Houston Kali Academy

06/03/2026

A leader doesn't have to be the loudest in the room.
Just the most prepared.
Your students don't just follow your instruction. They follow your example. Your discipline. Your standard.
The blade in hand isn't a symbol of dominance. It's a reminder that what you carry has consequences, and that's exactly why your standards have to be uncompromising.

Sayoc Tuhon Harley Elmore
Warriors Way Martial Arts

FromStrength

05/26/2026

Working on empty hand vs knife disarms (angle 1). This is an example of stripping disarm keeping the blade and following up with a cut combination.

05/25/2026

Never Forget. Today and every day.

05/25/2026

To train most effectively, you need trainers that match, as closely as possible, to the real weapons you carry.
Although it's a common idea now, 15 years ago when Sayoc Kali developed this idea, it was unheard of.

05/16/2026

This week we worked on Punyo Sombrada, one of our single stick flow drills, and explored different disarms.
In this video we show a strip disarm on entry after our opponent blocks the punyo strike.

05/15/2026

The Great Equalizer
There is a truth that every woman deserves to hear and every man who loves a woman needs to understand.
Strength is not equally distributed. Size is not equally distributed. But danger? Danger doesn't discriminate.
A woman who carries a blade and knows how to use it has done something profound, she has refused to leave her safety in the hands of chance. She has made a decision about her own life. That decision is not aggression. It is not paranoia. It is ownership! Ownership of her space, her body, and her right to go home.
Across the globe, the blade has never been seen as a weapon of the weak. It has always been a tool of the prepared. In Sayoc Kali, we understand that the knife is not the weapon. Training is. The knife is simply the physical manifestation of a mindset that was already forged long before the moment of crisis.
A woman who trains with a knife does not become dangerous. She becomes aware. She learns about distance, angles, timing, and, most importantly, herself. She learns she is capable of more than the world told her she was.
That awareness alone changes everything. Predators don't choose difficult targets. They choose the ones who look like they've already surrendered.
Don't surrender before the fight begins.
Train. Carry. Be Dangerous.
Sayoc Tuhon Harley Elmore Warriors Way Academy HeadHunter Blades

05/13/2026

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05/08/2026

Working Panantukan combinations on the focus mitts during our Thursday night class.

05/03/2026

You Can't Google What a Great Mentor Gives You.
Knowledge can be found anywhere. Wisdom has to be passed down.
In the martial arts, a great mentor doesn't just teach you technique — they teach you how to think. They see the gaps you can't see in yourself. They've already walked the road you're on and they know exactly where it gets dangerous.
Every master I've learned from left something in me that no book, no video, and no algorithm could ever replicate. That transmission — from one human being to another — is the heartbeat of this art.
Find a great mentor. Be a great student. One day, become both.
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05/03/2026