Rancho Indalo

Rancho Indalo Rancho Indalo is your one-stop training facility for the use of swords, bullwhips, throwing weapons, archery and cross-country horseback riding.

Just north of Los Angeles, CA, we're the getaway without having to go away. Proof of vaccination required for overnight stays. Rooms are sterilized between visits. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, low-carb menus available. Dogs and horses on premises.

01/09/2025

I’ve lived and worked throughout LA since 1967. I love California and I love living in this town. My last apartment was across from the Hollywood Bowl for 18 of 25 years living in the heart of Hollywood before Dr Mary and I built Rancho Indalo in Canyon Country. I know and love all these fire ravaged places like old friends. They have inspired and sustained me for decades and I feel their loss deeply. I know many of you feel the same. Our hearts go to you all. We need to come
together for each other now more than ever.
Please stay safe. Please reach out where you can.

Dear Combat Con Friends, Next year will be better and we will be back with new skills and updates, hope to see you then....
07/27/2024

Dear Combat Con Friends,
Next year will be better and we will be back with new skills and updates, hope to see you then.

Doctor Mary and I, and Dan Trout are so disappointed we’re not able to see you all and share the refinements with whip and bladed weapons we’ve been exploring and honing since last years Combat Con celebration.

It’s been a bit frantic at Rancho Indalo the last couple weeks. We had to bid farewell to Latigo our 28 year old wonder horse, introduce a new horse to her forever home and re-home another equine rescue we’d been working with.

We pressed on and our friend and whip partner Daniel Trout flew in to film KNIFE / HAWK / AX THROWING STRUCTURE & TECHNIQUE last weekend. Dan is also the wonderful DP and editor who filmed BULLWHIP COMBATIVES AT MULTIPLE RANGES my martial collaboration with GM Ron Lew last year. It’s great and I highly recommend you check it out at www.buymeacoffee.com/anthonydelongis
Filming went great on our new Throwing video and we look forward to sharing that work with you soon.

Then life threw us a bean ball curve.

I was at SD Comic Con yesterday for a Mattel Celebrity Panel to introduce designs for a new Masters of the Universe BLADE figure, lots of fun, while Dr Mary and Dan drove in from Rancho Indalo w Whips, Japanese swords, kali sticks, knife trainers and all the tools we’d need to teach our glasses.

Alas by the time I flew in from SD both Dr Mary and Dan had tested positive for Covid. I was hoping for the best but I too tested positive last night.

I was so looking forward to sharing whip and weapons refinements I’ve been honing but it would be irresponsible of us to risk your health. We had our latest covid booster two weeks ago so our symptoms are mild. We’re currently resting in our room with our friend Tracy. We had a lovely visit in the hall with masks to get our copy of Stephen Fick’s new book THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF CONFLICT, looks great.

Derek Taylor stopped by to get my opinion on some of his new whips which I highly recommend.

We are continuing whip lessons and refinements in our room and you are all in our thoughts and hearts.

Have a wonderful Combat Con. We miss you all and look forward to seeing you next year. Stay healthy and creative.

When the guys are busy during the day filming a knife throwing video, they get a big meal for dinner - pork country ribs...
07/21/2024

When the guys are busy during the day filming a knife throwing video, they get a big meal for dinner - pork country ribs, pork belly, sausages, fresh corn fritters, and bacon Caesar salad.

03/27/2024

A wonderful collaboration with Director Gary Goddard and a tremendous team of talented actors and artists on both sides of the camera . I loved playing BLADE and creating a new character for the He Man Eternian Universe

Returning student from Paris is back at the ranch, and it’s Indian food night!Chicken tikka masala, pilau rice, and saag...
01/21/2024

Returning student from Paris is back at the ranch, and it’s Indian food night!
Chicken tikka masala, pilau rice, and saag paneer is what’s for dinner.

My decades of structure and technique with whip and blades now onlineDe Longis Professional Bullwhip & Bladed Weapons In...
12/29/2023

My decades of structure and technique with whip and blades now online

De Longis Professional Bullwhip & Bladed Weapons Instruction
on Buy Me A Coffee!

