Baraw Sugbo

Our responsibility as practitioners of Baraw Sugbo is to preserve the art. Teach it to next generation of martial artists, and to apply the same methodology of teaching that has served the art well for the past century.

One important methodology of the system is that Baraw Sugbo is initially taught as a defensive martial art, you are taught how to defend yourself against a knife attacker. This is naturally the normal approach of teaching blade based Filipino martial art in the Philippines. The defensive approach is also the more challenging and difficult part of any system.

The more recent approach now, is to teach a student how to use a blade to disembowel a human being. Although a very effective means in dispatching a person, the defensive aspect should be always taught first.

The defensive approach of teaching Baraw Sugbo to a new practitioner speaks of the long history and clear lineage of Baraw Sugbo.