Guest Instructor — KAMA Gathering 2026

Filipino Martial Arts Featured Demo

September 13, 2025 — 3PM

With more than 26 years of martial arts training, Guro Celina Taganas Duffy is one of the few prominent female instructors in Filipino Martial Arts. Her journey has been shaped through direct mentorship, private instruction, and intensive training in various systems, including the Jack Santos Method, Kali Ilustrisimo, Lameco Eskrima, Baguazhang, Wing Chun, San Miguel Eskrima, Eskrima de Campo 1-2-3, Daito-ryu Roppokai Aikijujutsu, Reiki and Qigoing.

Celina’s uncle, Manong Faustino Caigoy, a major influence in her development, passed down the Jack Santos Method to her. Over the years, she’s been fortunate to study privately under the late Master Christopher “Topher” Ricketts of Kali Ilustrisimo, Head Instructor Brandon Ricketts of K.I. Ricketts Lineage, Chief Instructor Arnold Narzo of Kalis Ilustrisimo Repeticion Orihinal (KIRO), the late Master Felix Valencia of Lameco Eskrima S.O.G. Backyard Group, Magtutudlo Ramon Rubia of San Miguel Eskrima and Eskrima de Campo 1-2-3, Head Instructor Robert Chu of Chu Sau Lei Wing Chun Kuen, and Ray Carbullido of Baguazhang, to name a few.

The Way of Flow: Paraanan ng Agos™, a system Celina has been developing for over a decade, combines her knowledge of FMA, combat proficiency, body mechanics, self-preservation, situational adaptability, and internal arts. The central principle is Flow: the ability to move fluidly between ranges, weapons, and tactics while cultivating martial arts skills and self-mastery of the mind, body, and spirit.

Throughout the years, she has taught numerous seminars, and has been featured in several podcasts, interviews, documentaries, TV segments, and publications, including Inside Kung Fu. Celina is dedicated to sharing her martial arts expertise with the community and has given various demos and presentations for organizations and universities such as the Philippine Consulate General LA, the California Department of Rehabiltation (DOR), ArtCenter, UC Santa Barbara, Cal State Fullerton, and Immortal Studios at the Martial Arts History Museum, among others. 

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Mastering the Art of Flow Through Martial Arts

By Celina Taganas Duffy

The Way of Flow™ is a raw account of Duffy’s non-linear journey as a female fighter and the process she uses to achieve a flow state through martial arts, while subsequently applying it to her other endeavors: art, branding, and business. Her memoir focuses on her life as a martial artist in Los Angeles and her struggle to overcome her deepest fears. Along the way, she uncovers her family roots on her path to unharnessing the warrior within.

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