As we are approaching Remembrance Day this coming Tuesday, here is a link to an article on\u00a0World War II \u00a0footage of Filipino Martial Arts, training with bolo knives. This is some of the earliest footage of Kali\/ Eskrima and a reminder of its effectiveness as a battle-tested art.<\/p>\n
It can be easy to forget, training in a comfortable setting, where these skills come from and how they were forged- in battles where a mistake might not allow for an opportunity to learn from it. Coming across this particular article at this particular time leaves me with a strong feeling of gratitude, both for those who take the time to pass on these skills, and for the opportunity to learn them in a safe environment.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know the respect of the bolo knife. Wartime is different. There is no regard for life. It\u2019s different teaching; you must have structure and good communications with your students. I like to teach more about the application and fundamentals. It\u2019s not about how hard you hit or who is faster; it\u2019s about sharing the art of our forefathers, because if you analyze it we are only the caretakers of the art for future generations\u2026.The only type of death match I had was during World War II. This is where I fought in the jungles for over a year, not knowing if we would survive. Our weapons of choice were the bolo knife or talonason, a long knife whose overall length is 36 inches long. No referee, no rules; the only rule was to survive.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leo Giron<\/p>\n
Historic World War II Film Footage of Filipino Martial Arts Training with Bolo Knives<\/a><\/p>\n Reproduced under fair-use and with credit.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As we are approaching Remembrance Day this coming Tuesday, here is a link to an article on\u00a0World War II \u00a0footage of Filipino Martial Arts, training with bolo knives. This is some of the earliest footage of Kali\/ Eskrima and a reminder of its effectiveness as a battle-tested art. It can be easy to forget, training in a comfortable setting, where these skills come from and how they were forged- in battles where a mistake might not allow for an opportunity to learn from it. Coming across this particular article at Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4670"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4670"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6809,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4670\/revisions\/6809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}