RAPIDO REALISMO KALI is a Filipino self defense system officially founded April 1997 by Punong Guro Henry Espera. It is a traditional martial art-based system adapted for modern times, an art designed to work under the most stressful conditions, utilizing the person’s natural reaction to danger as a starting point for self defense techniques. Its roots came from three distinct systems: Kali Ilustrisimo, Orabes Heneral Eskrima and Automatic Arnis.
The name Rapido Realismo Kali was coined from two Filipino a