Filipino Martial Arts

[pauwiks]

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yup thats why you can add any facts you have...

[Kamikaze]

well no further comment...go ahead ,have fun

[lone wolf]

Philippine History from the FMA Warrior’s Perspective (1980-1989).

1980 –

1981 –

17 Jan : Martial law ended after nine years. President Ferdinand Marcos makes plans to run for President again.

1982 –

1983 –

Publication of Remy Presas’ third book, Modern Arnis: Filipino Art of Stick Fighting, after which Presas became known as the “Father of Modern Arnis”.

1984 –

1985 –

16 Mar : The Third National Arnis Tournament was held in Cebu City.

1986 –

26 Jul : The Fourth National was held in Bacolod City.

22-25 Feb : EDSA ‘People Power’ Revolution

25 Feb : Corazon C. Aquino becomes the country’s 11th President of the Republic of the Philippines. She served her term until 1 July 1992.

1987 –

2 Jan : Dionisio “Diony” Cañete, nephew of Cacoy Cañete, was elected as the new president of NARAPHIL.

In response to the worldwide spread of the Filipino martial arts, the World Kali-Eskrima-Arnis Federation (WEKAF) was founded in Los Angeles, California, with Dionisio Cañete as its first president.

1988 –

Oct : The First United States National Eskrima-Kali-Arnis Championships was held in San Jose, California.

1989 –

26-29 May : The Philippine Kali Grand Championship was held in Manila. This was jointly sponsored by the Kali Association of the Philippines and the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

11-13 Aug : WEKAF sponsored the First World Kali-Eskrima-Arnis Championships in Cebu, Philippines.

[BADDOG2003]

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[pauwiks]

okey ra man bro,

kaw musta na? basin last week of feb pa diay ko adto dinha cebu or first week of march. kita lang ta.ingna si scooby

[lone wolf]

Philippine History from the FMA Warrior’s Perspective (1970-1979).

1970 –

F. Landa Jocano constructed another hypothesis to explain the emergence of divergent cultural groups and patterns in the Philippines. This was based on geologocial and archaeological records which suggests that there were already people in the Philippines prior to Beyer’s proposed dates.

Magdaleno incorporated escrido – the martial art of Ciriaco “Cacoy” Cañete – and changed the name of his club to the Black Cat Self-Defense Club.

The most successful association in the central and southern Philippines in the 1970s was the Tres Personas Arnis de Mano Association founded by Timoteo E. Maranga. Maranga’s martial arts background is varied and includes studies in combat arnis, judo, karate, and Western wrestling. The tres personas arnis system is comprised of the de marina, de cadena, riterada, Batangueña serrada, florete, and sumbrada fighting styles.

1971 –

1972 –

21 Sep : President Ferdinand Marcos declares Martial Law.

Felimon Caburnay, an original Doce Pares Association member, founded the Lapunti Self-Defense Club. With his proficiency in Western fencing and wrestling, eskrima, and combat judo, Caburnay founded a system known as lapunti arnis de abaniko.

The art of yawyan, an acronym of sayaw ng kamatayan (dance of death), was founded by Napoleon “Nap” Fernandez. Unlike sikaran, which has similarities to Korean and Japanese kicking styles, the techniques of yaw-yan are more closely allied to those of Muay Thai.

Leo T. Gaje founded the Arnis America Organization in New York City.

1973 –

1974 –

1975 –

The Philippine Constabulary reached its peak when the Integrated National Police Force was organized, bringing all police forces under Constabulary command.

The National Arnis Federation of the Philippines (NARAPHIL) was organized by General Fabian Ver. At that time General Ver was the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and became NARAPHIL’s first president.

The Philippine Arnis Confederation was founded by Crispulo “Ising” Atillo. The goal of the Confederation was to expand on the techniques of their grandmaster, Teodoro “Doring” Saavedra, also an original member of the Doce Pares Association.

The Punta Princesa Eskrima Club was founded by Artemio Paez, Felipe Atillo, and Carlos Navarro.

Amante “Mat” Mariñas and Florendo “Vee” Visitacion organized the first full-contact arnis tournament in the United States.

1976 –

The Cebu Escrima Association was formed and in the same year, in association with NARAPHIL, sponsored the First National Arnis Convention and First Asian Martial Arts Festival.

1977 –

Dan Inosanto wrote The Filipino Martial Arts – standard reference to FMA.

Florencio Lasola founded the Oolibama Arnis Club.

1978 –

Kyokushinkai karate instructor Ben Singleton sponsored the Pro Am Classic in Vista, California. This tournament featured the first full-contact open weapons sparring division in the United States. Narrie Babao, a student of Carlito A. Lañada and Dan Inosanto, took first place.

1979 –

24 Mar : the National Arnis Association of the Philippines sponsored the First Open Arnis Tournament in Cebu City. Cacoy Cañete becomes champion.

19 Aug : NARAPHIL sponsored the First National Invitational Arnis Tournament in Manila. The Maestro defeats one of the most feared Grandmaster in the Philippines at that time. Fellow Grandmasters made their point with each other and with nothing else to prove to themselves and to the general public, majority went through the motions of the tournament; some winning some more, and sometimes - the more confident among them - losing to friends for reasons of their own. Cacoy Cañete went on to become champion. Antonio Ilustrisimo refused to compete under tournament rules.

[pauwiks]

nice info. asa na diay ang uban ninyo intawun?

wazzup wazzup? walay updates from d world of filipino martial arts?? luoy sab nato.nyahaha.anyways congratulations to the new level 2 and 12th batch of Mandirigmang Kaliradman pipol.

[BADDOG2003]

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[el barako]

hello pipol

may pa ang mga instek no? kung naa silay palabas labi na cultural show naa gyud ilang martial arts

kung ang pinoy magcultural show.. kanta sayaw lang. sus ginoo, matingala ka pa na naingani ang pinas.

culture of entertainment kaayo ta.. kung unsa lingaw ug makalingaw, ayos. kinahanglan back to what is essential... ibalik ang kulturang mandirigma! =D

[Kamikaze]

hello pipol

may pa ang mga instek no? kung naa silay palabas labi na cultural show naa gyud ilang martial arts

kung ang pinoy magcultural show.. kanta sayaw lang. sus ginoo, matingala ka pa na naingani ang pinas.

culture of entertainment kaayo ta.. kung unsa lingaw ug makalingaw, ayos. kinahanglan back to what is essential... ibalik ang kulturang mandirigma! =D

yeah lets all go back to stone age