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Filipino Martial Arts

NUDDA M.A.X. Training is a martial arts system developed by Antonio Faedda to improve his skills in Filipino martial arts. It is based on Filipino boxing and footwork from Kaliradman, and also incorporates elements of Western boxing, Muay Thai, and grappling. However, the primary goal is to stay standing and avoid taking the fight to the ground. NUDDA M.A.X. Training is intended to be a striking art that develops an aggressive fighting style, and is designed for self-defense in urban situations. It represents the culmination of Faedda's years of rigorous training across different martial arts styles.

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Filipino Martial Arts

NUDDA M.A.X. Training is a martial arts system developed by Antonio Faedda to improve his skills in Filipino martial arts. It is based on Filipino boxing and footwork from Kaliradman, and also incorporates elements of Western boxing, Muay Thai, and grappling. However, the primary goal is to stay standing and avoid taking the fight to the ground. NUDDA M.A.X. Training is intended to be a striking art that develops an aggressive fighting style, and is designed for self-defense in urban situations. It represents the culmination of Faedda's years of rigorous training across different martial arts styles.

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FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS


Nudda is a Sardinian
word meaning
nothing. When you
engage in a fight,
there should be
nothing in your mind
just action borne out
of pure instinct and
where YOU become
the fight.

NUDDA M.A.X.TRAININGTM is a martial cross training system developed by


myself to improve my skills during my journey into the discovery of the Filipino
Martial Arts. The majority of the techniques are based on the Boxing phase of
the FMA: The main core of the system is Filipino Boxing in conjunction with the
footwork and battlefield strategies found in the art of Kaliradman.

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From that base I then developed a


unique curriculum that uses Western
Boxing training tools to develop reaction
skills, timing, balance, body mechanic
and coordination: Muay Thai to develop
the use of the devastating elbows
techniques as well as the use of the
knees, kicks and clinches and to
develop stamina and power. Some
basic grappling techniques are also part
of the syllabus, although our primary
goal is to stay standing and never be
taken to the ground. If we do end up on
the floor, it shouldnt be by choice and in
that event we must fight to get out of the
situation ASAP, therefore we concentrate
mainly on escape techniques.
If you are stacked on the ground during
a street encounter, the danger of
multiple opponents is a too risky option

Kaliradman checking the range

Working the guard


and would make us extremely
vulnerable to all sorts of trouble. The
irony of it is that to get out of the ground
we must first know how to survive it.
With the help of my former training
partner and old friend Pat Bamborough
(Pat is an instructor under Terry Barnett
and one of the very first blue belts under
Mauricio Gomes in the UK) I spent some
time training in BBJ, the main focus of
our training sessions was working on
escapes from the various guard
positions and take
downs
counters,
however I am
certainly not a
grappling
expert

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Antonio &
Valentin
the
Russian
Bear

Working from the inside


and as a striker I like to fight on my feet
so thats primarily what I teach.
NUDDA M.A.X.TRAININGTM is intended
to be a striking art. Its aim is to develop
an explosive and aggressive way of
fighting that leaves very little room for
counters and retaliation: it is specifically
designed
for
urban
orientated
situations. Its a modern
combat system that finds its
roots in the training methods
and attributes based
approach of the ancient
Filipino Martial Arts.
These techniques are the
consequence of
many years of
rigorous training.
There was a
price to pay:
quite a few
years back I
went trough a
stage of
overtraining
that harmed

Kaliradman basic high block

Neck control
my body to such an extent that I had to
nearly give up martial arts all together.
After this traumatic experience I decided
to take further my studies and
understanding of the way our body
works and become a qualified Personal
Trainer and gradually repaired and
reconditioned my body, managing to
bring myself back to normal. I will
never regret my overtraining phase as it
allowed The Arts to become alive in
me and part of my muscle memory,
however I am aware that with proper
physical conditioning, a better nutrition
plan and with some more rest I could
have avoided years of pain as well as
the risk to have to give up forever my
biggest passion in life: training and
teaching martial arts.
It took me (and still does) many years to
create NUDDA M.A.X.TRAININGTM:
countless hours of research, trial and
error, failure and success in the attempt
to create order from the chaos that only
in a real fight can arise. The main idea
behind it was to become so proficient
that I could make the beautiful Filipino

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Its aim is to develop an explosive and aggressive way of fighting


that leaves very little room for counters and retaliation: it is
specifically designed for urban orientated situations.
Boxing arts work under real pressure.
As well as the average Joe I am
currently teaching people from all
walks of life: some of my students are
very experienced martial artists and
come from different FMA schools,
some of them hold trophies and world
title medals in stick fighting
competitions, others have a strong
Muay Thai background with many
fights under their belts, some of them
are MMA fighters. I train Security
guards, Doormen, Bodyguards and
Policemen and all of these people have
found something they like with NUDDA
M.A.X.TRAININGTM , it works.

So what is the difference between


NUDDA M.A.X.TRAININGTM and other
FMA and cross training systems?
Wellultimately is that it is a system.
It is an extremely detailed syllabus that
nurtures you from the very beginning of
your journey and aims to guide you to
find your very own expression of the
arts which ultimately is what FMA are all
about.

the people who were good enough to


share their great knowledge with me:
as without their teaching all this
wouldnt have been possible.

Antonio is the Mastru - Chief


Instructor and Founder of NUDDA
MAX Training. If you would like to
find out more about Antonio, what
he teaches or to introduce the
NUDDA MAX training curriculum
into your school, do so by...

07961982792
email: [email protected]
web: www.nudda.com

In the next article I will spend some


time talking about Guro Terry Barnett
and the way he profoundly made
an impact in my martial arts
adventure.
I hope you enjoyed
reading this article
and if you would
like to find out
more about what I
teach and
introduce the
NUDDA M.A.X.
TRAININGTM
curriculum in your
school, please visit
the website below.
Until next time, train
hard and fight
easy.

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Antonio Faedda

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immensely inspiring; I cant even


imagine what my journey would have
been without his help and guidance and
for this and many other reasons I will be
forever grateful to this amazing man.

I had the honour to train


under some of the best FMA
instructors out there and all
of them equally played an
essential role in my
formation, but the biggest
influence in my martial arts
adventure is by far Guro
Terry Barnett. In my opinion
what sets Terry apart from all
the other equally great
instructors I have trained
under, is his ability to direct his
students in the right path
throughout the
discovery of their own
expression of
combat. His
integrity in the
teaching and
performing of
the arts is

It has been originally created for my


very own personal and physical
development, and is being tested hard
enough for me to firmly believe in its
efficiency, and with that confidence I
am sure that many people will enjoy
and benefit from training in it. I
would like to stress the fact that
this is not a new secret Sardinian
art (an art so secret that not even
the Sardinians know anything
about it) and I have to thank all

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