Doug Marcaida has been an active Filipino martial artist for over 25 years. He is a specialist in combat with sharp impact weapons and the designer of some of the deadliest blades in the world.
He appears on television as a judge in History’Forged in Fire’. Doug Marcaida lives in the United States and also served in the US military as a contractor. His expertise in weaponry makes us wonder how one person can have so much love and passion for blades and martial arts.
Biography of Doug Marcaida
There is no information about Marcaida’s date of birth and early life, but we do know that he is a middle-aged martial artist and blade designer. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall and is an American national of Filipino descent.
Doug Marcaida has put himself in the limelight with his weapon handling and appeared in the History series “Forged in Fire”, a series that tests some of the best hands in the field as they attempt to recreate some of the weapons most iconic in history.
Four master smiths are hosted by former Army Ranger Wil Willis on the show and these blade makers are challenged to forge the weapons which are then tested by a panel of judges of which Doug is a member. The contestant who survives the elimination stage and advances to the final episode walks away with $10,000. The show airs on the History channel and its first broadcast premiered on June 22 , 2015, North Dakota. The show is currently in its fourth season.
As a series judge, Doug Marcaida represents the end users of the weapons. He doesn’t just view them as weapons, but rather as a work of art. In an interview, he clarified that every weapon had to stand the test of strength and durability…isn’t that one of the coolest jobs anyone can have?.
Doug Marcaida arm injury
Doug Marcaida was recently sidelined for a few minutes due to arm surgery. We don’t really know what led to the injury; all we know from his Facebook page is that when he was taking a test he had a “boo boo”.
He is a combat instructor in armed combat with the United States Army and his martial art is “Kali”, a Filipino martial art which includes the use of sticks, knives, sticks, improvised weapons and open hand techniques.
Doug Marcaida then developed his own style of Kali called “Marcaida kali” with the aim of protecting and not harming people, which we believe is the overarching view of any martial arts discipline.
Doug Marcaida Knife Patterns and Schools
In addition to being on the judges’ seat, Doug is also a knife maker and designer, designing for FOX Knives in Italy and also has a website where he showcases his work. Doug Marcaida is one of the developers of the DARM (Karambit, a small curved knife that fits well in the hand) and the DART XT. How cool is that?.
His tools have been used in some movies like ‘Lame’, ‘300’ and the ‘Bourne’ series. That explains how good and serious this guy takes his job. He currently runs three martial arts schools in New York in the United States and one in Romania where he teaches “Marcaida kali”. We also know that he is looking to open more schools.
Ethnicity of Doug Marcaida Married? Kids?
Doug is a very private person when it comes to details about his origins and personal life, but we do know that he is of Filipino descent and is an American national. All other details are unknown at this time.
Due to his confidentiality, we have no information about his relationship status or family members. He shows that his only love is his “knives” if we can say so.
We have known active Facebook and Instagram accounts and most of his posts are still about his creations, works and on-set show. What can we say… the man loves his job.