Ricardo Manglinong was born in the Philippines and moved with his family to the United States as a young boy. He began training in 1970 in boxing under the instruction of his father. He holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do as well.
His journey in the Filipino Martial Arts began as a teenager in Modern Arnis under GM Remy Presas. He started teaching the Professor’s art in 1977. In 1995, he met GM Ernesto Presas and became a student in his art of Kombatan. GM Ernesto promoted Rick to lakan siyam (ninth degree black belt) at the IPMAF Camp in 2007, where he was also inducted into the Philippine Martial Arts Hall of Fame and received the Kampilan Award.
He and his wife, Christina Manglinong (a respected martial artist in her own right), are the instructors of their own school, Manglinong Martial Arts in Stateline, Nevada.
