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    Marines learn Filipino Martial Art [Image 4 of 7]

    Marines learn Filipino Martial Art

    FORT BONIFACIO, PHILIPPINES

    04.11.2011

    Photo by Cpl. Anthony Ward Jr 

    III Marine Expeditionary Force   

    Staff Sgt. Ronald Solomon, a radio operator chief with Communications Company, Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, performs a takedown with a knife on an Armed Forces of the Philippines Marine during Exercise Balikatan 2011 here April 11. The U.S. Marines were taught Pekiti Tirsia Kali, a Filipino martial art that focuses on knife, sword and unarmed fighting techniques. Balikatan is an annual bilateral training exercise between U.S. forces and the AFP to maintain operational readiness and strengthen the U.S. and Philippine relationship.

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    Date Taken: 04.11.2011
    Date Posted: 04.25.2011 23:36
    Photo ID: 394269
    VIRIN: 110411-M-ZD328-004
    Resolution: 5616x3744
    Size: 1.37 MB
    Location: FORT BONIFACIO, PH

    Web Views: 181
    Downloads: 4

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