Eskrimador Raymond Floro began his martial arts training at age nine. He became a NSW State champion in Fencing by the mid-1970’s. He studied Balintawak Arnis until the early 80’s. Soon after he was introduced to Grandmaster Tatang and the Kalis Ilustrisimo system.
By 1989 he had received countless hours of one-on-one instruction with Grandmaster Tatang and was awarded full teaching accreditation by Grandmaster Tatang and Master Diego and was tasked to disseminate the Ilustrisimo system.
Coach Floro is the most senior Kalis Ilustrisimo representative in Australia today and stays closely connected to his friends and mentors still in the Philippines. Together they maintain the integrity of Kalis Ilustrisimo worldwide.
He is also a 3rd Degree Black Belt in the late Edgar Suliite’s ‘Lameco Eskrima’ and a Black Belt in Sagasa (Filipino Kickboxing) but his true love is Ilustrisimo. Ilustrisimo is a martial art complete in itself and easy to learn and as such is also a perfect complimentary system.
Coach Floro then developed Floro Fighting Systems (FFS) – a realistic, simplified method of dealing with armed and unarmed confrontations and specialising in the awareness and defence of edged weapon assaults.
