Tournaments - FMA Informative

Haribon Dumog Book
In this book, the author shows that the art of Dumog
(Filipino Wrestling/Grappling) can be found in every area
of training within the Filipino martial art. These areas or
"sub-systems" are, "single sword/stick", "double
sword/stick", "spada y daga/sword and dagger",
"single/double dagger", "bangkaw/sibat (spear/staff)",
"kadena de mano/tanikalang kamay", "panuntukan/sikaran
(fist-fighting/kicking)", "dos manos", etc. Included in these
areas are principles and concepts in how to disarm and how
to protect your weapon from being taken from you.
This volume shows the readers how knowledge and
skills acquired from training in these various "sub-systems"
and its corresponding principles and concepts, can be
utilized in dumog. Even panuntukan/sikaran combinations, which on the outward
appearance is not considered as grappling techniques, is shown as takedown (panumba)
techniques.
The principles, concepts, and fighting strategies that you apply in weapons
training are the same principles, concepts, and fighting strategies applied in dumog and/or
empty hand fighting.
The Bad-Ass Blows of Balintawak
By: Ramil Gulle
Photography By: Jovel Lorenzo
The short old man was walking all alone last one
night, looking like any old man you might meet on the
road. He was barely five-feet tall. Besides this
minor detail, nothing much is known about him.
The story goes that he soon fell into an ambush, his
attacker a known boxer in their town. As boxers are
wont to do, the attacker’s first move was a jab to the
old man’s face. The old man was lifted off his feet by the
blow, falling a few feet by the blow, falling a few feet
away from where he was struck.
But the boxer didn’t want a boxing match. He pulled
out a knife and tried to stab the old man while he was still on the ground reeling from the
punch. As the attacker lunged for the kill, the old man was able to grab the knife-arm.
What happened next about their actual fight is sketchy. The only certainty: The boxer
ended up on the cold morgue slab, a coroner’s report saying he had his ribs, spine, and
shoulder broken. The coroner further suspected that some hard impact weapon was used
on the boxer. Wrong conclusion. The old man had defended himself barehanded.
The old man consequently was jailed at the National Penitentiary in Muntinlupa
even when his actions were purely for self-defense. The judge deemed it so because of