Welcome to a Meetup Group exclusively dedicated to Asian Cinema. We will gather when recent and repertory films from Hong Kong, China, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Taiwan and every other country I'm too lazy to type out will hit movie houses, art house little theaters and local film festivals in New York. We might also organize private screenings and watch DVDs together. For the die hard, we might even hit NYU or Columbia and attend symposiums or presentations. Please feel free to use the m …

This group began as a way to introduce the diverse, practical andbeautiful martial arts of the Philippines. It provides a venue wherepeople can explore and learn the systems and methods that make up theFilipino Martial Arts. People into dance, theater, music, physicalfitness, weight loss, health practice, etc. are among the many thatcan benefit from the practice of FMA. Awakening to the physical,mental, and spiritual levels of the body and its energies are but someof the faculties that can be cu …

Come out and experience an authentic Filipino martial art. The Greater Philadelphia Chapter is instructed by Joel LeVan – also a certified Military CQC Knife/Empty Hand Instructor via PTKGO. This edged/impact weapon fighting system has been tested and proven through generations of combat. If you want true realism, you found it. Pekiti-Tirsia essentially means "close-quarter" and is the most complete, advanced, and effective system of Filipino Martial Arts in existence today. Pekiti-Tirsia is a t …