Can you really survive a knife attack? DeCuerdas Eskrima is one of the deadliest close in blade fighting systems in the world. The true system was kept secret and handed down family to family. The late Grandmaster Tenio openly taught a mixture of 19 Eskrima systems while keeping the core of the DeCuerdas teachings secret. Before he died Grandmaster Tenio passed down the true teachings to Master Van Donk who is now revealing them in a step-by-step, level by level teaching format shown as both a direct how to instruction and also in a dojo setting. Levels 1-4 of the 7 levels of our art are now available as an Eskrima Home Study Course. Study through Level 4 will give you a Blackbelt. In the past (prior to about 1984) FMA did not give belt style rankings and only titles where given by your master to signify your ability to others in the family. GrandMaster Tenio broke that tradition when he gave Richard Van Donk his BlackBelt back then along with a title. Richard decided to continue what his teacher did with him. You can earn yours too with this step-by-step training course. Only $334.95 for 10 DVD's with a Study Manual. Get started today!

CREATING YOUR LIFE THE WAY YOU WANT IT ... Your Personal Transformation Guide by R. J. Van Donk.
Don't just change your life Transform It! This book (soon to be a complete course) has transformed the lives of thousands. Put your life in its proper perspective. Gain more personal power and create your life the way you have always dreamed it. This is a power-packed guide to total living. Learn meditation, goal setting, taking charge of your life, and how to reprogram your own mind. Appropriately subtitled "a Guide for Transformation" - It does everything it promises to do". West Coast Review of Books

Learn the hidden teachings to true warrior power. Learn both Formal and non-Formal sword teachings in one place. You would not be reading this far unless you love the sword and what you read below may be just what you have been seeking since you where a child. As you may or may not know one of Shihan Richard Van Donk's favorite studies is the sword. The sword stands for everything it means to be a warrior and a peace maker. Thoughts of honor, justice, the personal pursuit of knowledge and perfection, ancient battles, and being a champion come to mind. As a child many of us dreamt of being a great warrior. Many of us put on capes, held a long piece of wood high in the air and climbed onto the couch wildly proclaiming our victory cry to all that would hear our voice. We played as Zorro (Shihan Richard says he used to draw a V for Van Donk- what did you draw?). We played as gladiators battling each other in games.
As we grew older and watched movies we learned of Chinese warriors, Conan, and Ninjas the invincible night warriors. Later, when we perhaps went onto study martial arts we heard of famous swordsmen like Musashi, who would go to live in nature for several months to better prepare himself for a life and death battle. We learned of the Bushido (path of the warrior) Code and what honor meant to a Samurai. If we dig deeper into the studies we will find that it is through the teachings of the sword that they unveiled to themselves the ways of the knowledge of the unfolding universe and the way of mastering their own perfection.