Most Recent Blog Posts
-
Playing with sticks and sharp Playing with sticks and sharp objects
- From: SticksnSharpObjects
-
Description:
Playing with sticks and sharp objects
- Blog post
- 9 months ago
- Views: 161
- Not yet rated
-
Arnis Allinace at the Martial Arnis Allinace at the Martial Games
- From: Pat_OMalley
-
Description:
Some of you may be aware that the Arnis Alliance was schedualed to have this years British Arnis Alliance Championships at this years Martial Games to be held in Leicester on September 5th 2009.
The latest news is that the Martial Games along with the Arnis Alliance event will be re-schedualed to be held in April 2010 as part of the Martial Arts Festival www.maf-uk.co.uk and will now be screened on national TV by a large production company. This now means the Arnis Alliance championships will now be an international event with participants from other countries outside the UK being allowed to participate.
All entries must be placed by December 2009 as we cannot guarentee acceptance after this date. The proposed dates of the Festival and Games are April 9th, 10th and 11th, 2010.
To register your participation please log onto the Martial Games web site via www.maf-uk.co.uk and follow the links for the Filipino martial arts tournament.
Best regards
Pat
- Blog post
- 1 year ago
- Views: 136
- Not yet rated
-
How did you get started on the How did you get started on the road to FMA
- From: DanMedina
-
Description:
After hearing the story on how GGM Pedoy started on his road to the Filipino Martial Arts, then listening to Master Tabminas of Balintawak start I wonder how many other have such great stories. Please share your story I'm sure many would enjoy how you all got started.
- Blog post
- 1 year ago
- Views: 199
-
Lock to counter lock Lock to counter lock
- From: DanMedina
-
Description:
While Training under the watchfull Eyes of GGM Pedoy we were tought counter for counter. There are a 144 of these locks in Derobio and I was wondering how many other systems out there do this or somthing similar? lets hear from all of you. Share your thoughts.
- Blog post
- 1 year ago
- Views: 569
- Not yet rated
-
2009 Black Eagle Society Gathe 2009 Black Eagle Society Gathering
- From: Pat_OMalley
-
Description:
Just to let you guys know, our next Black Eagle Swarming of the nest will be on July 4th 2009 in Doncaster at Andy Crittendens Martial Arts Centre.
If you are an expearianced FMAer and would like to participate in this fight day, please contact me by e-mail and I can send you the full details.
My e-mail is info@rapidarnis.com
Best regards
Pat
- Blog post
- 1 year ago
- Views: 197
- Not yet rated
-
The stickfighting lineage cont The stickfighting lineage continues!
- From: GMV
-
Description:
My instructor is a 90 year old Supreme Grand Master hold the official rank of 12th Degree Black Belt, his name is Cacoy Canete and he lives on the island of Cebu which is in the Philippines, and he is a legend and now world famous because of his over 100 Death Matches in the 1940's, 1950's and in the 1960's!
He won all of the no-rules stickfights, and he never killed anyone!
BRUCE LEE wanted to learn from this Filipino Stickfighting legend!
My Supreme Grand Master is linked by blood lineage to Rajah Lapu Lapu, actually it was this man Lapu Lapu who killed the famous Spanish explorer by the name of Ferdinand Magellan, this happened at the battle of Mactan Island in 1521, when the first fleet of Spanish tried to invade and conquer the Philippines.
But Rajah Lapu Lapu and his Filipino warriors who fought against the first fleet of Spaniards, andf the Filipino’s won that first epic battle.
Unfortunately came back with an even bigger fleet, and they conquered the Philippines for over 400 years, this is why so much of the Spanish language has been included into the Cebuano dialect now.
The Filipino men only fought with fire hardened rattan sticks, spears and their hand made swords called ‘Kampilan’ to fight against the advanced weapons of the Spaniards which consisted of Cannons, Rifles, Pistols and Sabre swords.
Yet the Filipino warriors won the first epic battle because of their shear spirit and determination, and Rajah Lapu Lapu had the final showdown of that battle when he fought against the leader of that Spanish expedition, explorer Ferdinand Magellan.
Rajah Lapu Lapu and Ferdinand Magellan fought each other on the shores of the beach on the Island of Mactan, and it was there that Lapu Lapu had killed Magellan, when he slashed at his enemy's head with his own sword, and it cut the explorer's head off.
The battle stopped momentarily as Rajah Lapu Lapu held up the severed head of Magellan, and he yelled out to his people these very famous words, "I bow before no Spanish King, my only allegiance is to my people!”
The Filipino warriors roared as the Spanish invaders fled back to their boats, and left the Island.
Rajah Lapu Lapu is described by an Italian chronicle writer who was with that fleet of Spaniards, his name was Antonio Pigafetta, and he described the Filipino warriors who were using a superior form of the stick and knife fighting that the natives called Pangolisi. (Filipino Stickfighting)
The Spaniards later referred to this style of stickfighting as, ‘ESKRIMA’.
Lapu Lapu was the first acknowledged Master of Filipino Stickfighting, and this art has been passed down from father to son, and from generation to generation, so the blood line goes directly back to Rajah Lapu Lapu, and all the people who learned this art were direct descendants of this great man!
Supreme Grand Master Cacoy Canete was taught the art of Pangolisi by his father and uncles, and they were taught by their father before that in turn, and this is how the lineage went back to the time of Chieftain Lapu Lapu!
When Supreme Grand Master Cacoy Canete walks down the street in his neighbourhood of San Nicholas, the peasant people bow their heads to the great warrior icon, and the children all run up and kiss the 'God Hand!'.
They believe that he has the blood of the great Lapu Lapu in his veins, and they worship their Filipino stickfighting hero of Cebu in the Philippines.
When I received my title of ‘Grand Master’ from SGM Cacoy Canete, it now makes me a part of the lineage that goes back to Lapu Lapu, and I become one of very few Westeners to get that incredible status and priveledge!
I am a product of all the great warrior men before me!
- Blog post
- 1 year ago
- Views: 159
- Not yet rated
-
4th British FMA Festival 4th British FMA Festival
- From: Pat_OMalley
-
Description:
This years FMA Festival was hosted at the North Romford Community Centre in Collier Row, Romford, Essex UK and seen many of Europe's leading instructors, Masters and Grand Masters come together in brotherhood to promote the Filipino martial arts and celebrate the wide veriaty of styles it has to offer.
This was a very busy and enjoyable weekend where old freinds met up and new frendships where forged in this two day extravaganza of the FMA.
This was so successfull that next years event is already being planned and will be held in the same venue on June 5th and 6th 2010 where we expect to see even more top class instruction from some of the best Europe has to offer.
This was to my mind the best FMA Festival so far and the BCKEAI has once again led the way when it comes to promoting the FMA.
A big congratualtions has to go out to all the instructors who made this one of the best FMA Festivals so far.
- Blog post
- 1 year ago
- Views: 224
-
Student Voice Student Voice
- From: StickfighterMagazine
-
Description:
Looking for students who want their voice to be heard. Have you got a technique you would like to share? Have you recently attended a seminar that you would like to tell us about? Or maybe you can tell us how you were first introduced to the Filipino martial arts, anything like that. It only needs to be a short piece and it may well be published in a future issue of 'Stickfighter Magazine'.
- Blog post
- 1 year ago
- Views: 95