Integrated Combat Systems

The ICS Academy's Filipino Martial Arts Program encompasses three areas of study: Weapons, Empty-Hand, and Grappling. Students will learn these areas of study in our "Phase" classes. The Filipino Martial Arts is a highly sophisticated and comprehensive system from the Philippines.

Drills and techniques are taught in a fluid, non-restrictive manner that allow students to enhance their natural attributes and improve their sense of timing, speed, awareness, balance, agility, and confidence.The training develops and heightens student's awareness of their surroundings and teaches them to use their environment as tools of combat.

Speed, leverage, and devastating disabling moves are the basis for Silat and it is all about exploiting weaknesses in your enemy and incapacitating them as quickly as possible. Maphilindo Silat is the compilation of all of the various systems of Silat that Guro Dan Inosanto studied under masters from Malaysia, the Philippines, and Indonesia.

Pekiti-Tirsia Kali is a highly effective close-quarters fighting art indigenous to the Visayan region of the Philippines. Based on tactics and strategies derived from edged weapons, Pekiti-Tirsia Kali is a complete system incorporating both weapons and empty hands methods. Designed for both single and multiple attackers, Pekiti-Tirsia is an ancient art that has evolved to stay relevant for modern combat and self-defense scenarios.

Thai Boxing utilizes the practitioner's natural weapons, knees, elbows, kicks and punches. Care is taken to teach students proper form and body mechanics to eliminate injuries while training and gain maximum effectiveness. The class places an emphasis on the physical conditioning and cardiovascular benefits of Thai Boxing.

Our Muay Thai program for kids is built on the best of traditional Muay Thai, teaching our students the skills and knowledge to take on challenges of the future. The structured curriculum was designed to optimize our students' learning and have a lasting impact beyond the academy. Muay Thai is an ancient art of Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques.