The Adventures of South Bay Filipino Martial Arts Club

The Adventures of South Bay Filipino Martial Arts Club
Punong Guro Marc Lawrence of Modified Pangamut System
Contents
About the South Bay Filipino Martial Arts Club
The Complete Story of Master Marc Lawrence
Methods of an American Arnisador
Tournaments & Awards
Competition
Workshops
Community
Recognition
Gallery
Notable Accomplishments
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Filipino martial arts is not just martial art but a thought process in which a practitioner lives by. Over the
years I have developed a list of notes or bullet points to operate by.
Point #1 Arnis is about finding your own way. Enjoy the journey.
Point #2 Break everything down to its smallest parts so you can learn it. Then put it back together.
Point #3 To be great you must practice, practice, and practice.
Point #4 Arnis is like fishing it is all about the little things. Remember that it is the little things that will kill you.
Point #5 Remember to Breath.
Point #6 The stick is just a poor man’s punching bag.
Point #7 Move like water and flow around them.
Point #8 The Key to FMA is three things: Timing, Rhythm and Fluidity
Point #9 Remember to defang the snake!
Point#10 Remember the stick is an impact weapon attack the joints.
Point #11 Attack by Combination know your ABCS
Point #12 Protect the Core-Control the Core
Point #13 Strike where they are not
Point #14 FMA is about the use of reversing, Reverse the Reverse.
Point #15 Your Empty Hand is the most dangerous weapon
Point #16 God gave you four sticks it is you job to know how to use them
Point #17 Learn to get a shuffle
Point #18 Injure them first then follow through
Point #19 Learn to think Third World-It is about drawing blood not backing down.
Point #20 Attack the joints, strike where they are weak
Point #21 Uproot the tree- Wrestling-disrupting the body
Point #22 Arnis is about rhythm learn to find the rhythm
You the reader are on a journey of finding yourself in FMA. Think of every fight like two rooms and a door in
the middle. You are standing in one and your opponent is in the other, someone will open the door, remember
walk into the other room, walk around visit the room then close and lock the door. Do not give them a chance to
do the same to you.
About the South Bay Filipino Martial Arts Club
The Modified Pangamut System
We are the South Bay
Filipino Martial Arts Club. We
are a Filipino American Barangay
(Village). We organized to share
the Filipino Fighting Arts and
Culture with residents of the South
Bay community. Our purpose is
to ensure that the Filipino American Communities of South Bay of
Southern California does not forget
its heritage of the traditional fighting arts of the Philippines. If you
are Filipino, Filipino-American,
Filipino-Hawaiian, Mesteso/Mestesa, Filipino by Marriage, or if you
just love all things Filipino you
will find our village/club quite welcoming. We teach Men’s, Women’s
and Children’s classes.
Our core system is a
Mountain Visayan fighting system bought to the USA by Grand
Master Felix Roiles. His Grandfather called it Pakamut also called
Pangamut. This referred to having skilled hands in Cebuano, a
Visayan dialect. He shared this
with Marc Lawrence, his families
fighting system.
Marc Lawrence had his
own FMA fighting system that he
had learned in his travels. GM
Felix Roiles certified our Punong
Guro Marc Lawrence as a Master
under Pakamut International Association. Master Marc Lawrence is a
National Champion in the Filipino
Martial Arts. Our club is active in
competitions to apply our knowledge.
The Modified Pangamut
System is a modern adaption of the
Mountain Visayan System known
as Pangamut or Pakamut. Pangamut means to have skilled hands,
Pakamut means to slug or scratch
in Mountain Visayan. Pangamut is a term from Cebu, Philippines, which means to describe
A Person’s Way or Knowledge of
Defending Oneself. Usually, you
may hear the Cebuano’s say to a
person: “Maayo siya mangamut.
(He has a good way of defending
himself.)” or “Naa siyay pangamut. (He has a way of defending
himself.)”
I feel that my style- Modified Pangamut is just that (He has
a way of defending himself.) and
more!
About the system
The Modified Pangamut
System is a Filipino-American
Martial Arts System. The South
Bay FMA Club experience’s in
tournaments across the USA and
in real life situations has brought
about adaptations to the new challenges. This is the same as it was
back in the Islands as each new
raider brought about changes in
styles of fighting to defend the
Barangay (village).
The Modified Pangamut
System is a complete system.
It has three ranges these being
Largo- Long Range, Meda- Medium Range and Korto- Close
Range. It is not a complex system,
using simple motions combined
to make fighting combinations.
It does not require one to be in
great physical shape or even have
special talents or skills like other
arts. It uses three different mediums of fighting, these being single
stick fighting, blade fighting and
hand and foot fighting. When these
mediums are combined together
they create Combat flows. We
teach the concept of Combat flows
that transition through the different
mediums of fighting. This concept
was developed due to real life situations that came from law enforcement, military, security work and
street self defense situations by
members of the system.
Our school plaque says this:
This is our village meeting place where we practice with sticks, knifes, fight and wrestle
Dinhing tungora nato pasidunggan and atong mga katigulangan nga nahiuna kanto.
This is where we honor the older brothers who came before.
Atong pasidunggan ang kanhing mga kamagulangan natong mga igso-on dinhing dapita.
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The Complete Story of Master Marc Lawrence
Here is my story. I started
as kid in the late 1960s with my
mom teaching my brother and I
French stick fighting. It was a lot
like fencing but done with bamboo
sticks. We had a little stick fighting club in our neighborhood in
the hills; we would fight with cane
hollow stick for sword and a solid
staffs. We fought with them as
quarter staffs. My dad had taught
us some of what he had learned
in the army. My dad had friend
that taught Karate who taught
us to kick and punch. His name
was Dave Delgato. He was the
first black belt I met and he had
a LAPD registration card for his
hands. We never had any money
for formal lessons with Katas, just
backyard down and dirty style of
fighting. This paid off in my teens.
In my teens we had moved
up to the San Francisco Bay area
and our family’s money was tight.
We moved to a crappy neighborhood where being a Mestiso kid
got me into fights. One time went I
was in middle school I was jumped
by three high school guys. Using
my skills and Pilipino style fight3
ing I beat them. I used my
back pack as shield and my
pencil as knife. I stabbed the
biggest one in the arm when
he tried to grab me. Another
time I was going to the store
my brother and I were jumped
by six kids trying to rob us.
My brother was knocked and
was wrestling with one over
his wallet and I was left with
five guys to fight. One thing
I had learned was kick & hit
then re-angle. Its kind funny if
you keep this up, nobody want
to jump in.
I was working at gas
station in high school and I met
Grand Master Hyuk Sul of Kuk
Sool Won. He was the first person to give me formal training. I
trained with him for several years.
I hated Katas or form and would
ask him why –because I found
they did not work when sparring.
I went for many years without further training but having used my
skills to keep myself safe.
I was working ambulance
as EMT in the 1980s. We would
get called out on voluntary psycho calls and they would become
violent after the cops would leave
or before the cops showed up. I
would have to restrain (joint locks
and pressure points) them. Fighting with someone who was crazy
or high in back of ambulance and
protecting yourself and your partner was not easy. I remember one
time I was at a hospital and nurse
in the ER was attacked by a crazy
person. I had to take the guy down
pretty fast and rough. We had this
call where a guy tried to jump
out a window and had to grab his
belt and pull him in and then pin
him and tie his wrist. We had to
file a police report. After that the
Sheriffs want me to go to work for
them. They said that I knew how
to handle myself well in unarmed
combat situations.
In my late twenties I met
older Filipino who taught FMA.
He had shown me some basics and
found that it blended well with
what I already knew. In my late
twenties I met my wife, a Filipina.
After we got married my father in
law a WW-2 vet and I were talking and he told me about how he
was trained in Hawaii, it was the
Cinco Terros. I met other family
members that would show some.
We used the cane stick we had
for the garden. It was my mother
in laws relative (Manong Espi)
in law who was good. He was an
old school Arnisador. It was funny
how my father-in-law and other
family members never showed my
wife any of this. They consider it a
man’s job to protect the home and
family.
My first son got to age 6
and started having issues in school
so my wife enrolled him in Judo.
I never was much of armchair dad
so I started working out and club
when my son would train. Being a
Fil-Am family, we were not treated
the best, even though we kept
winning in tournaments. I found it
good for close quarters sport fighting but not very practical for real
world.
I found fellow who practiced Arnis in the park, he taught
the Cacoy Doce Pares Method. I
was my mother-in-law who told
me of a teacher who was new to
the USA and needed students.
His style was Doce Pares Multi-
system. So we went up to LA and
started training with him in his
yard and then at Griffith park.
At the factory where I
worked we formed a club to practice FMA at lunch. I found that
parts were very practical and parts
were not, but I like the sparring. I
found that FMA excited my sons
about their Filipino Heritage. My
wife’s nephew started training
with us also. I was very fortunate
to meet Master Felix Roiles. He
was no BS kind of guy who could
fight and had real world experience. Master Felix said “here build
on what you know not start over”.
I started fighting in local and distant tournaments along with both
of my sons. My sons and I started
doing public demonstrations about
FMA. This made my wife and her
family proud of her husband and
children. It also made other family
members proud of their Filipino
heritage. I found my FMA system
to be very pragmatic. We as family
enjoy sharing FMA with the community. So I teach and compete
with my art, Modified Pangamut.
Methods of an American Arnisador
In the 4 years, I have fought
in FMA 41 divisions, with now
over 100 bouts with only 9 losses.
My friends asked me these questions:
First: What is it that makes you a
good fighter
Second: how do you prepare for
competition,
Third: what goes through you
mind when you fight,
Fourth: what did you learn for
your fights,
Fifth: what tips can you give
someone who wants to be a successful competition fighter?
To answer all of these questions I
will do it one at time.
First a little background
about me, I am married to a Filipina lady and have two sons. We
as family compete and support the
FMA community. I have worked
as an Industrial Firefighter for the
last 20 years and work in the Fire
and Rescue business for 30 years.
Durring my carrier I have received
1 Departmental Medal for Life
Saving, 1 Departmental Medal for
Bravery and 1 Departmental Medal
for Meritorious Service. Ok, so my
idea of good day is running into a
burning building with my buddies
while everybody else is running
out! I am an avid salt water angler
and have fished since I was six
years old. I love being on the deck
of boat and feeling the fight of the
fish and the adventure of the hunt.
To answer the first question, what make you a good fighter, first a fighter got to have heart!
You can train anyone to swing a
stick but you must have heart! My
teacher, Felix Roiles says “you
must have a heart like a lion”!
I firmly believe that this is true
and you must be willing to go the
distance. I have seen many fighters start out brave and melt under
the pressure of combat. Remember
that this is weapon based combat,
it just have rules! The next part of
this is the willingness to train with
intensity. Train like your like depends upon it, because it may one
day. The last part of is this question is this: it is really all about
the little things. Filipino Martial
Arts is all about little things just
like fishing. A master angler sees
all of the little things that it takes
to catch the fish. No matter where
he goes and adapts by humbling
and learning from other successful
anglers. Arnis is exactly the same.
You may know your methods but
to be successful in new environment you must adapt! Open your
mind to each situation and learn.
To answer the second
question of how does one prepare
for a competition, goes like this,
you must have good foundational
concepts of FMA. These are good
footwork and body maneuvering, good use of the weapon hand
and good use of the live hand. To
do this you need to practice, use
a tire bag and get yourself plenty
of rattan stick the right size. You
need to practice bagging by hitting with footwork. Practice going
the rounds just like the tournament circuit you are fighting in. If
you are going to fight one minute
rounds then practice hitting one
minute and the stopping for 30
seconds. Start out slow and get
your combinations with footwork
down then start speeding it up.
If you think you will have three
matches in a tournament then plan
to practice for 9 rounds. Add an
additional round or two so if you
end up in sudden death match you
are ready. You need to bag until
hands get raw and the just tape
up your hands. Bag on things that
give. I had friend who hurt his
hand because he was bagging on
Oak trees. Go for walks with your
stick and practice while walking.
Practice with your sparring gloves
and in your mat shoes to get feel
for your equipment. Now the next
part is to practice hitting and using
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your live hand for checking. If you
have somebody to work with you
practice hitting the bag then blocking as your partner strikes at you.
Practice with everybody you can.
Even if they will beat you. You
just need to learn from it. I have
had the privilege of sparring number of WEKAF world champions.
These guys can really fight.
Alright here are my
thoughts and tips on the use of
the weapon hand: My experience
in sparring has taught me that the
Manongs were right and the use
of the weapon hand is as critical as the empty hand when you
are fighting. Your weapon hand
serves a variety of functions like
gripping the stick, striking fore-
hand, striking backhand, thrusting
(Songkiti), Punching (jabs, cross,
hook and uppercut), butt striking
(Punya), Curving strikes (Pitiks,
Witiks, Arcos, Circulos, Sidewinders) re-angling strikes (Abaniko),
Forward and Reverse Hooking
(Punya method), Locking, Blocking, Parrying and Throws.
Grips
Let’s start with the basics. To hold your stick, knife or bolo you must be able hold / retain your weapon.
The grip on the stick is critical in retaining your stick when fighting. I use an overlapping thumb grip. There is
also straight thumb, side thumb and reverse overlapping grip. Each grip has specific application to provide the
maximum effect.
Overlapping - To find your basic grip position, put the stick in your left hand with the butt even with the bottom of your hand, close all four of your fingers, then wrap your four right fingers and overlap your thumb. This
is natural grip or over lapping thumb.
Straight Thumb - The basic straight thumb is done by putting the stick in your left hand with the butt even
with the bottom of your hand, close all four of your fingers, then wrap your four right fingers and put your
thumb straight up. This grip is used in Espada Y Daga for the knife grip. This grip is also called a foil grip.
Side Thumb - The basic side thumb is done by putting the stick in your left hand with the butt even with the
bottom of your hand, close all four of your fingers, then wrap your four right fingers and put you thumb bent
against the outside stick. This grip is used for a rapid reverse technique of the stick or knife.
Reverse Grip - The basic reverse grip is done by putting the stick in your left hand with the butt even with the
top of your hand, close all four of your fingers, then wrap your four right fingers and overlap your thumb. The
reverse grip is used when you would strike some with a Punya/butt strike, it is also used when you are knife
fighting and throwing a punch with the knife to cut them with a jab. This grip is also called an Ice-Pick grip.
Basic Strikes
Strikes are broken into three basic groups based upon the direction of travel of the strike. These are
forehand, backhand and thrust strikes. It does not matter if the strike is linear, curving or reversed it still three
basic ones. All strikes generate the most power through proper body mechanics. Power is generated in the feet
properly spaced through feet/leg rotation and is transferred to the hips and into the shoulders, and finally into the
arms. The wrist proves the snapping motion. The weapon hand gives direction and targeting to the strike. Your
knuckles serve as the blade edge reference to the strike. Strikes are done with three parts of the stick: tip, blade
and butt. For the most transference of energy, the tip strike is most effective. How you strike is adjust according
to the range you are fighting. Your range of motion is shortened as you get closer to your opponent. Remember
to attack the fangs of the snake first! Go for the hands then the knees.
Intermediate strikes
Songkiti - The thrusting motion generates energy through two methods a straight lunge thrust or a curving reangle motion known as Songkiti. This is used to target soft areas of the body like the eyes, throat, solar plexus
and groin. A properly done Songkiti can put the diaphragm into spasm in one motion.
Punya - A Punya done to the same areas in close quarters fighting (Korto) can do equal damage when done with
force. Just quick short motions can cause your opponent to be disabled quickly. This motion can be done to trigger a gag reflex in the throat when done to the throat at the Sternal Notch. The same motion can be done to the
base of the jaw by the ear; this will cause intense pain without permanent damage.
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Punching - There are five basic punches and two advanced method punches. The five basic are the hammer fist,
jab, cross, hook and uppercut. Two advanced punch are the spinning back fist and hammer fist-elbow strike.
Power is generated from the hips into the shoulders then the arms. A good punch is aimed 6 inches past the
body. One must image that they are punching through the body. A hammer fist is the same motion as the forehand and backhand strikes only if using the weapon hand you are striking with the butt of the stick. If you are
striking with a fist it is with base of the fist. A jab is the same as media strike; the only difference is that stick is
what hits your opponent instead of your fist. A jab punch is done straight at your target. A cross punch is done
across the body to the opposite side of your opponent’s body. A hook punch is done as name in implies with a
hooking motion. An elbow strike can be added when one throws hook punch. For maximum impact if you use
the checking hand to stop/ hold your opponent and then hit them with the hook. With stick in your hand you are
using butt of the stick for the strike. A spinning back fist is done when you reverse from the hawk stance, and
change direction and strike with a backhand strike.
Curving Strikes - The curving strikes group basically consists of Pitiks, Witiks, Circulos, Arcos and side winders. A Pitik is done in flicking motion of the wrist by the weapon hand, it is tip strike. This strike is usually done
to distract but can be extremely effective when done to sensitive areas like the breast. A Witik is done with a
wrist snapping motion like you would do with a wet towel. There are inside Witiks and outside Witiks, inside
done in a forehand motion and an outside are done in a backhand motion with wrist. A Circulo strike is done
with the wrist and forearm in a circular motion. For maximum effectiveness you start with you forearm with the
butt of the stick straight up and the tip is brought forward in clock wise motion rapidly. You follow all the way
through on this strike. An Arco in just two Circulos are done one right after another. Twirling strikes are best to
keep crowds back. These are effective for multiple opponents when using edge weapons. Sidewinders are done
similar to a Circulo except that it goes opposite side from where the strike originated from. You start with the
butt up striking curving manner hitting first the spot where you first hit in combination. A Sidewinder is usually
the third strike of the combination.
Complex Strikes
Re-angling strikes - The Abaniko or fan strike in done two basic methods- Traditional and Modern. Traditional
is wide striking pattern of 360 degrees of arc, to be really effective you must have total body mechanics for the
rotation of your body when tip striking with your stick. Modern is a short quick strike done with just the wrist
and a forearm in quick rapid manner. This is usually done to the face mask of your opponent with quick follow
up power shot to the body. Ricochet strikes are true re-angle strike done from bouncing the stick off the floor
and quickly into an on-coming opponent, or off your opponents stick and into your opponent’s face mask.
Hooking
Forward Hooking - The butt or Punya method is done as throw based upon the principle that were the head
goes so goes the body. The technique is done like a J-wrap in empty hands to the back of the neck, but you use
the butt of the stick quickly and throw them forward. It is best to use this in combination with a knee to the face
as you quickly pull them down into it.
Reverse Hooking - The butt or Punya method is done as throw based upon the principle that were the head
goes so goes the body. The technique is done like reverse J-wrap in empty hands to the back of the neck, but
you use the butt of the stick quickly and throw them forward. It is best to use this in combination with a knee to
the face as you quickly pull them down into it.
Locks
Locks - Locks are used in stick grappling techniques. There are wrist locks, chicken wings, arm bars, ankle
locks, leg bars, chest bar and chokes. These are done in conjunction with strikes to soften them up and with
quick motion take-down or restraint. These locks are done in conjunction with the empty hand and will be cover
in detail separately.
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Blocking
Blocking - There are two basic blocks reinforced and augmented. There are rigid blocks and augments blocks.
