About

Welcome to the home of the Lema Scientific Kali Arnis System club (LESKAS Seattle, USA). LESKAS is a Filipino martial art that focuses on practical self-defense, and was founded by Maestro Elmer Ybanez. LESKAS is the sister organization of the Ligntning Scientific Arnis International organization (LSAI).

For more information about other LSAI and LESKAS clubs, please visit some of our sister clubs’ sites listed under the Club Connections section to the left.

Seattle Club Information
We are a non-profit Filipino Martial Arts club and have been active in Seattle since 1998. Our curriculum is varied, but almost every class will include extensive stick work. There is no beginners/advanced classes, and all our club members train as a group.

Class times: Wednesday evenings from 7-9, and Saturday mornings from 9-12.

Classes are run by Bob Park or Ryan Greene, with assistance from senior club members.

We are located at the Lake Forest Park Montessori gym, 19935 19th Ave NE in Shoreline (North Seattle). When you pull into the lot, there’s a little gate to your left. Enter here and walk around to the left side where the gym is located. Feel free to drop by, but please confirm with us before you do so.

Price: $50 a month for twice a week, $30 for once a week, $10 single visit drop-in fee, and private lessons are also available.

LESKAS and Lightning Scientific Arnis system info
Like many Filipino martial arts, we regularly train in stickfighting along with blade and empty handed techniques. Stylistically, the LESKAS/Lightning Scientific system is characterized by it’s speed, power, and tactical setup of an opponent, be they armed, or unarmed. The fighter is always coiled and ready to explode with tremendous force. The system is designed to maximize power and efficiency in a strike, yet never to the detriment of defensive tactics.

Although a LESKAS stickfighter may work at varying ranges, be it long, medium, or close, the style is generally recognized for it’s aggressive jamming and hard-hitting medium/close range strikes, which tend to smother an opponent, leaving them little opportunity for counters.

Weapons used include: Single Stick, Stick and Dagger, Double Stick, Knife, and Empty-Hand.