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Sunday, February 17, 2013

IGA Kendo Club recruitment poster

My Kendo Club the IGA Kendo Club home of the U.P. Kendo Club founded by Sensei Igarashi and sempai Kutch & Loida Inting are recruiting new members for the summer. Check it out.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Negrense arnis

I yahoo searched my name to check my listing as international representative of A.R.E. in the Philippines and found out among other things that I share the same name with Nicaraguan singer Cecilia Ferrer of the Argonauts. I also came across this old article circa 2005 in the Visayan Sunstar about my visit to Bacolod to meet some of the arnis masters facilitated by James Sy, Jr. Its like a travel back in time. Arnis has always been my first love. I started studying this indigenous martial arts in 1998 under Guro Maning Borza of Bicol who taught me the sinuwali method and introduced me to kung fu which I loved but did not pursue. My last Guro in 2006-2007 who is now in Israel,was Jon Escudero of Club Academia for the espada y daga style. My arnis training was intermittent. I wish I have the time to focus on arnis but my main martial arts discipline now is fencing and kendo. I was with Kalimasada as student and instructor from 1995-2000. Kalimasada was a passive self defence workout that cultivated inner energy. I was in the pioneer Perdana class in 1995 taught by Sir Leo Villarosa and Mathias Verhayden of Netherlands and Hawaii. My Kalimasada master was Pak Dedy Widarso who initiated me and my Grand Master was Pak Asep of Bandung. I stopped my Kalimasada practice in 2000 as I started studying a new method of self healing and energy development in 1999 with Guru Dedy Widarso of Jakarta Indonesia called Tapak Jagad or Step Universe. Today, I am an instructor of Step Universe in the Philippines. I also love sumo wrestling. I watch the live bashio telecast when I can on NHK. And yes this is so random but I love the animated movie Kung Fu Panda that I watched with five year old Miguel Lucero.I am not giving up on kung fu and I'm looking or rather waiting for my teacher to show up!

Step Universe website:http://www.stepuniverse.biz/

Saturday, August 31, 2005
Kalimasada instructress appreciates Negrense arnis

KALIMASADA (Indonesian energy works) instructress Cecilia Ferrer of Manila met Conceptual Martial Arts Society (CMAS) founders James Sy Jr. and Narciso "Hansy" Alojado last August 26 in Bacolod City for a formal introduction to the Filipino warrior arts of Negros Occidental.

The duo gave Ferrer a short session which covered the wide spectrum of Negrense arnis but focused on the universal fundamentals as taught in the Lapu-Lapu Viñas arnis system.

Ferrer was also introduced to two FMA grandmasters in Bacolod City and witnessed a first hand demonstration of their respective arts on August 27, 2005.

Headmaster Wilson "Nonong" Viñas, the 1st generation inheritor of the Lapu-Lapu Viñas arnis system, showed her the scientific application of the art's single stick combat and dynamic weapon disarming.

Grandmaster Mike F. Vasquez, the headmaster of Vasquez modified tapado and Vasquez modified karate, gave a demonstration of the devastating power of tapado, the Negrense arnis art of long stick fighting.

Ferrer, a daughter of the late Representative Inocencio V. Ferrer Sr., was amazed at the depth with which the Filipino martial arts (FMA) is interpreted and taught in Bacolod City and Negros Occidental.

"The Negrense/Bacoleño arnis is very logical. Each movement has a reason, making it very effective and efficient. The way they teach arnis here is different from how it is taught in other parts of the Philippines, and even abroad" she explained.
Source:
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2005/08/31/sports/kalimasada.instructress.appreciates.negrense.arnis.html

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Friday, July 11, 2008

Manila Kendo Club - Kendo World Forums

http://www.kendo-world.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12322
Manila Kendo Club forum on Kendo World

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Whew, I passed my bogu exam!

Batch July7,2007 passed their bogu exam on March 8,2008
Front:Peachie,Marichit,Allan,Yukita -san,Yamanishi-sensei,Paul,Eric and Shad
Back:Lee,Ryan,Willy,Peewee,Clifford,Cecille and Ias

Manila Kendo Club batch July 7,2007 finally took their bogu exam on March 8,2008 and passed.The four girls were so nervous we blotched our first kada. Our batch pix shows us with our instructor Allan, MKC President Yukita san and Chief Instructor Yamaneshi sensei.On April 19,2008 I finally wore my full armor and posed with Ias, Paul and Ryan in seiza.Now....on to our first shiai.Kyaaaa!!!
Kenshin Diary-I did it, I passed my bogu exam. Twelve of us were given our bogu evaluation by Yukita sensei and Yamaneshi sensei the President of the Club and the chief instructor. Four women went first as we had to do the exam according to height, I had no.3 on my hakama.Hahaha, it was a comedy of errors at the beginning We were so nervous we did a different kata. My motodachi was Martin Angelo the lawyer friend of Peewee. I think Luis was the other one. Both just came back from Hongkong where the team of Martin, Luis and Ned finished second place. Luis Isorena also got his third dan at 17 he is the youngest 3rd dan in southeast asia. Mrs. Yukita congratulated me saying I’ll probably be the oldest lady first dan in southeast asia when the time comes. When we finally wear the bogu we will be at the go kyu level or 5th level I think that’s what James said. Of course we partied like always a week later at my house a combined celebration for passing the birthdays of Peachie and lee and a going away party for Lee who will go to Japan for language studies for a year. Lucky girl I will miss her. Yamanishi sensei came with a visiting sensei a science and IT high school teacher who is a 5th dan to the party and our sempais said it’s a rare event. He even bought beer for everyone.