Reinforced blocks are used at two ranges, Largo and Media. A basic skill that should be taught to students is the
importance of angling their stick in all of the blocks of Largo, Media and Korto ranges.
Largo Range Blocking - When you blocking at the Largo range you use an overlapping thumb grip and reinforce the wrist with your empty hand, angle your stick outward to take the shock strike. This allows you to
have fast counter strike. When teaching blocking, start with have the student reinforce the tip and keep the stick
straight. Have them progress to reinforcing the stick with the meaty part of the palm. They should finish with a
reinforced wrist on the weapon hand. When blocking in the Largo range against edged weapons like the Bolo
verses Olisi take the hits toward the tip of the stick. It is extremely important to have your stick angled outward.
Media Range Blocking - When blocking at the Media range the stick is kept close to the body, sometime it
necessary to have the butt against the body. The stick is gripped with the overlapping grip. The stick is reinforced with meat part of the palm / edge of your hand. Keep the stick angled outward slightly to take the impact.
If you are going to plan to disarm your opponent then you may block with your stick and reinforce the stick
with the meaty part of the forearm. Your stick is angled slightly outward. This allows you to snatch and grab
their weapon or check their weapon.
Korto Blocking - When being attacked with an inside Witik a downward shield block works well for low line
attacks when combined with a live hand checking to your opponent’s shoulder. For high line attacks us a shield
blocks. Follow up quick shot to the body.
Parry
Parrying - Is type blocking that is used when defending against an Estokada to the upper body/chest or the
legs. The block is sliding block using the edge of the stick, allowing the energy of the slide across the weapon
in striking edge to edge. This prevents breaking the stick from a stick to stick collision. The strike used by your
opponent is a slicing strike. This strike can be parried and check at the same done with practice of a coordinated
effort of the weapon hand and empty hand.
Throws
Throws - Throws and sweeps are based upon the idea of disrupting your opponent’s balance. This is done at the
head-neck level, chest level and knee level with your weapon hand and stick. There are other sweeps and throws
that are done with your empty hand Vining, hip throw and with leg wrap.
- Punya Throw: The butt or Punya method is done as throw based upon the principle, that where the
head goes so goes the body. The technique is done like a J-wrap in empty hands to the back of the neck, but you
use the butt of the stick quickly and throw them forward. Combine with a sweep to the leg.
- Knee Sweep: The knee sweep can be done as simple as after striking your opponent at the ribs then
insert your stick behind the knee and pull while pushing on the chest with your empty hand at the same time.
- Chest Throw: The chest throw is done after softening up your opponent with strikes, your stick is
inserted at the chest while pulling them forward and off balance. You are disrupting their balance at the chest
level. Sweep their leg as you throw them.
Some of these techniques are not legal in certain tournament circuits, be failure with the rules of circuit you are
fighting in! Learn what the judges looking for and what will get you disqualified!
The Live Hand or Empty Hand
OK so now we get to the live hand or empty hand as it is called. Here are my thoughts and tips on its
usage: Yes, the Manongs were right and the use of the empty hand is critical when fighting. Your empty hand
should serve a variety of functions like re-enforcing, checking, jamming, pulling, hooking, pushing, deflecting/
passing, grabbing, opening, punching and blocking. These skills are not style specific but are general in nature
with FMA system that teaches Arnis, Eskrima, or Kali.
First, your hand should be on your chest in the guard position. You hand should be shaped like “C”. If
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you are blocking at the largo to media range you should be over the weapon hand, re-enforcing it still in a “C”
shape. Your arms are extended outward.
Re-enforcing - “Kalasag” When you are rigid blocking with your stick, use the meaty part of your palm resting
against your stick. Your arms should not extended, keep your elbows tucked in. Remember that you are block
with stick at the media and corto ranges.
Checking - When you are checking typically your hand come from behind the weapon and stopping the forward motion of the stick. Your hand is in a “C” shape and you are catching the stick and hand together at the
hand. Do not wrap your thumb in. The check is light like you would use to catch a light bulb, not like ball. Allow your hand to stay in contact with light pressure and move with your opponent’s weapon hand to set them up
for disarm.
Jamming - “Ipit” This done when you can anticipate your opponent’s strike and can throw in your empty hand
to jam the weapon. This is to keep them from swinging the strike. This is done throwing up your hand and jamming before they swing on the forehand strike. On the backhand strike you jam the forearm downward, you can
also hammer fist downward on their forearm. When you are being thrust at, use an inward jamming motion with
a “C”-shaped hand. Jamming is also done with your empty hand & arm. You basically cloths line your opponent
across the chest, with your elbow at the arm/ shoulder level as you come in this jams the weapon arm and your
opponent’s forward motion.
Pulling - “Hatak” This done when you can grab the stick after you have blocked it. You just pull stick and rotate
your body. They may or may not let go. You can also simply grab the guy’s cloths or body protector sleeve and
pull them off balance. This is done by pulling them in the direction they are already traveling.
Hooking - The hooking with two fingers known as the Kowit is done typically after you have checking the
incoming weapon/ weapon hand. It is done with two fingers, the pinky and ring fingers. This is typically done
in an inward/downward or outward pulling method. Typically it is used to pull your opponent off balance and
leads to a disarm. Hooking with your empty hand to your opponent’s neck and pulling forward throws them off
balance. Your hand is shaped like a hook.
Pushing - It is just as it sounds to push on you attacker on their weapon hand shoulder in tournament. In real
life it is to the face or the jaw, pushing it upward and back. This is simple tactic that is highly effective. Your
hand is open and in the C shape when pushing against the jaw or face. Use more of an open palm when pushing
on the shoulder.
Deflecting/Passing- Deflecting by the empty hand is done when your “C” shaped hand comes downward and
deflects your opponent’s weapon hand down. You can deflect your opponent’s weapon wand outward. This is
done in Songa-Wakli motions. This is done in a circular motion. By deflecting your opponent’s weapon hand
you make and opening for you to strike them.
Grabbing- “Agaw” It is just as it sounds, first you block and check then you grab their weapon. While you hold
it then you hit them as they try to pull away on their weapon. Grabbing can also be done by grabbing their gear
and pulling them toward you, this takes them off balance and then you hit them. Sometimes when you clash
with your opponent you can quickly grab and pull his weapon away if their gripe into to firm.
Opening - “Hubad” is to make an opening in your opponent’s defenses by deflecting and passing their weapon
hand away and this makes the opening. It is done with your empty hand in a “C”-shape.
Punching -“Suntok” When you are fighting and you have blocked your Opponent’s stick and weapon hand you
can punch them with you empty hand with a jab, hook, a cross or an uppercut. Make an opening by setting them
up to block and check then hit them with your fist from the other way.
