Year of the Snake ✨🗡️🐍

With Lunar New Year coming up this week—the Year of the Snake—we drew inspiration from the kris blade in our training yesterday. The kris, with its wavy design representing a snake in motion and its straight blade symbolizing a snake at rest ready to strike, reflects the balance between movement, stillness, and power. It’s a beautiful reminder of how Filipino Martial Arts carries both symbolic and practical wisdom. 

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