History
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
Gaining the blade
My primary interest in FMA has always been the sword (particularly espada y daga). I come from a fencing background, by which I mean I fenced for a couple of years before I started doing Modern Arnis. And it’s really my only previous mano y mano combative experience. Fortunately for this, lately my instructor has [...]
Fascinating time line
I forgot all about Count Dante, the deadliest man alive (I think that’s supposed to be in title case). You used to see him in the back of comic books in the 1960s-1980s. Promoting his Black Dragon Society and the Dim Mak death touch. I’ve been reading all about him today. But I stumbled across [...]
Hand-made Modern Arnis uniform (UPDATED!)
Hand-sewn Modern Arnis uniform available for order at this website!
Modern Arnis Seminar
Saturday the 25th of April 2009, Bothell, Washington
There’s a lot of ways to learn FMA, one of the best I’ve found is to take one technique and explore it unarmed, with a knife, and with a stick. Fortunately, this is exactly what Dr. Presas did this Saturday. I think this style of teaching plays to [...]
Food of the Philippines!
As a public service to fans of Filipino culture via Modern Arnis worldwide, we are linking the youTube stream of Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations featuring:
THE PHILIPPINES!
Apparently, A LOT of Pinoys watch this show and during the course of the series, Bourdain has visited Southeast Asia many times but had yet eaten the food of our [...]
Repost: World of FMA 1 on TFC
This is a resposting of content from our old blog:
We finally got the latest video from our World of FMA Seminar in June 2008. This is a 6 minute spot that aired on The Filipino Channel’s (TFC) “Balitang America” show (in Tagalog means American News) a month later in early July and includes interviews with [...]
As Seen On TV
Have you all seen the latest Dr. Presas video? The video quality isn’t great, but you can tell it is him.
Some of you (most of you?) know I am an avid researcher of Filipino culture, history, and trivia. So when I came across this article the other day I knew it was destined to be [...]
