Highly recommend learning from Ilan if you're interested in learning practical self defense or martial arts in general. He has a wealth of knowledge in all ranges of fighting from weapons to empty hand striking to clinch work and ground fighting. Ilan was my first Filipino Martial Arts instructor and he has continued to influence my martial arts journey and mindset. He's all about function and application and draws from multiple influences across traditional and mixed martial arts . He also continues to seek learning from other arts and is not the type to think he knows it all. He encourages you to test what you learn in live energy to see how it works for you. He is also controlled and closely monitors live energy sparring to maintain the right level of energy conducive to learning. All that, plus he's just a nice guy period. Check him out. read more