Blocking - Using your Empty Hand to block, if you’re busy attacking and you are checked by your opponent
use their empty hand. Block their arm with the meaty part of your arm. This technique will only work at the
corto range and it is a ridged block. This works for forehand and backhand strikes.
Distracting - Using your empty hand for distracting is done when you are getting ready to spar. You move your
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fingers like a spider’s legs up by your face to have your opponent focus on this instead of on your weapon hand.
Remember that everything I have just described are mental tools. Build up you tool box of skills and learn use
all of your tools when you fight.
To answer the third question of what goes through my mind
before I fight is really very simple,
is I relax and clear my mind. In
order to fight your best you need
to get past the point of thinking
about the techniques and just do
them in flow without thought. Be
like water and flow with the fight.
I clear my head of all thoughts and
approach in calm manner. Do not
become angry when you fight as
it will cloud your mind. Do not be
hungry to get the other guy as you
will not be able to feel what your
opponent is flowing at you.
To answer the fourth question of what did you learn from
your fights goes something like
this: I have learned from my losses
and my wins, I learn to adapt to
each situation and grow from it.
First remember to show up and be
ready to fight. Sign up and fight
in all of the divisions you can.
Some days there is nobody in your
division. This means if they offer
padded stick, fight in it, if they
offer live stick fight in it, if they
offer Sayaw compete it, if they offer double stick fight in it, if there
is knife, fight in it, if they offer
team sparring be a part of the team
and fight. You will never know
where you need work unless you
battle test it. Learn what the rules
are what pleases the judges for the
circuit you are fighting. Ok here
is an example when I fought my
first River Rumble I lost due to I
was hitting with speed but not with
power.
What I learned I passed
on to my son who won a medal. I
learned after that to hit with power
and speed together. In 2006 in the
Battle for Carson when I fought
knife for the first time I did not
have anyone to practice so I got
kind of beat up. But because I got
1st place in single stick and the
rest of the team did well, our team
won the team trophy! At the 2007
WEKAF western regional I won
because I learned to use my footwork. I found that I had to move
like I did when dancing. I had a
Monang tell me if you can dance
then you could fight. You have
to learn to be graceful and move
in and out of the ranges. When I
fought at the 2007 Eskrimador’s
challenge I won in double stick
because I had practiced clash and
counters as well as dis-arms.
Tournaments & Awards:
- 2008 USFMAF Nationals Men’s 1st Place Form Division
- 2008 USFMAF Men’s 1st place Self Defense Division
- 2008 USFMAF Nationals 1st Place Men’s Senior Padded Stick Point Sparring Division
- 2008 USFMAF Nationals Senior Men’s 1st place Padded Stick Continuous Sparring Division
- 2008 USFMAF National Senior Men’s 2nd place Live Stick Point Sparring Division
- 2008 USFMAF National Senior Men’s 1st Place Continuous Live Stick Sparring,
- 2008 6th Annual Battle for Carson Eskrimadors Challenge 1st Place Men’s Senior Heavy Weight Division
- 2008 6th Annual Battle for Carson Eskrimadors Challenge 3rd place Team Sparring Division
- 2008 WEKAF Nationals Wild card Team Competition 2nd Place
- 2008 WEKAF Nationals-US Team single stick competition 4th Place, US Team Completion
- 2007 WEKAF Western Regional 1st Place Men’s Senior Single Stick, 1st Place Men’s Senior Double Stick
- 2007 Eskrimadors Challenge 1st Place Men’s Senior Single Stick, 1st Place Men’s Senior Double Stick, 2nd Place Open
Knife Division
- 2007 International Karate Championship 1st Place Men’s Senior Division -Pacific Fighting Arts Division Single Stick
Fight
- 2007 Compete 2007 Black Belt Championship 1st Place Men’s Senior Division Single Stick Fighting
- 2007 Presidential Fitness Award- Gold
- 2006 KA Open International Martial Arts Championship/ LA Sheriff’s Cup-1st Place Men’s Senior Division Single Stick
Fighting, 1st Place Men’s Senior Division Knife Fighting, 1st Place Men’s Senior Padded Stick MMA
- 2006 Battle for Carson , Eskrimador’s Challenge 1st Place Men’s Senior Single Stick, 2nd Place Open Knife Division
- 2006 Presidential Fitness Award- Silver
- 2006 Presidential Fitness Awards-Bronze
- 2000 Guerrero’s Invitational 2nd Place Men’s Division
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- 2008 Best of the Best Tournament Masters Division Champion
- 2008 USFMA Regional Sports Organizer (RSO) of The Year Award
- 2009 West Coast Eruption First Place Weapons Forms
- 2009 West Coast Eruption Grand Champion Empty Hands Forms
- 2009 West Coast Eruption Seeder - Jose Pachaco Dojang 1st place Self Defense Division and 2nd Place Sayaw/forms
Division
- 2010 West Coast Eruption Seeder Jose Pacheco Dojang Mixed Weapons Sparring Grand Champion
- 2010 Angel Cabales/Serrada Legacy Tournament Mixed Weapons Sparring First Place
- 2010 UFTC 1st Place Weapons Forms
- 2010 UFTC 1st Place Black Belt division Solo Baston
- 2010 Kick-Punch Blood & Sweat award for Martial Arts Support
- 2010 Mahar Martial Arts TV Show Award for Stick Fighting
- 2010 Kick-Punch Award-Top Rated in Weapons by UFTC
Master Marc Lawrence in 2009 received the FMAdigest recognition for his
continued efforts and demonstrated abilities as a competitor in Filipino martial arts
competition.
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My Travels to the USFMAF Nationals 2008
October 25 - 26, 2008
My older son Michael and
I had qualified for the USFMAF
Nationals that were to be held in
Orlando, Florida. They were to
be part of the Disney ® Martial
Arts Festival held October 25 - 26,
2008. To get ready for this tournament we had to train seriously a
month before. For me, this was
not so much as more as I train in
Filipino martial arts four days a
week already. My son, Michael
had made it on to a travel basket
ball team and they were working hard, so I knew his endurance
would be fine, we just had to work
on his sparring. He and I did a lot
of sparring with friends and family to be ready. Just 1 1/2 weeks
before the Nationals, my son had
an accident while playing basket
ball and injured his right arm. That
caused him to have to get a cast!
We had purchased our
tickets (they were non-transferable) and made arrangements to
use a timeshare condo from my
Michael Lawrence in foreground doing Sayaw with Master Marc Lawrence in the background.
