Following the advice of his teacher, he went out and immersed himself in arts from all over the world; karate, muay Thai, Chinese martial arts, capoeira, western boxing, kali, taekwondo and ninjutsu.
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In August 2009, Movieset.com published a behind-the-scenes video interview with Marrese Crump for the movie Wrong Side of Town entitled "Becoming A Better Fighter" where he covers the training methods of the Filipino martial arts and how he incorporated them into the movie's choreography.
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They mention a YouTube video produced by Anesti Vega called "Batista Crump Workout" where Marrese Crump and Dave Batista go through a series of warmup padwork and Filipino martial arts drills.
In the Philippines the sport was called "sipa" and along with traditional martial arts survived the three century Spanish colonization.
Bachelor of Arts | Filipino people | Master of Arts (postgraduate) | National Endowment for the Arts | Master of Arts | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Electronic Arts | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | Filipino language | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Tisch School of the Arts | mixed martial arts | Institute of Contemporary Arts | École des Beaux-Arts | California Institute of the Arts | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts | University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | martial arts | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Academy of Fine Arts | Beaux-Arts architecture | The Filipino Channel | Mixed martial arts | Museum of Fine Arts | Arts and Crafts movement | New York Foundation for the Arts | Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts | Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts |
Due to its durability and resistance to splintering, sections of rattan can be used as staves or canes for martial arts— 70 cm-long rattan sticks, called baston, are used in Filipino martial arts, especially Modern Arnis and Eskrima and for the striking weapons in the Society for Creative Anachronism's full-contact "heavy combat".
His younger brothers Ernesto Presas and Roberto Presas, as well as several of his children (most notably his eldest son, Remy P. Presas), are active in the Filipino martial arts.