{"id":7866,"date":"2018-01-16T12:58:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T17:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tambulimedia.com\/?p=7866"},"modified":"2023-07-24T14:49:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T18:49:17","slug":"kabaroan-eskrima-origins-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tambulimedia.com\/kabaroan-eskrima-origins-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Kabaroan Eskrima: Origins and Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"
The following article is excerpted from Grandmaster Ramiro Estalilla’s new book, Estalilla Kabaroan Eskrima<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cNo matter how deadly your art and style may be, you must control your strikes Kabaroan is a composite style or system of the Filipino martial art that utilizes bigger, longer, and heavier weapons without excluding smaller, shorter, and lighter ones. Hence, the phrase \u201cbig stick Eskrima\u201d usually refers to Kabaroan.<\/span><\/p>\n The word \u201cKabaroan\u201d has several meanings:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n As a system of fighting art named after the barons and better known as\u00a0arnis, it is the system popular among the Ilocanos.\u00a0It is also described as Armasan, Panagigam, and Dalan ti Armas, among other terms. The long style was popular among some Visayans, who perpetuated and carried on Lapulapu’s system instead of Rajah Humabon’s. (King Humabon of Cebu was the chieftain who befriended the foreign invaders. Lapulapu withstood and fought them.)<\/span><\/p>\n\n
\nwithin the sphere of good motives against a background of peaceful intentions.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\n \u2014GGM Ramiro Abellera Estalilla Sr.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n