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timeshare association for place to
stay. I told my son he could still go
if he went as my corner man and
coach for the Nationals. That was
the only way my wife would agree
for him to go. When we flew in
we came a day early so we could
adjust to the time difference, it
was a longer flight over to Florida
than to Hawaii to the big island
to see family. It was rainy and
humid when we got there, kind of
like Hawaii. When we got in and
settled I called Darren Tibon the
President of the USFMAF to let
him know we were there as we
were to be in the Saturday night
Showcase as well as be volunteers
for judging and helping with the
tournament. Due to Michael’s
hand being in a cast, I had to make
arrangements to have someone
else become my partner in the flow
my son and I had developed.
The flow was developed as
way of honoring my teacher, Felix
Roiles the Grandmaster of Pakamut International. The flow we
were to show would show largo,
media and corto single stick fighting, corto knife fighting and hand
to hand fighting. Darren Tibon had
a member of his school, Phillip
Labatad that had volunteered to
work with me to learn the flow on
Saturday.
Saturday morning we met
up with folks from USFMAF at
the front gates of the Disney ®
Wide World of ® Sports Complex.
We did our registration and met
up with our friends. We also saw
some other friends that were there
from California, Rich Verdejo and
Gigie Alunday of FCS were there
for the FSC blade competition. So
I got with Phillip and we started
working on it together. Phillip was
great to work with as he was getting a crash course in the Pakamut
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Fighting Arts. We went over and
over this for several hours then
showed it to Master Darren Tibon,
who gave great feed back about
slowing it down so the audience
could see the moves.
Disney had given us four
minutes to highlight five separate
Filipino Fighting Art systems
together. All of us from PakamutTorrance and Angels Disciples
Serrada got to together with
Tuhan Ray Dionaldo, Instructor
Rich Verdejo and Instructor Gigie
Alunday of FCS to plan what we
all were going to do. This was a
fun discussion by far. Ok, so about
now some of you are giggling at
the thought of five separate systems working together to show off
their art in front of a large crowd
maybe 1500 people with just about
every martial culture from around
the world demoing their respective
arts. Well, with one of the greatest
sports facilities in the world with
a phenomenal stage and lighting
effects, mist and music. We had
four minutes on stage in Florida,
we put on a great demonstration,
with back light Sayaw with blade
and candle, with bull whip and
blade forms, with combat flow and
flow spar. It was a great thing to
be a part of and to see what we in
the Filipino martial arts could do
working together!
So Sunday morning
rolled around and my son and I
had to get ready for the big day.
I found out that USFMAF offers a handicapped division so
my son Michael, with his cast on
his right hand, could complete in
two divisions, one was Cadenza/
Forms and the other was Padded
Stick Point Sparring. Michael
had to use his left for forms. You
know how your teacher always
says “learn to use your left in case
your right gets injured”; well that’s
what he had to do. Michael got a
gold medal in Junior Handicapped
Division. Michael was up first in
padded stick point sparring and he
still able to take a gold medal in his
division. I had entered in six separate divisions. I had a day’s work
ahead of me.
My first division was
Cadenza/ Forms good thing I like
to practice this by myself in the
park; I managed to pull a 1st place
gold medal with high marks. My
Master Lawrence winner
second division was going to be
different as it was the Self Defense
Division. The rules in USFMAF
say you must demonstrate six
techniques for this division at two
speeds one at slow explaining and
the second at real time and motion. Phillip Labatad really came
through for me as he volunteered
to do this with me and was demonstrating stick grappling and takedowns. True to my teacher methods that he taught me well, I was
able to get a 1st place gold medal
for this division. I knew the sparring was going to be work. I was
going to fight style I have never
fought before. My first was padded
stick point division, this is from
a blade perspective, and it works
on first contact strike get the point
unless they clash. It goes for three
minutes or first one to seven points
body is legal.
So now you
really have to
be a high level
in your game
with good
live/checking hand clash
and counter
and use of
foot work to
distance. The
Master Lawrence, Master Tibon and Philip Labatad
fights went
after live stick point sparring
well for me
with a reset after each point scored.
and I was able
I had practiced this plenty with my
to get another 1st place gold medal
students and friend in the park and
in this division. In the live stick
at my club. I did well getting a 1st
point was new to me and I did not
place gold medal in this division.
practice this so it was tougher for
My next division was padded stick
me to pull out good scoring, I did
continuous sparring. This is very
well with a loss to my new friend
different with then a WEKAF tour- Phillip Labatad who got the 1st
nament that you must show 50 %
place gold and I got a 2nd place
defense, the whole body is a legal
silver. My last fighting division
target, only the disarms that counts was live stick continuous. I did
if someone takes the stick away,
well with corner support from the
not dropped and thrusting to the
MDT Lameco Martial Arts people.
They cooled my neck, gave me
water between the rounds, my son
gave me coaching points he was
seeing on how I was fighting. I feel
this combination really helped. I
was able to get a 1st place gold
medal in this division. My son and
I had great time at the USFMAF
Nationals.
I liked the USFMAF
method of sparring more than
WEKAF. You start out apart at the
far ends of the ring. The judges are
trained and certified by the association after attending a workshop.
The judges are taught, it is about
honesty and integrity and the right
person wins always! This is the
way Filipino martial arts matches
should be. We a re looking forward
to next year at Disney Anaheim
2009 and the USFMAF Eskrimador’s World Tournament in Long
Beach August of 2009. Hopefully I
can see you next year at the USFMAF tournaments’!
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News-Shugyokan and Pakamut-Torrance
Mixed Weapons Martial Arts Challenges
November 30, 2008
Gardena, California - November
30th 2008. The Okinawan Karate
Kobudo Doukoukai and in conjunction with the Pakamut Filipino Martial Arts debuted the first
MWA (Mixed Weapons Arts) get
together at the Shugyokan Shorin
Ryu Dojo Hombu Dojo.
The joint training comprised of Okinawan Kobudo vs.
Pilipino Weapons sparring. The
Okinawan stylist used tonfa and
the rokushakubo against the Pilipino’s baston (sticks) and knife.
The training allowed each stylist
to test their ability of handling
their particular weapons in an open
combat arena.
According to the Shugyokan Dojo Deshi’s David Acosta “I
always look for ways to explore
a variety of martial arts. I have
found that each one has something
to offer and makes my overall
fighting skills better. Philippine
stick fighting is one of the hardest things I have tried and this
method throws you right into it. I
can see practical applications of
this fighting in many other forms.
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If you want to
push your limits,
this is definitely
worth trying”.
