Practical Filipino Martial Arts

Combat Serrada Escrima Boston

Real skills. Real training. Practical stick fighting, knife defense, empty-hand applications, and self-defense taught in a welcoming environment.

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Stick FightingTargeting, timing, movement, and weapon control.
Knife DefenseAwareness and practical responses to edged weapons.
Empty HandClose-range striking, control, and adaptation.
Self-DefensePractical concepts designed for real situations.
About the System

What Is Combat Serrada Escrima?

Developed from Filipino martial traditions, Combat Serrada Escrima is a fighting and self-defense system designed for people of different sizes, backgrounds, and experience levels.

CSE brings sticks, knives, and empty-hand skills together within one adaptable system. Students learn not only techniques, but also the principles behind them, building the ability to recognize movement, respond instinctively, and develop solutions appropriate to the situation.

The system can complement prior martial arts experience or be studied independently as a complete approach to practical fighting and self-defense.

Concepts First Understand why movements work so you can adapt instead of memorizing rigid routines.
Practical and Functional Training is designed around realistic movement, pressure, and application.
Train at Your Own Pace Classes welcome different experience levels and encourage steady, thoughtful growth.
Guro Bella, Head Instructor at Combat Serrada Escrima Boston
Meet Your Instructor

Guro Bella

Head Instructor — Combat Serrada Escrima Boston

Guro Bella is a second-generation martial artist and Certified Full Instructor under Master Brian Jacobs in Combat Serrada Escrima and Martial Arts Concepts. She carries forward a legacy of practical martial arts with skill and authenticity.

With a degree in psychology and a lifetime immersed in martial arts, Bella brings insight and empathy to her teaching. Her classes are rooted in an open, welcoming atmosphere where students of all levels and backgrounds can grow at their own pace. Thoughtful, patient, and genuinely passionate, she encourages students to approach training not as a chore, but as play.

“Everyone learns differently. I want my students to feel safe, seen, and free to explore what works for them.”
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Contact us for current class times, training location, introductory information, and availability. New students are welcome.

Call or text: 617-804-5483 combatserrada.boston@gmail.com @cse_boston on Instagram