Filipino Martial Culture

by Wiley, Mark V.

• ISBN13: 9780804820882
• ISBN10: 0804820880
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-05-15
• Publisher: Tuttle Pub

Summary

A classic reference for martial artists and aficionados of Filipino culture, Filipino Martial Culture is an unprecedented excursion into the history, ideology, and techniques of Filipino martial arts. Beginning with a comprehensive study of the history of civil turbulence in the Philippines and the participation of its warriors in fights for independence from colonial rulers, Filipino Martial Culture proceeds to explore the worldview, spirituality, folklore and weaponry of this ancient tradition.Mark Wiley has collected extensive interviews with Filipino martial arts masters, as well as photographs of their practice and weaponry, in his preparations for this book. He explains basic and rare techniques, elucidating the ethos of much of Filipino culture in the process. the authority and depth of his materials are unsurpassed; Filipino Martial Culture is as much a definitive anthropological textbook as it is a practical guide to the martial arts

Author Biography

Mark V. Wiley has written for multiple martial arts and health publications, including Karate-Kung Fu Illustrated and The Journal of Asian Martial Arts. One of the world's foremost martial arts researchers, he is the co-author of Qigong for Health and Well-Being and author of Martial Arts Talk (2000) , and Filipino Martial Arts: Cabales Serrada Escrima (1994).

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 11
Author's Preface	p. 13
Background Investigation	p. 21
The Prehistoric Era	p. 31
The Colonial Period	p. 39
The Twentieth Century	p. 53
Ethos and Worldview of the Filipino Warrior	p. 69
Structure, Rites, and Symbols	p. 84
Folk Performance, Festivity, and Celebration	p. 104
Typology of Weapons	p. 116
Herminio Binas (Binas Dynamic Arnis)	p. 140
Angel Cabales (Cabales Serrada Escrima)	p. 148
Carlos Escorpizo (Arnis Escorpizo)	p. 156
Ramiro Estalilla (Rigonan-Estalilla Kabaroan)	p. 164
Ray Galang (Hagibis)	p. 173
Meliton Geronimo (Sikaran)	p. 182
Leo Giron (Giron Arnis/Escrima)	p. 191
Antonio Ilustrisimo (Kali Ilustrisimo)	p. 201
Carlito Lanada (Kuntaw Lima-Lima)	p. 210
Porferio Lanada (Arnis Lanada)	p. 217
Benjamin Luna Lema (Lightning Scientific Arnis)	p. 228
Amante Marinas (Pananandata Marinas)	p. 235
Christopher Ricketts (Sagasa)	p. 245
Edgar Sulite (Lameco Eskrima)	p. 254
Bobby Taboada (Balintawak Arnis Cuentada)	p. 266
Sam Tendencia (Tendencia Arnis-Hilot)	p. 276
Raymond Tobosa (Tobosa Kali/Escrima)	p. 286
Florendo Visitacion (Vee Arnis Jitsu)	p. 296
The Classification and Ethos of Filipino Martial Traditions	p. 307
Generic Terms for the Filipino Art of Weaponry	p. 345
Styles of Filipino Fighting Techniques	p. 346
Name Classifications of Filipino Martial Arts	p. 347
Systems of Filipino Martial Arts	p. 348
References Cited	p. 349
Glossary	p. 351
Bibliography	p. 357
Index	p. 365
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