Tuhon Chaz Siangco is the founder of Pulahan Derobio Eskrima and also the great grandson of the legendary Great Grandmaster Braulio Pedoy, founder of Pedoy's Style of Derobio Escrima. Listen to our audio podcast with Tuhon Chaz as we discuss his system, stories of his great grandfather and Pulahanes leader, General Faustino Ablen, and what the FMA scene was like in Hawaii.
As you will notice this issue starts with 3 interviews. First an interview with Master Eddy Velez son of Grandmaster Teofilo Velez, learning from his father and also training and gaining knowledge with Grandmaster Atty. Jose Villasin, Grandmaster Anciong Bacon, my brother Grandmaster Chito Velez and Grandmaster Bobby Tabimina.
The styles and techniques of modern boxing can be traced to The Philippines and a martial art form named pangamot. Pangamot translates to “maneuvering of hands” or “bare fist.”
From one perspective, our great cultural moment may have occurred 11 minutes and 15 seconds into the Matt Damon action movie The Bourne Identity. Like many great cultural moments it passed without our noticing.
While the stick and the blade are the most popular weapons of the Filipino martial arts (FMA), the truth is it also includes training in projectile and flexible weapons. This article will focus on Filipino flexible weapons. Though flexible weapons can be wielded using the basic angles of attacks of the stick and blade, they have distinct characteristics from other type of weapons. In terms of advantage, a flexible weapon can bend over a block and therefore can still hit the defender.
