Hi, @ganjafarmer! Thank you so much for the wonderful words of appreciation.
Filipino martial arts, is that Arnis or Escrima? I think we were taught Arnis during our PE classes back in high school or college. My friends really trained for it and became part of the Philippine team.
You should definitely visit when you can! The country has some of the best places in the world and I'm sure it'll be worth it. There are a lot of Hive authors in the country and I know you can easily reach out to them for some travel recommendations.
You are totally correct and it's both. Arnis and Escrima. And yes is would be alot of fun to get to visit over there and see some of the amazing people and nature there.