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Introspection and balance

By Joel Priest
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I have been thinking a lot lately about balance. It’s one of my weaknesses in my training so it’s been in my mind a lot this past 2 (almost 3) years.
First, I said ‘what is balance’? Merriam-Webster defines balance as:
Main Entry: 1bal·ance
Pronunciation: \ˈba-lən(t)s\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *bilancia, from Late [...]

Followup article from Manila Times on the development of Arnis in the Philippines

By marppio

Followup article to this past weekend’s news item on development of Arnis in the Philippines.  We are republishing this Manila Times article as a way to propagate this information throughout the Internet.  Salamat po.

The challenge of historical documentation

BY PERRY GIL S. MALLARI REPORTER (Manila Times, Tuesday 20April 2010)
Besides the Department of Education (DepEd) and the [...]

Controversy with Arnis Philippines regarding rules

By marppio

In an ongoing effort to feature news from Arnis Philippines and the state of the FMA, this article was published in the Manila Times today, (Sunday 18April 2010) and republished here for greater coverage of the material.

Rules, styles can’t be taught until these are standardized

By Perry Gil S. Mallari Reporter (Manila Times, Sunday [...]


Learning How to Teach

By Joel Priest
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I was idly showing an 8 or 10 year old little girl the other day a variety of grab-breaks. Several of them, of course, cause pain.
I’ve never encountered a truly non-compliant student before, I guess. Because she hauled off and slapped me as hard as she could, during one of them. Had I been in [...]

Press on NEW movie about FMA!!

By marppio

Our friend Jay Ignacio a filmmaker that is based in the Philippines.  His latest movie is about the FMA and includes, among others, Dr. Remy Presas Jr. and Rodel Dagooc in addition to Dan Inosanto and others.   Please read about the movie with this latest bit of press.
Salamat!

The greatest Filipino cultural export is [...]

New FMA movie: Book of Eli with Denzel Washington

By marppio

Looks like we’re in for more Hollywood-style action featuring the FMA with the latest Denzel Washington movie “The Book of Eli”.   Here’s a very cool clip featuring footage from the movie with interviews of Denzel, the directors of the movie and Jeff Imada, the stunt choreographer  of the movie:

Philippine Sports Commission To Lead Implementation Of Arnis Law | AHN

By marppio
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Philippine Sports Commission To Lead Implementation Of Arnis Law | AHN.
Manila, Philippines (AHN) – The Philippine Sports Commission will get P5 million to lead the implementation of a law declaring the martial art of arnis, a form of stick fighting, the national sport.
President Gloria Macapagal signed into law earlier this month  Republic Act 9850 sponsored [...]

Balance

By Joel Priest
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I have been thinking lately a lot about fundamental skills. And from what I can tell, the most fundamental skill in any martial art is balance. This should be pretty obvious, of course. Balance, harmony, wa whatever you want to call it, it’s all the same. While I am specifically talking about physical balance, the [...]

Learning

By Joel Priest
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I came across this really cool article about learning and the way the brain learns new skills. One of the coolest parts about it is, it is highly technical, but breaks things down very well so a layman can understand it.
To summarize, though, it says synapses for new skills start forming an hour after [...]

An interesting link

By Joel Priest

Yahoo News Article: Election massacre the result of a clan war?
I found this really interesting because it gives you an idea of the ‘hidden’ culture of the Philippines and the environment that Filipino Martial Arts developed in.
Thanks for reading,
Joel