Doug Marcaida Bio, Ethnicity (Background), Wife, His Injury

You can call him a bladesmith or blacksmith but there are very few people who love fighting and will design weapons for it to show how much they love it. That’s why Doug Marcaida is exceptional.

The famous Filipino martial artist has set himself apart not only as a fighter but also as an expert in edged impact weapons. He is best known as the designer of some of the world’s deadliest blades. The fighter has been in the fighting business for over 25 years and appears on television as a judge on ‘Forged in Fire’. The US-based fighter’s ability to use and counterfeit combat instruments has also earned him a spot in the US military, where he served as a contractor.

Bio, Ethnicity (Background)

Doug Marcaida is a private individual, so nothing is known about his birth, childhood, or education. The only information known about his personality is that the bladesmith is middle-aged and 5ft 8in tall. His nationality is American but he is of Filipino descent.

career

There are no details on when Doug started his career or what may have prompted him to choose martial arts, but he was known to have been contracted as an armed combat instructor with the US military.

While in the US military, Doug trained in Kali, a type of martial art practiced in Filipino that involves the use of weapons such as knife sticks and open-handed methods. The art dates to the ninth century and lacked a harness system for two main reasons. First, no one can master an art, and second, since Kali allows the use of weapons, it will lead to challenges that would be risky. But the all-inclusive art has a ranking system, with each level having its own requirements, applications, skills, techniques, etc.

He has designed many great knives and some of his latest notable designs include FOX knives in Italy and the DART XT which he co-designed with Lad Mandiola. He is also one of the smiths who developed DART (Direct Action Response Theory). His guns have been used in a few films such as Blade 300 and the Bourne series. His creativity with weapons, which remains a marvel to many, also earned him a spot on the history show Forged in Fire. The reality show, which is primarily about knives and swords, brings some of the most talented hands into the competition by recreating some of history’s most notable edged weapons.

In the show, which is for all genders, four master blacksmiths anchored by former Army Ranger and actor Wil Willis are tasked with forging weapons. Weapons are tested before a winner is determined, and the final stages of the competition typically compare historical weapons such as swords, shields, and battle axes. The contestant whose weapon makes it to the final episode after multiple eliminations will be awarded a $10,000 grand prize.

Doug Marcaida is among the judges representing the end users of the guns or the public. The History Channel show debuted on June 22, 2015 and is currently in its fourth season. In order for Doug to come to an unbiased conclusion, he makes sure the weapons are portable so the fighter doesn’t have to drain his energy using them. They must also be durable and pass the strength test. Weapons also need to be properly crafted or designed to impress.

Doug is far from judging Forged in Fire martial arts schools, two of which are located in New York, USA, while the remaining one is located in Romania, where he focuses on teaching students Marcaida Kali. He also hopes to open more schools.

Wife of Doug Marcaida, children, relationship

As already said, Dough lives a quiet life, therefore not much is known about the American combat expert, except for his nationality and ethnicity. His passion for fighting and guns may be the reason why he doesn’t bother to share things about his personal life. In fact, he takes every chance he gets to reveal his love for blades and not go against things in his life. He is active on social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook but as you can imagine he only shows his TV works, designs etc. Doug also has a website called Dougmarcaida.com where he showcases his works . This shows how seriously he takes his job.

His arm injury

Once Doug had to take a breaktest work to perform arm surgery. But no one was able to find out what led to the injury, where it took place, and what type of surgery he had. But the martial artist has explained on his Facebook page that it happened while he was doing some tests. He went on to call the injury “boo boo” and gave no further information about it.

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