Julio has been learning his family's martial art, Angkán Felices Kaliradman (Filipino Martial Arts) for over 30 years. He started as an eight year old learning from his uncles. Typically for children of this age in the Philippines, he was taught how to to handle swords and knives (balisong)!

Growing up in the Philippines also meant that Julio played Sepak Takraw, Patentero, Tsato, Agawang Buko, etc. - all of these street games teach you speed, agility, coordination, stamina and pretty much everything you might possibly need to become a good fighter. Growing up in the Philippines on the streets of Manila naturally meant having to fight for survival and also fend off aggressors - from elementary school all the way through high school.

Julio has more or less gathered together the different techniques he learned as a child and teenager, different regional influences from the Philippines, from Malaysia and Indonesia and made it into the style it is today. It is a style which cannot necessarily be compared to other more well-known styles.

Julio himself describes his style like this:

"It's all about action and reaction, about being dynamic, fast and agile. The main thing is its useability and practicability. It all has to work in real life, not just in a training setting, not just when your partner is standing there acting like a dummy - as if he's lost the use of both arms and legs!!"

If you sign up for driving lessons, you expect to get into a car and move the vehicle.
If you sign up for swimming lessons, you expect to get your trunks on and get in the pool.
If you sign up for horseriding, you expect to get on the horse and at least ride around the paddock.
If you come to BODYSHOCK, you'll get into a car, you'll get into the pool (in fact you might feel as if you're drowning, but don't worry!), and you'll definitely get on the horse. You will get to DO and not just hear or discuss the theory of Angkán Felices Kaliradman..

You can also rely on the fact that your instructor has driven a car along German autobahns and has swum in the open ocean and has ridden the horse over some pretty hairy jumps before! Julio enjoys talking. But teaching FMA should be less about talking, less about theories and more about doing and...well... DOING!

And above all: Training has to be both informative and fun, otherwise no-one's going to want to learn! Julio always tries to make training interesting. He hates to be bored himself and would hate to bore anyone else! He enjoys being unpredictable so watch out..!

Julio is a very proud Filipino: He is proud to wear traditional dress and practise Angkán Felices Kaliradman which he feels honours his family, his ancestors and the culture of his homeland.

Julio has been teaching Angkán Felices Kaliradman for over 20 years and still enjoys it immensely. This shows! He and his senior students have participated successfully in competitions throughout Europe. He was the instructor for a number of trainers in Hessen and regularly gives seminars in Angkán Felices Kaliradman throughout Europe.

If you would like to book Julio for a seminar, please give us a call on +49 641 971 99 25.