Balintawak Eskrima

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Balintawak

Original Balintawak club members from left to right: José Villasin, Johnny Chiuten, Venancio Bacon, and Teofelo Velez.
Also known as	Balintawak Eskrima
Focus	Stick fighting, Streetfighting
Country of origin	Philippines
Creator	Venancio "Anciong" Bacon
Famous practitioners	Jose Villasin, Teofilo Velez, Timoteo Marangga, Teodorico "Teddy" Buot and Delfin Lopez

Balintawak Eskrima or Balintawak Arnis is a Filipino martial art created by Grandmaster Venancio "Anciong" Bacon in the 1950s to enhance and preserve the combative nature of arnis which he felt was being watered down by other styles of Philippine martial arts. It is named after a small street in Cebu where it was founded.