The
weapons used
in this ‘mock”
combat are padded. “It feels
like being smack
with a sofa
cushion” according to Prince
Loeffler, who fought using the
tonfa against Guro Marc Lawrence
of the Pilipino Pakamut Fighting
Art.
Guro Lawrence believes
that “As a fighter I am always
willing to try my skills against
other styles of fighting. This allows me to grow in ways that
otherwise I could not. Sparring in
mixed weapons-mixed system really makes my skills to be pushed
in positive way. I feel that if you
are truly serous about learning to
fight than this is path you must
take.”
The Shugyokan Dojo and the
Pakamut-Torrance has decided to
name this joint program as Mixed
Weapons Art or MWA for short.
The MWA Challenge will now
hold this fun event every last Sundays of each month beginning at
10:00 am till 11:30 am.
This concept came out
of the USFMAF Cultural Challenge that will be held April 2009
and August 2009 at the USFMAF
Tournaments. The USFMAF-Eskrimador’s World Tournament will
feature USFMAF and Chanbara
meeting on the mat for the first
time. It will be an open padded
weapons division.
South Bay Filipino Martial Arts Club Adventures at Long Beach International
August 7-9, 2009
On August 7-9, 2009 was
an amazing weekend for Filipino
Martial Arts here in South California. The USFMAF (United States
Filipino Martial Arts Federation)
in Brotherhood with Eskrimadors
Accademy had two tournaments
together side by side. The form
competition was held with joint
judging by the two groups. Everybody went to the Long Beach International for the variety of fighting
styles and systems. There were two
FMA tournaments held as part of
giant martial arts event in a World
Class facility-the Long Beach Convention Center. With Masters of
many arts doing seminar upstairs
on Friday, Saturday and Sunday
while tournaments were happening
downstairs.
On Saturday in one ring
was the USFMAF with all seven
of its divisions and in the next ring
was Eskrimadors Accademy with
WEKAF style it’s single and double stick divisions. The action was
great; fighters could fight either
circuit or both. The WEKAF style
fighting happen on Saturday only
with the USFMAF happening on
Saturday and Sunday. There were
some great fights that happened
that I watched as well as coaching
my fighters from our club. This
was for many of my fighters their
second tournament ever. For some
it was their first one!
I have never seen more
near knock-outs and with padded weapons, no less!!!! Those
new padded sticks by Action Flex
Century were really great. Some
other team’s fighters got hit hard
and dropped to one knee and got
up shaky. Live-stick was just fierce
with some hard core battling happing. My guys really could hit.
They were fighting with standard
rattan sticks with the skin on not
the kiln dried ones.
The Cultural Challenge
was really something with strikes
from padded weapons so had that
they broke shields wood and the
fancy foam-rubber types too. I saw
some of the non-FMA helmets
crack and faces masked dented
in. It really pays to have good
equipment. I was really glad we
use quality equipment. Sundays
afternoon wrapped up with great
action happening with knife with
kick and punch. My fighters were
really holding their own against
other systems and arts that came to
play. We took 1st and second place
in the division.
There were venders (FMA
included) there of all kinds of
Martial Arts equipment. While all
of this action was happening, the
House of Champions in Van Nuys
was hosting the 90th birthday
party and seminar for SGM Cacoy Canete, and on Saturday was
Long Beach internationals 2009 Matthew and Gil winnings
FCS’s Seminar and tournament at
the park in Eagle Rock. Because
so much was happening many
groups sent people to as many
as they could. Our club’s brother
group from Lake Elsinor, Pakamut
-Riverside area Guro Jason Stanley
went to the FCS and fought hard
bring back the gold. Our Grand
Master Felix Roiles was able to go
on Saturday and support the FCS
event with a seminar and on Sunday the USFMAF event with the
same. I felt like kid in candy store
with so much FMA happening at
once. Our Club was glad to at Long
Beach were history was made with
a FMA Open World tournament. It
was the weekend not to stay home
but to get out play in FMA.
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Long Beach International 2009
L-R: Boris, Jason, Donavan, Jenifer, Milo, Eric, Marc Mike Merrill, Gilbert and Matthew
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Workshops
Workshop USFMAF at the school
USFMAF and South Bay FMA Club Judging and Referee Workshop
July 19, 2009
On July 19, 2009 the
South Bay Filipino Martial Arts
Club, Gardena, CA, sponsored
a USFMAF judging and referee
workshop for the upcoming Open
World Tournament, It was held at
the Long Beach International on
August 7 - 9, 2009. The clinic was
well attended by folks, we had 26
people come and participate. We
were planning for maximum of 25!
We could not fit any more people
in the place. We had all chairs
filled and folk in the back and sitting on the floor. It was the biggest
event that our little school has ever
had there.
This event was supported
by other FMA schools beside ours,
and they were Professor Jesse
Dancel’s Dalan Ilokano FMABanning, Master Mario Gajo’s
Gajo Martial Arts - San Diego,
Khalid Khan’s Filipino EskrimaHollywood, and Punong Guro
Darren Tibon’s Angels DisciplesStockton came and supported the
event. We showed all of the divisions that USFMAF has to offer
with the exception of Double stick.
We performed padded stick point,
padded continuous stick, live stick
point, live stick continuous, Chambara/Cultural challenge-AKA
mixed weapons sparring, and knife
fighting-with kick and punch.
My younger son Matthew
and my Gilbert nephew were real
troopers and supported by fighting
in four different divisions just to
show people how each was done.
All of my club’s fighters worked
really hard and show each of different divisions. It was great watch
Milo Cudanes and Eric Fodran in
the mixed weapon sparring with
Eric using a shield and short sword
and Milo with Katana. I have to
thank all of my students and family
who came and worked so hard in
the setup, running the event and the
cleaning up of the event afterward.
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Stick Grappling Workshop
November 15, 2009
The stick grappling workshop was an experience to remember. Held with
few practitioners due to limited space, and unfortunate absence of Master Instructor
Ronald Manrique due to the flu was unfortunate.
Master Marc Lawrence did a fantastic job in hosting this workshop. All practitioners got a real taste of stick grappling from Punong Guro Dowd and Grandmaster Roiles. With limited participants this afforded the opportunity for a lot of one-onone training.
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Locking
February 20 - 21, 2010
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Lock Drop
Takedown
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Group shot of those who taught the first half of the Legacy Tournament for Elmer Bais, Master Frank Rillamas, Guro Jeff
Finder, Grandmaster Alex France, Master Marc Lawrence.
South Bay FMA Club Workshop
March 21, 2010
This was an event of Friendship in the Filipino martial arts.
