Mahaguro Nate Defensor - Supremo of the Illinois Katipunan and Founder of the Defensor Method of Filipino-Indonesian Martial Arts - Arnis Escrima Eskrima Kali

Coming up this week we are excited to have Kuya Bon “Berdugo” Bautista of The Yaw-Yan Academy.  Bon Bautista is a Filipino Martial Arts practitioner specializing in the Empty-hand art of Yaw-Yan. Growing up with a boisterous compulsion towards superheroes, combat cartoons, and fighting movies, Bon’s father gifted him his first boxing gloves at the age of 5. Afternoon playtimes are spent spar-playing and punching away rice sacks filled with mixtures of sand and sawdust.

At age 9, Bon joined Sikaran under Master Carding Ronquillo. Sikaran is an ancient Philippine art of kick fighting that has a concept identical to Karate with more variety of kicking styles and incorporates Arnis in its training.

At age 12, Bon met Master Napoleon Fernandez during a Yaw-Yan demonstration in his school. Yaw-Yan, short for Sayaw ng Kamatayan (Dance of Death) is a modern Filipino Kickboxing art that is based on the striking movements of both soft and hard weapons of Arnis along with Master Nap’s collective knowledge of Filipino, Chinese, and Japanese Martial

During his high school years, Master Nap opened a local Yaw-Yan Temple close by where Bon was a frequent visitor. Having no money at the time, it was only until 2004 that he was able to officially join Yaw-Yan in Pasay under the direction and tutelage of the Dacuyan Brothers – Sir Sario Saladin Dacuyan, Sir Loloy Dacuyan, and Sir Emiliano Zapata Dacuyan.

Through the Yaw-Yan Brotherhood, he cross-trained and collaborated with other chapters and fellow brothers. Bon trained Buno (Filipino Wrestling) under fellow Yaw-Yan Gilbert Ibanez and Jauhn Dablo.

In 2005, Master Nap moved to Yaw-Yan Ardigma in Makati, a chapter founded by fellow Yaw-Yan Chris Romine, where Bon coaches and helps trains fellow Yaw-Yan brothers. He received his Ardigma training under Master Nap during this time.

Being an avid FMA practitioner, Bon was also accepted to train Kali De Leon, founded by Guro Jun De Leon, under Kuya Roland Isla whom later named the group as Isla Mandirigma Kali.

To see him in action check out this vid by the 413Group: Bon and the Fighting Style of YawYan

To learn more check out his website:  http://www.yawyanacademy.com/

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Coming up this week we are excited to have Guro Ferdinand Terado of the Pekiti Tirsia Peninsula Group.  We will be talking about bridging the division among weapons art practitioners, and how to have fun and make friends while doing so.  Ferdinand Terado, aka Ferd, is a certified Guro in the Pekiti-Tirsia Kali System and leads the PTK-SMF Peninsula affiliate group in the San Francisco Bay. He is an active member of the Certified Professional Instructor (CPI) Cadre and is listed on the PTK-SMF Instructors page and regularly participates in the instructor workshops conducted at the PTKGO Headquarters in Dallas, TX, as well as seminars held annually in the SF Bay Area, where he is directly trained and evaluated by Tuhon Tim Waid.

Ferd has taught the PTK-SMF edge-impact weaponry and basic defensive tactics (PTK-CQC) to Law Enforcement and Military. He is a founding member of the NorCal PTK-SMF Tribe and had spearheaded the establishment of the PTK-SMF Magkatipunan Tradition; a quarterly gathering of Filipino Martial Artists in the Bay Area to promote camaraderie, collaboration and unity though sparring and workshop training - an effort strongly supported by Tuhon Tim Waid and PTKGO. ​

OTHER MARTIAL ART BACKGROUND

Ferd began his martial arts education at 17 years old in Okinawan Goju-ryu karate. Afterwards, he dabbled in other martial art systems such as Hung Gar Gung-Fu, Muay Thai and Capoeira. His first exposure to Filipino martial arts was in the art of Kali-Ilustrisimo and a hybrid style called The Defensor Method,  which is comprised of Serrada Escrima, Silat and of course Pekiti-Tirsia among others. After moving to the San Francisco Bay, he trained briefly in Jeet Kune Do and Inosanto/Lacoste Kali before finally choosing to train exclusively in Pekiti-Tirsia Kali.

To learn more check out his website:  http://www.ptk-peninsula.com/

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Fred, John and Mark talk about Minnesota's first FMA tournament and other cool stuff!

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Coming up this week we are excited to have Guro Victor Gendrano Jr.   Guro Victor Gendrano Jr started training in 1980 at Guro Dan Inosanto's first school, Kali Academy. Guro Richard Bustillo was the instructor of the class & the curriculum covered FMA, JKD, boxing & kickboxing. At some point, Victor decided to concentrate on FMA & started training in Guro Dan's class. In 1994, he became an instructor under Guro Dan & started teaching at the Inosanto Academy. He still teaches & trains at the school to this day.

Victor is the founder & chief instructor of his organization, Filipino Martial Heritage. The purpose of this organization is to promote Filipino culture through the propagation of the Filipino Martial Arts. He holds an annual FMA training camp in Cebu which is taught by him & local grandmasters.
For the past few years, he has been co-organizing a stick & blade tournament in Los Angeles. He handles the blade section which uses padded swords & shields. Steve del Castillo handles the stick section which has featured live stick & padded sticks.

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Professor Felipe Jocano joins us and we chat about FMA history and some of the differences between how it's marketed and practiced in America vs the Philippines. 

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We are joined by the legendary Grand Master Leo Fong. We talk about his acting, writing and training martial arts with many other legends. We also learn about his friendship with Sifu Bruce Lee and GM Angel Cabales.

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Mark and Federico talk FMA History and Books.  Round out your training with some knowledge of Filipino History!

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Dr. Botting began his study of the chinese martial arts at age 16 in 1981 while living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has trained in a number of arts since that beginning, but considers the three arts he holds instructor rank in as his core: Northern Shaolin / Northern Praying Mantis kung fu, Modern Arnis, and Yang Style Taijiquan. He teaches kung fu and modern arnis at Tye's Kung Fu, and he founded the original TAMU Kung Fu and TAMU Modern Arnis clubs at the requests of GM Wang and Professor Remy A. Presas, Sr., respectively. He still occasionally teaches at Wang's Martial Arts which he has attended since 1983. He also teaches seminars for martial artists, law enforcement, and the general public outside of Tye's Kung Fu. He has taught kung fu and arnis across the United States, including Texas, Virginia, Maryland, Louisiana, Colorado, Pennsylvania, California, Tennessee, Georgia, Connecticut, and in the Republic of Ireland. In 2014, Dr. Botting was honored with two Martial Arts Halls of Fame/Honors inductions, and he was recognized at the Renshi-Godan level for his arts within Bushi No Te. In July 2015, the World Modern Arnis Alliance (WMAA)recognized Dr. Botting as Lakan Tatlo in Modern Arnis, reflecting his growth and acknowledging the Professor's intent to test him for Lakan Tatlo in both 1999 and 2000 (not tested because of multiple surgeries). 

We welcome Master Rich Parsons to the show.  A student of both Grandmaster Remy Presas and Balintawak Grandmaster Ted Buot.  Master Rich shares some great stories and tells us about what his is doing today and in 2016.

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