by Bambit Dulay Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri called for unity among arnis organizations and practitioners during the opening of the 1st Arnis Congress at the Philippine Red Cross Multi-Purpose Hall in Mandaluyong City on Thursday. Zubiri, an arnis practitioner himself, is the author of Republic Act 9850 or Arnis Law declaring arnis as the national […]
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by Dr. Mark Wiley When you’re trying to make changes in your life, especially health and wellness changes, we all know New Year’s Resolutions don’t work. They don’t because the barriers we put up to prevent our success. So it ‘s time to Break Down Those Barriers to Health Success. Whether you suffer stress or
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Today, Coach Kevin Kearns is a role model for school kids and a top-rated MMA coach and world master fitness trainer. But this was hard won success. His early years were fraught with bullying. He was small and not at all athletic. His father died at the time he needed him most. Martial arts and
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By Dr. Mark Wiley Health is more than the mere absence of disease. To truly be healthy one must be physically fit, limber, possess a full range of motion, be at a good weight, have strong cardio-vascular conditioning, possess a focused mind, be playful, and silent at times, have freedom from fear and be self-confident.
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By Lauren Golen I have meditated and I have, even at times, maintained my practice for a few weeks consistently. But, overall, I have also spent many weeks and months not practicing at all. I’ve learned many techniques and even attended a few retreats where I learned a specific technique of meditation. I would go
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Editor’s Note: Romeo Macapagal and I have been friends for nearly 25 years. He is my senior in the FMA style of the late Antonio “Tatang” Ilustrisimo, but we trained together on many occasions with Tatang, and our late friends Tony Diego and Christopher Rickets. Romy shared with me this interview with him that was originally
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by Walther G. von Krenner with Ken Jeremiah Originally, the Japanese language did not have a term for green. The word ao referred to both blue and green. The colors were so close that they were just considered different shades. This might seem strange to speakers of other languages, but lexicon varies between cultures. In
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By Louelle Lledo and Andy Sanano In journalism, the writer is taught to use the inverted pyramid method to cover stories. In the inverted pyramid, the beginning of a story contains the majority of the content – the widest part – and the ending of the story contains the smallest amount of details – the
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By Datu Shishir Inocalla Filipino martial arts have captured the imagination of martial artists, military and Hollywood. Manufactured in Barrio Balisong, Taal Batangas, no weapon more so than the infamous Balisong or “butterfly knife” has become the lure of Arnis, Kalis and Eskrima. The Batanguenos (persons from Batangas) are well known for carrying and drawing
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by Dr. Mark Wiley More than half the American population is said to suffer some form of chronic pain. This pain interferes with quality of life by affecting sleep, emotional states and ability to work. In fact, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) report that pain is the single most common reason that Americans seek
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