Cardenas Arnis #2 in Chula Vista's Eastlake district teaches Modern Arnis and Arnis de Mano, the national martial art of the Philippines, from a satellite campus at 861 Harold Place under the Cardenas School system. The weapons-first pedagogy begins with single-stick sinawali patterns and progresses through double-baston, daga knife defense, and empty-hand translations — a blade-to-open-hand continuum that contrasts with the kung fu striking lineage taught at White Dragon Martial Arts - Chula Vista. Grandmaster Cardenas oversees curriculum across both the primary National City campus and this Chula Vista location, maintaining consistent rank standards and testing protocols. Students train with rattan sticks, padded sparring batons, and foam training daggers — impact gear sourced from suppliers stocked at Big 5 Sporting Goods alongside the headgear and shin guards used in full-contact stick sparring. Advanced practitioners execute twelve-count sinawali flow drills, live-stick disarm combinations, and tapi-tapi trapping exchanges drawn from the Modern Arnis Tapi Tapi International curriculum.