Kali Academy of Mixed Martial Arts

Kali Academy of Mixed Martial Arts is a combat arts academy located at 14108 E. Lambert Rd in Whittier, California. The school offers instruction across multiple striking, trapping, and grappling systems, emphasizing versatility in all ranges of unarmed and armed combat. Head instructor Sifu and Guro Bud Thompson met Bruce Lee and Dan Inosanto in 1965 and has passed on the art of Jun Fan Gung Fu and Jeet Kune Do as a second-generation instructor. The curriculum incorporates Kali, Escrima, and Arnis stick drills native to the Philippines alongside Wing Chun close-range trapping and Muay Thai kickboxing. Classes are conducted on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, teaching body angling, weapon manipulation, and bare-hand fighting skills. Flexible membership plans provide tiered monthly training hours, with private instruction available directly under Sifu Thompson.