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

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 [...]

Press on NEW movie about FMA!!

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 [...]

Philippine Sports Commission To Lead Implementation Of Arnis Law | AHN

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 [...]

An interesting link

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

MARPPIO Northwest Group

Just wanted to make a post a shout-out to the great bunch of guys up in the Northwest USA.  These fellas have been interested in Modern Arnis for a long time and in particular have been super supportive of MARPPIO and what we represent.  The last seminar at Bothell, WA USA last month was a [...]

Hand-made Modern Arnis uniform (UPDATED!)

Hand-sewn Modern Arnis uniform available for order at this website!

Just in: movement to make Arnis the Philippine National Sport

(This is reprint of an article taken from the Manila Bulletin)
Arnis pushed as nat’l sport
May 5, 2009, 7:44pm

Members of Filipino Martial Arts, led by Harbour Centre owner Mikee Romero, have thrown their full support behind the bill filed by Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri to make arnis the country’s national sport.
Romero and Zubiri, both avid arnis [...]

GM Remy Presas Sr., Block-Check-Counter

Here are a few excerpts from the Grandmaster Remy Presas Sr., “Visidario” DVD (available on www.modernarnis.com).  These are very basic concepts in the Block-Check-Counter technique and Visidario with Empty hand and worth taking a moment to view:

GM Fred Bandalan’s mother has passed away.

Grandmaster Fred Bandalan, the head of WEKAF and senior leader of the Doce Pares group on the West Coast in the USA, has just lost his mother this evening.  We got word from Master Pat Armijo of Armijo-Arnis in Ferndale, WA USA:
GM Alfredo Bandalan’s mother passed away at 9:30 pm on April 12, 2009. She [...]

S’more videos of Modern Arnis

Recently, we’ve had MARPPIO affiliated schools get on the Internet and show us their stuff on youTube.  Here’s a short compendium of vids to show us what they got:

Titulo

       Hello and welcome to the new MARPPIO blog!
       I’m Joel, and I was asked by the admins of ModernArnis.com to post now and then a little bit about my experiences with Modern Arnis. You can also find me as a frequent commenter on the forums. Please share your experiences there with Modern Arnis, or FMA in [...]

MARPPIO Videos

Here’s a short showcase of MARPPIO Videos that we have posted on youTube and aggregated here for your enjoyment.  Please do leave a comment about them.