Trinity Martial Arts : Jeet Kune Do - Filipino Kali - French Savate
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Trinity offers martial arts and self defense instruction in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Our classes follow the Inosanto JKD (Jeet Kune Do) Concepts approach, integrating technique and theory from three main combat systems: Jun Fan Gung Fu, Savate, and Kali. Trinity students are able to function and transition smoothly through all ranges of combat - from weapons, to stand up striking and trapping, and on to grappling and ground work.
Styles
Below is a short description of each of the the three main systems that make up the core of our training approach at Trinity Martial Arts.
Jun Fan Gung Fu
Jun Fan Gung Fu is the foundation upon which all our training is based. It is the curriculum that martial arts pioneer Bruce Lee taught his students in the 1960's, and served as the root for the development of Jeet Kune Do. Jun Fan Gung Fu is divided into three subsections: Kickboxing, Trapping, and Grappling.
The Kickboxing subset includes elements of the striking methods of Western Boxing, and the kicking skills of Northern Chinese Gung Fu systems, coupled with the footwork of Western Fencing.
Jun Fan Trapping draws heavily from Wing Chun (a Southern Chinese style famous for its close range rapid hand strikes and limb immobilizations) with those skills transposed onto more of a Boxing structure.
The Grappling subset of Jun Fan Gung Fu is taken mostly from Japanese Judo and Jujitsu ("Judo" Gene Labelle and Professor Wally Jay are the source for much of Bruce Lee's exposure to grappling techniques), these styles are then integrated with the joint locks of Chinese Chin Na.
*Jun Fan is actually Bruce Lee's Chinese name and thus Jun Fan Gung Fu literally translates as "Bruce Lee's Martial Art".
The Kickboxing subset includes elements of the striking methods of Western Boxing, and the kicking skills of Northern Chinese Gung Fu systems, coupled with the footwork of Western Fencing.
Jun Fan Trapping draws heavily from Wing Chun (a Southern Chinese style famous for its close range rapid hand strikes and limb immobilizations) with those skills transposed onto more of a Boxing structure.
The Grappling subset of Jun Fan Gung Fu is taken mostly from Japanese Judo and Jujitsu ("Judo" Gene Labelle and Professor Wally Jay are the source for much of Bruce Lee's exposure to grappling techniques), these styles are then integrated with the joint locks of Chinese Chin Na.
*Jun Fan is actually Bruce Lee's Chinese name and thus Jun Fan Gung Fu literally translates as "Bruce Lee's Martial Art".
Filipino Kali
Kali is a term used to describe the multitude of weapon based combat systems that originate in the Philippines and Indonesia. Kali is sometimes said to be be combination of two Filipino words - Kamot Lihot - that can be translated as "body in motion". Other common names given to the Filipino arts are: Arnis (Spanish for "Harness"), and Escrima (Spanish for "skirmish"). There is quite a bit of debate over the "correct" term, but at Trinity we have decided to stick with "Kali" for simplicity.
Our Kali focus at Trinity stems from the Inosanto / Lacosta "blend" (John Lacosta was one of Guro Inosanto's main instructors in the Filipino arts). We practice with the stick (single and double), and the knife - but also include a great deal of the empty hand material from the subsystems of Panatukan (Filipino Boxing), Pananjakman (Filipino Kicking), and Dumog (Filipino Grappling) as supplements to our Jun Fan Gung Fu base.
Our Kali focus at Trinity stems from the Inosanto / Lacosta "blend" (John Lacosta was one of Guro Inosanto's main instructors in the Filipino arts). We practice with the stick (single and double), and the knife - but also include a great deal of the empty hand material from the subsystems of Panatukan (Filipino Boxing), Pananjakman (Filipino Kicking), and Dumog (Filipino Grappling) as supplements to our Jun Fan Gung Fu base.
French Savate
At Trinity, Savate forms the basis of our competitive sparring structure. Students interested in sport competition are encouraged to pursue ranking through Savate Ontario or through Professor Salem Assli and the California Savate Association.
Savate traces its origins to French sailors at the port of Marseilles in the 1800's. Savate is unique in the martial arts as a kicking style where the practitioners actually wear shoes, and those shoes are used as weapons to increase the damage done by kicks. Savateurs are famous for their pin-point rapid fire kicking skills and agile footwork. The use of the shoe as a weapon makes this style a particularly good fit for real world self defense.
Savate traces its origins to French sailors at the port of Marseilles in the 1800's. Savate is unique in the martial arts as a kicking style where the practitioners actually wear shoes, and those shoes are used as weapons to increase the damage done by kicks. Savateurs are famous for their pin-point rapid fire kicking skills and agile footwork. The use of the shoe as a weapon makes this style a particularly good fit for real world self defense.
