Tournaments - FMA Informative

The old man told Ed not to teach this style to anyone but a close friend or family
member. This particular style of stick fighting which Ed learned, he has not taught to
anyone else up to the present time.
A story Ed remembers is
that one-day the old man came to
his house and said that there is a
problem and told Ed to get his
stick. Ed getting his stick and a
coat got into to a tricycle.
Arriving at their destination Ed
told the tricycle driver to keep
the engine running and stand by
for he did not know what was
going to happen. Upon entering
an establishment, the old man
saw the men that had wronged
his son and kicked over a table in
front of him, ‘Ed knew a rumble
was going to happen’. The old
man told Ed don’t get to close
and to keep a distance, so there
Tricycles are a
common means of
transportation in the
Philippines. A tricycle
is a motorcycle with a
sidecar. A quick modest
transportation that ply
even the toughest and
roughest roads in the
Philippines.
The motored tricycle
is a familiar sight
traversing residential routes and arterial roads, have
offered much relief to commuters especially in areas in
the provinces where there are insufficient buses and
jeepneys services. Tricycles go where the brave yet heavy
transports dare not go, getting people around despite
heavy floods, road construction, and extreme traffic
conditions.
will be room to swing their sticks. This when I realized that what I learned from the old
man was specially geared for street
applications and challenge matches.
It was a short time after this incident
that Ed met Remy Presas, which introduced
him the art of Modern Arnis, so Ed commenced
training with Remy Presas. Keeping his prior
knowledge from the old man to himself.
During the time Ed was training with
Remy Presas, Grandmaster Presas was
introducing his art to the public schools, Law
enforcement and to the military in the
Philippines. Ed met many practitioners, which
Ed Farris- Grandmaster Ernesto Presas
include the forgotten Bantangueno style, which
is known for their expertise in snaking and locking techniques. It was during this time
that Ed met Dodong a practitioner from Cebu, and commenced training with him, this is
where he learned Cadena Corto (live stick fighting) Dodong lived 3 or 4 houses from
Grandmaster Cacoy Canete of Doce Pares.
Coming to the United States in 1970 Ed did not practice much and had no school,
then one day while at a Karate tournament he ran into Grandmaster Remy Presas who
was promoting Modern Arnis and selling his books and bastons, talking with
Grandmaster Presas, Ed once again joined up with him and assisted him in seminars,
which normally were two days in length, Saturday and Sunday all day.