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/anthonydelongis

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DPACA (De Longis Performance & Combat Arts)

ANTHONY DE LONGIS - Whip Master / Sword Master / Weapons Expert / Teacher-Trainer / Actor / Voice Artist /Horseman
Intensive Bullwhip Instruction and Training for Film, Television, Stage Performance, Whips from Horseback and Combative Martial Applications.
Step-by-step progressive lessons to develop skills for confident professional level excellence.
“You can only ‘wing it’ if you have the skills to fly.”

NEW :
BULLWHIP COMBATIVES AT MULTIPLE RANGES for Martial and Fight Choreography Applications with Sensei Anthony De Longis and Sr Grand Master Ron Lew

De Longis created and refined his unique “De Longis Rolling Loop” methodology based on five decades of bladed weapons training in European swords with Maestro Ralph Faulkner), Filipino Martial Arts and bladed weapons with G**o Dan Inosanto and Japanese bladed weapons (Kaiso Toshishiro Obata and Sensei Mathew Lynch. He often refers to the whip as a 'super-sonic telescoping blade'. His methods utilize structure and alignment to produce explosive energy with a minimum of effort. He applies the bladed weapons principle of ‘proportionate' movement so the whip always operates within the physical dimensions of the wielder making it extremely difficult for an adversary to close from long range. He long envisioned effective options for medium and close range whip applications utilizing the ‘live’ companion hand as well as the Baton, Punyo and Thong of the whip for striking, redirecting, enveloping and submission techniques at medium and close ranges.

Sensei De Longis invited Senior Grand Master Ron Lew, an expert at close range fighting to join his explorations. SGM Ron has over 50 years of martial arts study and training and is an 11th degree Black Belt in Eskrima and Eskrito. SGM Lew has developed his own unique close range bullwhip martial arts form called the Tibetan Wave, based on his work in Tai Chi, Tibetan energy work, and Cacoy Canete Doces Pares Eskrima and Eskrido,

The result is BULLWHHIP COMBATIVES AT MULTIPLE RANGES, the culmination of over 100 years of collective martial arts training and experience. This is not a ‘beginners’ whip presentation, it requires solid fundamental skills and whip control to get the most out of our shared martial explorations. De Longis recommends studying Mastering the Bullwhip: The Supersonic Flexible Blade, Vol 3&4. Careful practice will help you develop a supersonic ally instead of an adversary.

Contents Include :
Grip / Leverage / Balance
Stance & Alignment
8 Angles of Attack
Rolling Loop Long Range techniques and combinations
Big Loop (halving the whip) for strikes, controlling envelopments
Medium Range Rolling Loop / Long Range Tibetan Wave
Close Range options for both Rolling Loop and Tibetan Wave systems
Baton options Rolling Loop and Tibetan Wave
Punyon / Pommel options
Intercepting / Redirecting techniques
Nunchuk Whip / Rope Dart / Flail options
Companion Hand / Checking Hand / Companion Weapons applications
Submission techniques
Disarms
Rolling Loop / Tibetan Wave Versus Weapons : knife, stick, long blade (barong / machete)
Total Running Time 130 minutes

MASTERING THE BULLWHP Vol 1 : Anatomy of the Bullwhip

MASTERING THE BULLWHP Vol 2 : Faster Than A Speeding Bullet

MASTERING THE BULLWHP Vol 3 : The Supersonic Flexible Blade - Building Efficient, Effective Accuracy and Skills

MASTERING THE BULLWHP Vol 4 : Targeting with a Partner, Body Envelopments, Prepping the Horse and More

RAPIER FOR THE STAGE & SCREEN VOL 1 & 2 : Foundational Beginner-to-Intermediate structures for single handed weaponry including saber, rapier, cutlass and smallsword.

BROADSWORD FOR THE STAGE & SCREEN Vol 1 & 2 : Geared to swordpersons with Intermediate-to-Advanced Skills including Broadsword, Bastard Sword, Katana and virtually any two-handed weapons application. These lessons will add depth and dimension to both technique and choreography and greatly expand performance choices.

DPACA - De Longis Performance & Combat ArtsANTHONY DE LONGIS - Whip Master / Sword Master / Weapons Expert / Teacher-Trainer / Actor / Voice Artist / HorsemanIntensive Training and Instruction for Film, Television and Stage Performance, Historical and Modern Martial Skills. Step by step progressiv.....

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