GGM Ernesto A. Presas Sr. Lakan Sampu 10th Degree Founder 1945 - 2010

kombatan is a Filipino martial arts system. The founder of the system was GGM Ernesto Amador Presas (10th Dan). The current head of the system is Ernesto Presas Jr. The style is known for its doble stick techniques, but it features other stick and blade techniques, as well as empoty-hand methods. Ernesto A. Presas Sr. was born in the coastal town of Hinigaran, Negros Occidental on May 20, 1945. At age 8 he began his martial arts training under his father, Jose Presas, a well known escrima practitioner at that time. He went on to be an athlete in his college years, participating in various sports. His training in the martial arts is eclectic, having studied judo, jujutsu, karate, and various forms of Filipino and Japanese weaponry. He was Lakan Sampu (10th Dan) in arnis and Mano Mano (hand-to-hand combat) and Lakan Walo (8th Dan) in Philippine Weaponry.