Martial Arts Articles by Mike Schwarz

Michael Schwarz is a 2nd level master instructor with the title of Panginoon Guro in the Davis/Cabales System of Serrada Escrima.  He prefers though to be addressed by the less formal and more commonplace term, Punong Guro, which is of course abbreviated by the letters PG. . . . PG Schwarz was born on the 21st September 1961 in East St. Louis, Illinois right on the banks of the mighty Mississippi River, more commonly known as the gateway to the great American west. Adopted shortly after his birth, his adoptive parents brought him up in the small farming town of New Baden, Illinois. (Read Biography)

By Rick Kirkham
In this interview martial arts expert and author Guro Michael Schwarz shares with us information about the deady Serrada Escrima proven bladed martial arts system. His picture driven and well described step by step book gives even the novice an opportunity to learn some of this devastating art of self-defense and combat . . . (Read Interview)

On a cool, Midwest March afternoon, I drove from my home to a place I had been familiar with for many years. I was going to meet an old friend, mentor and my primary guiding force in the Filipino Martial Arts, Pangulong Guro Chuck Cadell III. While driving along, I reminisced, found that my pickup truck had almost driven itself as if on ‘auto pilot’ from my memories. Finally, I arrived to that familiar place of warm memories & hard hours of training with my contemporaries. As I came to the double glass doors of my teacher’s home, I was greeted warmly & as not a year had passed since Pangulong Guro Chuck & I had last seen each other. As we came to rest in the den of his home, we settled in for the business of the interview. (Read Interview)