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version="0.92"> <channel><title>FMA World</title><link>http://fmaworld.net</link> <description>World of Filipino Martial Arts</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:37:10 +0000</lastBuildDate> <docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs> <language>en</language><item><title>Grand Master Andres &#8216;Kano&#8217; Canete &#8211; Video Interview by Tuhon Pat O&#8217;mally</title> <description><![CDATA[Rare interview with San Miguel Eskrima Grand Master Andres &#8216;Kano&#8217; Canete, provided by Tuhon Pat O&#8217;mally (founder of Rapid Arnis).
San Miguel Eskrima is one of the major systems of eskrima, which was founded by Filemon &#8220;Momoy&#8221; Cañete of the Doce Pares Club.The name San Miguel is taken from the arch angel Michael, the slayer of Satan, and is also one of the major strikes used in Eskrima.
With the passing of its founder, Grandmaster Momoy&#8217;s son Grandmaster Andres &#8220;Kano&#8221; Cañete has become one of the current official recognized bearers of the ...]]></description><link>http://fmaworld.net/2009/04/05/grand-master-nick-elizar-editorial-and-video-interview-by-tuhon-pat-omally/</link> </item> <item><title>Hand and Body Evasions &#8211; by Guro Dave Gould</title> <description><![CDATA[There are few things in combat while fighting with edged and impact weapons that allow you to fight with greater effect than hand and body evasions in medium and close ranges. In Lameco Eskrima we are taught to maintain the line of engagement leaving us standing just outside of our opponents reach, where we will wait for or manufacture opportunity. Most people would categorize this as being just outside of medium range or as Punong Guro Edgar G. Sulite would refer to it as &#8220;medio-largo&#8221;.
In &#8220;medio-largo&#8221; range being just outside ...]]></description><link>http://fmaworld.net/2009/04/04/window-of-opportunity-by-guro-dave-gould/</link> </item> <item><title>Grandmaster Roland Dantes passes away</title> <description><![CDATA[Internationally-renowned martial arts action star, former bodybuilder and Arnis Grandmaster Roland Dantes passed away 1:52am, March 16, 2009, at age 69.
He died of  heart and multiple organ failure arising from complications due to gout (metabolic arthritis). He was rushed to the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City, but was pronounced DOA (dead on arrival).
According to his nephew, rapper Chris Dantes, his uncle Roland, or Rolando Tangco Pintoy Dantes in real life, was able to attend a gathering of Arnis Grandmasters and Masters from different parts of the world the ...]]></description><link>http://fmaworld.net/2009/03/24/grandmaster-roland-dantes-passes-away/</link> </item> <item><title>The Art of Throwing: Practical Instruction For Better Techniques &#8211; Book Review</title> <description><![CDATA[GM Amante Marinas, the author of nine books on the Filipino Martial Arts, has written his 10th book entitled “The Art of Throwing-Practical Instruction for Better Techniques”. This publication is unlike any other regarding this subject in that it very clearly details not only the technical aspects of throwing bladed and projectile weapons but also the practical and mathematical methods by which you can track your progress and improve your rate of accuracy.
It is at once both a technical manual and personal journal of GM Amante Marinas’ own ...]]></description><link>http://fmaworld.net/2009/01/03/the-art-of-throwing-practical-instruction-for-better-techniques-book-review/</link> </item> <item><title>Pekiti Tirsia International</title> <description><![CDATA[Tuhon Guro William R. McGrath -- President &#38; Chief Instructor
Tuhon Bill McGrath started his training in Pekiti-Tirsia in 1975 at the age of 14. In 1994 Bill McGrath was promoted to the rank of Tuhon Guro (Chief Instructor) by Grandmaster Leo Gaje. A year later Tuhon McGrath started an official organization with the aim of preserving and promoting a single art, Pekiti-Tirsia. That organization is called Pekiti-Tirsia International.
The aim of this new organization was that it be free from the politics and internal strife that Tuhon McGrath had seen plague ...]]></description><link>http://fmaworld.net/2009/01/02/97/</link> </item> </channel> </rss>
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