ESCRIMA LINEAGE

Instructor lineage charts are maps of instructors' heritage within a specific martial art. They show lines of instruction, from various senior masters to current instructors, providing an image of the knowledge passed down through generations. Each instructor on the chart is listed in succession, and to read the chart, follow the lines from the different masters to your own instructor.

Lineage Chart for Escrima at Sanchin Budokai

This chart shows the principal training sources and technical influences behind Samahang Tatlong Laban Escrima. The direct foundation of the training is Modern Stick Combatives by Guro Jeff Brown and Dynamic Fighting Arts Kali by Guro David Seiwert. The earlier names in the chart represent some of the major systems and teaching lines connected to these modern training sources, including the Inosanto-LaCoste tradition, Cabales Serrada Escrima, Pencak Silat Mande Muda, and the Tortal family lines of Pekiti-Tirsia and Dekiti-Tirsia.

The chart should be understood as an overview of principal influences and background lines, not as a complete historical genealogy or as a claim of direct personal instruction from all earlier instructors listed.