Five Lakes Alliance<br/>Not the standard dojo. Two warehouses at the poorer end of the "Oriental District" that were bought out and fixed up as places to learn to defend yourself. It started out with five masters trying to take care of their various communities coming together and building something a bit different. What was different is that they came from different styles. Silat, Eskrima, Muay Thai, Shotokan and Pa-kua chang.<br/><br/>Together they had the means to buy two side by side warehouses from foreclosure. They renovated the one in best shape first and immediately attracted students. The first building is nice, well lit, professional. It houses the original five masters and divided up evenly between them.<br/><br/>(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5b/3d/c7/5b3dc7dda1e129d45047724cf0dc7cd3.jpg) (https://i.pinimg.com/originals/06/97/86/069786902d34217a024c62756682a704.png) (https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cf/d9/0a/cfd90a11158da32b009ceaef2d2bcced.jpg)<br/><br/>The second building has electricity, running water and ...is clean. Any master who wants to teach can take a section and make it their own. What started out as a way of teaching others to defend themselves is now growing into a way of honouring and holding onto culture.<br/>(https://i.pinimg.com/videos/thumbnails/originals/50/b1/cc/50b1cc6c995197ad6ec02fd3e8572d22.0000000.jpg)<br/><br/><br/>Jericho dela Cruz, Eskrima instructor<br/>(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmRhNjk2NzMtOGUxZC00Nzg0LWJjMDAtYzI0ZThiNDBmNTdmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTU1NTE4NTI@._V1_.jpg)<br/>