Now offering Martial Arts of various styles. Learn JKD, the FMA weapons Arts of Kali/silat for adults and teens. BJJ and MMA classes for and adults and teens!!
Small group classes, online learning, private instruction, seminars and self defense. The Parra Academy is a family run martial arts program taught in an old school setting, garage/studio. Classes have a foundation in Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do , Muay Thai , and Kali/Silat. I have a Criminal Justice background and offer classes geared toward self defense and fitness. We Offer both adult and children
STUDENT PROMOTIONS!!!
Congratulations to Melissa, Cody, Deborah and Jason!!!🥢🗡️
Reviewing seminar material taught last week at and exploring different ways to connect the dots to other technique options/submissions. 🥋🙏🏼🔥
Playing with basic high low high break-in with a choke lock flow 🥢
Sabayan (derived from the Tagalog word sabay, meaning simultaneous or at the same time) is a core training platform and fighting concept in PTK.
🛎️THE CORE CONCEPT:
🗡️Simultaneous Defense and Attack:
Instead of the traditional "block then strike" linear sequence, Sabayan teaches you to defend and counterattack in a single, unified motion.
🗡️Bypassing the Centerline:
When an opponent attacks (with a thrust or a slash), you step off the centerline to parry, deflect, or intercept their incoming line while simultaneously launching your own counter-thrust or slash.
The platform scales across multiple weapon categories and ranges, working seamlessly with single knives, double knives, swords, sticks, stick-and-knife combinations, or empty hands. The drill also builds attributes like speed, timing, reflex, precision, and instinctive reaction under pressure (eventually we break out of the pattern) rather than anticipation of an opponent's move.
🎥 Another sneak peak of seminar footage when came to teach at 🔥
"God is in the details," as they say. It means feeling a tiny physical shift—like a sudden change in resistance that signals the exact moment you must act to succeed.
Our fingertips read what our eyes cannot see.
A grip softens, tightens, or resists beneath your palm.
The pressure in your hands tells you the exact load you carry.
Therefore, excellence lives in fractions of a millimeter.
One extra gram of force shifted cracks the structure.
This is why the smallest physical cue can command the final outcome.
Montage of GM Tuhon Mel Tortal in action this weekend at the Cooper MMA seminar! Amazing experience!!!🔥🔥🔥
08/23/2026
Day 1 of seminar pics training with the one and only GM Tuhon Mel Tortal over at Cooper MMA! 🥢🗡️🔥
| Monday | 5pm - 9pm |
| Wednesday | 5pm - 8:30pm |
| Saturday | 9am - 12am |