Guro Roger Agbulos, Adam James and Punong Guro Steven Dowd were the
instructors.
Now due to the size of the School which Master Lawrence uses to teach only
15 to 16 people can work out comfortably, and it ended up there was 18, so it was a
little tight but no problem. Charged to attend the event was a very minimal amount
to cover gas for the instructors and food for a light lunch, (which was very good).
This was a get together of friends sharing their knowledge and just to have a
great time.
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Other Workshops at SBFMA
All Styles Workshop at Shugyokan Dojo
Leo Fong and Adam James Workshop
October 30, 2010
The De
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visit to
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SBFMA club visits Guru Ed Martins Kali-Silat group’s workshop 2010
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Community
18th Annual Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture
SBFMA Club at the FPAC Festival
September 12-13, 2009
Our Barangay, the South
Bay Filipino Martial Arts club
went and supported the FPAC
festival on Sunday, September
13th. This year we did something
that we only talked about before,
we had illustrated kid books that
had basic Arnis inside with Kid
Hero story. (This booklet was
project of my collection of stories
and the great illustrations by Le
Roid David of Kid Hero’s and
Lumpia film) We also offered to
hold free 45 minute class for the
kids and parents who came to
out the Martial Arts village at the
FPAC festival. One of our groups
donated the cost of the sticks for
the kids so the first 20 kids got a
free rattan stick for coming to the
class. Our group had planned to
do a demo at the village, but the
director of the Martial Arts Section
felt that because we were sharing with the community we could
have some stage time. On short
notice we were told that we would
have stage time on the big stage!
With like five minutes to spar one
of the stage crew came on got our
group and took us to the big stage.
Within 10 minutes we were up on
stage filling a 20 minute time slot.
I had my little kids come our spar
on stage using padded sticks. Then
I had one of my women student
come up and perform a traditional
Sayaw. Next was my bigger kids
sparring each other. Then my
older son and I show combat flow
showing single stick, knife and
empty hands flowing from one
to another. Then I had three of
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my adult male students come out
on stage and show what we call
empty hands, three on one self defense. This is empty hands demo
one Arnisador verses three armed
opponents, one having a baseball
bat, one with stick/club, and one
with a knife. My students were
really great about this getting take
disarmed and taken down by their
own weapons. We finished with
my favorite demo my older son
and myself showing bolo verses
stick. This done with live steel and
regular rattan stick. Afterwards we
bowed and told a little bit about
our group.
We made it back with
just 15 minutes to spare before
our kids class started. I thought
maybe we would get 10-15 kids at
the Martial Arts Village; we were
mobbed by the kids and parents.
We had 25 kids and 25 sticks and
I had to maintain a 5-1 ratio for
safety. We had the kids hit a BOB
that we brought. We lined them
up and showed them the five basic
strikes. We showed them basic foot
work. We used Cinco Terros and
that was something that everyone
knew and was not specific to any
one style. It was the best generic
Filipino martial arts we could
show. Then after the kids were
done hitting BOB we had them
start learning to block. All of the
kids and the volunteer instructor
had fun. I love watch all the kids
leave with their parents with a stick
in one hand and small kids book
on basic Filipino martial arts in the
other. I was happy that we could
share some of our heritage to the
kids. I had a Lolo come up to and
thank me latter and said that I had
created 25 new Eskrimadors. I felt
very happy that our group was able
contribute to do this event.
Teaching Military Philippine Scouts group at Old fort MacArthur days
2010 Filipino History Month Demonstration-Breaking of Boards
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Recognition
Masters Promotion Dinner 2007
Supporting Coach Kidd D Jason Weapons 2009
FMAdigest Writer of the Year 2010
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Masters Hall of Fame 2010
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Marc Lawrence accepts 2010 Masters Hall Of Fame Award
from The Accademy of Masters
Marc Lawrence was presented a lifetime achievement award by
Masters Hall Of Fame, Filipino Martial Arts Ambassador Darren Tibon.
Marc Lawrence a Master and Punong Guro (Head Instructor) of South Bay
Filipino Martial Arts Club received the Lifetime Achievement Award for
the continual support and propagation of the Filipino Martial Arts regardless of the style.
Some of his achievements include writing books and articles on
the subject of FMA, developing and publishing a kid’s book to introduce
children to FMA, resurrecting the lost art of the making of FMA weapons
and training aids with local materials and teaching these methods, developing a community outreach program hosting and teaching free classes to the
public, establishing a Filipino Martial Arts Community Center in the North
Torrance-South Gardena Community and developed his own style called
Modified Pangamut. Master Lawrence and his students have appeared and
demonstrated FMA on the Kidd D. Jason Martial Arts show. He and his
students have supported FMA tournaments, events and schools throughout California over the years. He continues in his tireless support of FMA
schools and teachers in the support of the arts.
USFMAF President Darren Tibon and Master Marc Lawrence
showing Hall of Fame Rings
Coach Kidd D. Jason and Master Marc Lawrence
showing awards at the 2010 Hall of Fame
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Gallery
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Notable Accomplishments
Home Made Training Equipment and Conditioning
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Marc Lawrence shares his homemade backyard training gear. And he does it
all from baston practice, hand and foot training gear and also makes his own inexpensive weapons just to practice with.
With a bit of island ingenuity, a practitioner of Filipino martial arts can construct their own studio with quality training aids and weapons. A basic studio can be
set up in garage, backyard or other location. I have one constructed in my backyard,
another at work in a storage area. The focus of this article is for Filipino martial arts
practitioner to be able set up anywhere and be able to practice their art with locally
available tools and equipment. I will brake down this into three areas, these being
first striking aids, second are striking and cutting weapons and third is projectile
weapons.
Philippine Weaponry
Marc Lawrence has put together a very good list and has added some comments about weapons that are known and used in the Philippines.
This project was started as an answer to question by one of my students and
my son who asked a simple question, “Is there a book on Filipino weapons from A
to Z that I could read”? My house like every other Fil-Am house has a Weapons of
Moroland or Weapons of the Philippines plaque in it. I went looking for some books
but the closest I could find was a book from 1920 by an archeologist. I found it very
dull and dry. I have collected a large amount of information from many sources on
the weapons of the Philippines. I wish to share with you.
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The Adventures of “Mesteso Matt” the Littlest Eskrimador
By Marc Lawrence © January 2008 Illustrations by LeRoid David
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If you are interested in learning more about us, come and visit our club at a
class. For more information about Master Marc Lawrence and the Modified Pangamut
System, please visit:
Website: www.southbayfmaclub.com
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (310) 961-1266
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