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Filipino martial art

Kalis Ilustrisimo is a style of Eskrima, founded by Antonio "Tatang" Ilustrisimo.

Name

Kalis Ilustrisimo means "The Bladed Art of Ilustrisimo": calis (or caris) being another term for sword, blade and knife in Luzon and the Visayas, and its usage as esgrimir and esgrima (Spanish for fencing/sword fighting).

This is as defined in Spanish-era Ilocano, Pampango, Tagalog, Bicolano, Ilonggo, Waray & Cebuano dictionary/vocabulary recordings dating back to 1512,^[1] as the art of Tatang is more blade-oriented than stick-oriented.

History

The Ilustrisimo clan from Bantayan Island in the Northern part of the Cebu region, was known for their Eskrima and has practiced its own traditional stick and sword fighting style for over five generations.

Its first known practitioner was Pablo Ilustrisimo who passed it on to Juan de Dios Ilustrisimo, who then passed it to the brothers Isidro, Melecio and Regino (the better kn