Most of Sonny’s students were fascinated by his stories of what he called “back home”. Our American upbringings did not tell us anything about this unique world across the Pacific Ocean. We listened raptly to his revelations about languages, customs and peoples we had never known. Especially interesting were his stories of the jungles of Cebu – a place of monkeys, vipers, rattan, bamboo, exotic fruits, etc.
A master of many forms of martial arts, Evrard came to know about Kali in the States. “I fell in love with it almost immediately. I find in Kali the combination of almost all the elements of every other martial art I know,” said Evrard.
