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MAESTRO RICO ACOSTA Maestro Rico founded Kuntaw Kali Kruzada in 1993. He has studied the martial arts continually since the age of five and has been teaching for more than 30 years. He is a recognized Master of several styles of Filipino martial arts. In the year 2000 he received an award for "Best Maestro/Guro" from PIGSSAI at the DIGMAAN competition in the Luneta Park grandstand, Manila. In 2001 he produced a video on Lightning Scientific Arnis with Paladin Press. He was officially appointed as the IMAFP coordinator for New York in 2005. Maestro Rico was one of the featured instructors at the 3rd FMA Festival and the 2006 Remy Presas Memorial Camp in the Philippines. He was inducted into the United Fellowship of Martial Arts Hall of Fame recognized by the UFMA as Punong Mataw Guro in 2010. Maestro Rico has lived in the Philippines until recent years and is now focused on propagating the Filipino martial arts Internationally. He returns to the Philippines regularly to continue his study of the Filipino martial arts, continually developing and improving his system. It is his hope that through the propagation of the Filipino martial arts, his system can be an impetus towards a deeper understanding of the cultural heritage of the Philippines.
Maestro Rico Acosta has received extensive personal
instruction in the Philippines under many notable Masters and
Grandmasters such as GM Benjamin Luna Lema (LSAI), GM Vicente Sanchez
(KAI), GM Roberto Presas (Modern Arnis), GM Samuel Dulay (IMAFP Modern
Arnis), GM Jose Mena (Doblete Rapelon), GM Florendo Picate (Picate
Style Crossada Espada y Daga), GM Charlie Villanueva (Lao Lan - Doce
Generales), GM Jesus Pallorina (WEDOCA), Senior Master Frank Sobrino
(WEDOCA) and GM Ric Esteban (Kuntaw Combat Escrima). His experience in
Judo, Jujutsu, Karate and Aikido has complemented his knowledge of the
Filipino martial arts.
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