Eskabo Daan with Team Munoz

On January 11^th, Eskabo Daan joined “The Filipino Wrecking Machine” Mark Munoz for a wrestling and mixed martial arts seminar at Treasure Island. Eskabo Daan along with Visayan…

This episode is a special recorded interview with SGM Diony Canete we conducted while visiting the Doce Pares HQ in Cebu.  SGM Dionisio belongs to the second generation of the  famous Martial Art advocates, the Cañete brothers of Cebu City, Philippines. He is the youngest son of GM Eulogio (Ylong) Cañete, the principal organizer of Doce Pares, who headed the organization since its founding in 1932 until his death in June 1988. …

2013 Trip to the Philippines

I started going to the Philippines in 2007 and have been going bi-yearly ever since. This was my 4th trip over and the most memorable. Traveling with me was Craig Mason of Canada, Dan Meck from Philadelphia and Lyman Prior from Maine. All of us are Modern Arnis practitioners. We arrived in Manila Friday morning November 29th. Upon our arrival the Filipinos, dubbed us the Four Kings of Modern Arnis.

The first day was eventful. We checked into our…

A few years ago I some how got pulled into a talk down situation between myself and another Master in the back yard of a party.

Beer and whiskey was freely flowing and I had consumed more than my share of fire water. There was great food, great company and a whole lot of fellow Escrimadors attending this party.

At least six Masters were attending the party and everyone else were mostly graduate students of any number of schools. There were more knives and other weapons than I would…