Table of Contents
Foreword Chris M. Suboreau xiii
Foreword Keenan Williams xvii
Author's Preface xix
Part I History and Evolution 1
1 At Home in Cebu 3
The Forging of an Eskrimador 4
The Dark Side 7
2 The Move to America 11
A Martial Arts Smelting Pot 12
Hidden in Plain Sight 16
3 The Founding of the System 19
In Honor of His Heritage 20
Sonny's Only Book 23
Genuine Friendships 24
4 The Generational Divisions of the Art 25
The Initial Phase: 1976-1988 25
The Second Phase: 1988-1996 29
The Third Phase: 1996-2006 33
5 The Territory Ahead 37
Part II Lessons through Oral History 41
6 Recollections of a Virtuoso Mike Braten 43
7 The Decuerdas and the Dark Side Steven K. Magness 49
8 The Amulet Carlino Ruiz 61
9 Like a Priest Chris M. Suboreau 71
10 Benefactor from an Ancient Past Steven Van Manen 93
11 My Time with Maestro Sonny Umpad Wade Williams 103
12 The Teacher's Sage George M. Yore 109
Part III Elements of the System 129
13 The Seventeen Strikes and Anatomical Reference Targets of Visayan-Style Eskrima 131
14 Expressions of Solo Baston versus Solo Baston Methodology 139
Block-and-Counter Series 141
Option Series 148
Striking Combination Series 158
15 Expressions of Solo Baston versus Larga Mano Methodology 165
16 Expressions of Larga Mano versus Doblecada Methodology 173
17 Expressions of Edged-Tool Methodology 183
Spear versus Panabas 185
Sword versus Sword 190
Afterword 195
Glossary 203
Further Reading 209
About the Author 213