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ABOUT
DOCE PARES
Doce
Pares is actually the conglomeration of various styles that each
founding Master brought into the organization when it was formed
in 1932. There is the Larga Mano of Eulogio Cañete, the
Espada y Daga of Felimon Cañete and Jesus Cui; the Corto
Linear of Teodoro Saavedra and later on of Venancio Bacon, Delfin
Lopez and Timoteo Maranga; the Corto Orihinal and Media Largo of
Felimon and Iluminado Cañete; the Hirada and Retirada of
Vicente Carin and Ponciano Ybañez; the Mano-Mano and Baraw
of Maximo Cañete and Jesus Cui; the Corto Kurbada and Abaniko
of Ciriaco and Felimon Cañete respectively.
There were those who favored Corto (Close Range) while some
favored Medium or Long Range and even Espada Y Daga (Long and
Short Blade) as their specialty. Each style complimented one
another and it was to the credit of the leaders of the group
that, despite the varying styles and principles, they kept the
organization together. Subsequently, members were taught the
different styles of each original Master. Some people are misled
even now about the real style of Doce Pares, because there is
not one style. Through the years, some Masters have tried to
put together and embody into one system, the varying principles
and styles, and this is what the Doce Pares System is about.
Still, there are those who maintain partiality towards a specific
type of style (i.e.; Corto, Media Larga, Largo Mano, Espada Y
Daga) and yet still remain, highly regarded exponents of the
system.
It was in early 1970 when Diony was commissioned by his father
Eulogio Cañete, the President of Doce Pares to study,
prepare and formulate a program of instruction that would cover
and comprehend all the component styles. The specific objective
was to come up with a training curriculum that would give equal
treatment and prominence to all the original styles and by all
means to afford due honors and recognition to all the founding
advocates. Hence the birth of the "Multi-Style" system
which very much set well with Grandmaster Diony as he and his
three elder brothers were among the very few who were fortunate
to have learned all the original styles as brought into and introduced
by the founding masters when Doce Pares was formed in 1932.
The component styles of the "Multi-Style" are:
All the three styles of Corto (Close Range), to wit:
Corto Linear (the traditional linear striking or a blade oriented
type of striking)
Corto Kurbada (the wrist-twisting or snap-wrist, curving strike)
Corto Orihinal (featuring low, deep bent knee and wide stance
which highly characterized the original Doce Pares close range
style)
Media Largo (Medium Range)
Larga Mano (Long Range)
Espada y Daga (Short & Long Stick or Stick and Dagger)
Baraw (Knife Fighting Techniques)
Mano-Mano (Open Hand Fighting)
a. Sumbag-Patid (Punch and Kick)
b. Lubag-Torsi (Locks and Immobilization)
c. Layog-Dumog (Takedown and Grappling)
Doble Olisi (Double Stick)
Specialized Subjects:
a. Eskrido
b. Sinawali
c. Tapi-Tapi (Alive Hand)
d. Sayaw/Karanza (Forms)
All the above subjects are incorporated under the comprehensive
5-year training curriculum of the Doce Pares "Multi-Style" system.
The program is taught only in schools authorized by Doce Pares
International, the original Doce Pares organization and only
one recognized by the government of the Republic of the Philippines,
duly registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as
DOCE PARES INCORPORATED under Registration Certificate No. 1373.
Doce Pares International, California Chapter
Doce Pares International, California Chapter headed by Guro’s
Ramon and Eva Rubia are the West Coast Directors of Doce Pares
Eskrima and representatives of Grandmaster Dionisio Canete’s
Doce Pares International Academy, Headquarters in Banilad, Cebu
City, Philippines.
The objectives of the organization is to promote and propagate,
the historical, cultural, indigenous Pilipino martial art of
Eskrima from the Philippines through the curriculum of Doce Pares
original "multi-style" system of Eksrima.
This "multi-style" system effectively develops realistic
skills for self-defense through methods that incorporate the
various distances of attack whether it be close, medium or long
range.
Our approach towards teaching is different from other martial
art disciplines, because we develop coordination through weaponry
training by utilizing rattan sticks in variety of ways. Then
apply the same movements or principles to empty hand applications.
Email Masters Ramon Rubia & Eva
Canete-Rubia
of Doce Pares International, California Chapter
Doce Pares International Web Site
Visit the Doce Pares, San Diego, California Chapter
web site
Capital Doce Pares
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