State of Sikaran today?

[Bob Hubbard]

What's the current state of Sikaran today? Reading the Wiki entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikaran) it seems like it's big, but I don't see much about it online. I've seen a little of it and it seems interesting, but there's no schools near me to check it out further.

[arnisador]

I think one issue is that some people treat it as it own complete art while others treat it as a subsystem within a bigger art. I've heard both 'sipa' and 'sikaran' used to refer to the kicking component of some FMAs but those who practice Sikaran as a stand-alone art seem to have a different and more comprehensive approach to the material!

[Sheldon Bedell]

I know that it is growing here in the New England area of the USA but can not speak for any where else.

I also know that at least one group of Sikaran practictioners have more or less been told not to post online by their fomer ( read deceased) GM and the present GM. Why, I have never figured out, maybe thats why I was always getting into trouble when I belonged to it.

[arnisador]

Too bad they won't post! It could help grow interest in the art.

[cebusikaran]

Sikaran is very much alive here in the Philippines...Global Sikaran for example is propagating the art in Cebu City...

[arnisador]

I'm glad it's popular somewhere! I wish we had more practitioners posting here.