best in teaching martial arts, developing leadership skills in others, teaching personal development skills, a healthy lifestyle, ethics and moral. We lead by example.

Our curriculum

Our training curriculum was designed to give students tools, not only for being the best possible martial artist, but also for living a better and healthier life; to provide them with great values, focus and energy; and finally to boost up their life with positivism, perseverance and confidence.

Kali Majapahit was created based on Punong Guro Fred Evrard’s extensive exposure to various martial arts, which he combined and borrowed the most effective concepts as a base for our system. It later evolved to build its own identity and concepts. Here are below the sub-systems you are going to learn in our academies.

Kali Majapahit sub-systems

  • Kadena de mano

    (Empty-hands/Self-defense) is a very efficient sub-system for self-defense, and teaches how to flow from one movement to another, using punches, palm strikes, elbows, knees, head-butts, take-downs, etc. Kadena de Mano means “chain of the hands”.

  • Doble & solo bastón

    (Double and Single Sticks) is great way to improve coordination, and one of the core sub-systems of Filipino Martial Arts. Using 1 or 2 sticks, at different distances, Filipino stick arts come from traditional fencing. Our double sticks system (doble baston) is called Sinawali ; Our single stick system (solo baston) is called Dequerdas (for Beginners) and Serrada (for Advanced).

  • Daga

    (Knife) training develops specific self-defense skills, and precision and speed in one’s martial practice. “Blade work” is a specialty of Filipino Martial Arts.

  • Panuntukan & Dumog

    (Boxing/Kickboxing) & (Wrestling/Grappling). Often called “Filipino boxing” or “street boxing”, Panuntukan is also an amazing workout and provides a great boost to self-confidence. Dumog completes Panuntukan with throws, takedowns and grappling; they both have similarities with Muay Thai and MMA.

  • Trankada

    (Joint Locks and Pressure Points) is a very deep and advanced sub-system, using locks and counter-locks to control an opponent or reverse a dangerous situation. It has similarities with Japanese ju-jitsu and Chinese Chin-na.

  • Largo mano

    (Long Range Combat) derives from the long Filipino Kampilan sword and is the long range sub-system of FMA..

  • Espada y daga

    (Sword + Knife) is an advanced concept in FMA and brings stick (or sword) and knife training together, pushing the practitioner to become ambidextrous.

  • Sibat / Bangkok

    (Spear / Long Staff) teaches students to manipulate longer weapons than the ones they are used to. The bangkow staff is approximately 150cm long and its use has similarities with “Northern Shaolin” long staff.

  • Jeet Kune Do

    Bruce Lee’s Jeet Kune Do and its philosophy had a tremendous impact on Kali Majapahit. In the 60s Bruce Lee’s martial art evolved from what he called Jun Fan Kung Fu to Jeet Kune Do (the Way of the Intercepting Fist). JKD has been influenced by Wing Chun as well as Filipino Kali, French Savate, Fencing, Western boxing, Southern Praying Mantis, Taiji Quan… Guro Fred had the honor of training in JKD with PG Jeff Espinous, Guro Bob Breen, and Sifu Richard Bustillo (one of Bruce Lee’s first student).

  • Silat

    Silat is a fighting art from the Malay peninsula (Indonesia / Malaysia / Singapore). It is a very efficient martial art, using empty hands, weapons, sarong, etc. We also find Silat in Southern Philippines, especially in Mindanao.

  • Hilot

    (Healing & Energy). After years of studies and researches in Tai Chi, Chi Gong, Meditation and Healing systems such as Traditional Chinese Medicine, Filipino Hilot, Acupuncture, Thai Massage, Osteopathy, Psychology and Nutrition, Fred Evrard has developed his own Health & Lifestyle program which is now included in our KM curriculum.

A global community

With 19 schools and hundreds of students around the world, the Kali Majapahit community keeps on growing. If you are traveling, ask us to connect you with our other academies.

 

“Setting challenging goals and building up our health and energy level.”

— Guro Fred Evrard