From left: Negros Occidental Baston Federation (NOBF), Inc. Board Director Grandmaster Felix A. Guinabo of Guinabo Arnis and Combat Sports (GACS) and NOBF President P/Sgt. (Ret.) Grandmaster Estanislao T. Guarra of Guarra Style Modern Arnis with the newly promoted school-head members of NOBF: Master Ian Negrido of BASSDUMAS/ZODIACS, Master Roy R. Flores Sr. of Tribu Hangaway Philippines, Master Joselito O. Guzon of Guinabo Arnis and Combat Sports (GACS), and Master Stephen Roy S. Dedel of Pangamot International dur4ing the 1st Negros Indigenous Fighting Arts Expo presented by the Conceptual Martial Arts Society (CMAS), Inc. of Founder/Master James U. Sy Jr. in cooperation with Gaisano City Bacolod, GACS, NOBF, Inc., and Intercontinental Federation of Filipino Martial Arts Schools (IFFMAS), Inc. recently at the Atrium Area, Gaisano City Bacolod Supermall, Araneta St., Bacolod City (James U. Sy Jr./CMAS photo).
Awarding ceremony of successful candidates for CMAS/Conceptual Arnis System rank promotions during the highly successful 1st Negros Indigenous Fighting Arts Expo held by the Conceptual Martial Arts Society (CMAS), Inc. of Founder/Master James U. Sy Jr. on April 6, 2013 at the Atrium Area, Gaisano City Bacolod Supermall, Araneta St., Bacolod City. Ranks formally awarded by Master Sy to (from left) Montano Mondia IV (Manunuon 3), Kimberly O. Longno (Manunuon 1), and Rapahel “Rocky” K. Molina (Manunuon 2) (James U. Sy Jr./CMAS photo).
Rank promotions were also awarded to 8 arnisadors during the 1st Negros Indigenous Fighting Arts Expo presented by the Conceptual Martial Arts Society (CMAS), Inc. of Founder/Master James U. Sy Jr. in cooperation with Gaisano City Bacolod Supermall, Guinabo Arnis and Combat Sports (GACS), Negros Occidental Baston Federation (NOBF), Inc., and Intercontinental Federation of Filipino Martial Arts Schools (IFFMAS), Inc. recently at the Atrium Area, Gaisano City Bacolod Supermall, Araneta St., Bacolod City.
P/Sgt. (Ret.) Grandmaster Estanislao “Eslao” T. Guarra, Founder of Guarra Style Modern Arnis and President of the Negros Occidental Baston Federation (NOBF), Inc., with the assistance of NOBF Board Director Grandmaster Felix A. Guinabo, Founder of Guinabo Arnis and Combat Sports (GACS), awarded rank promotions under the sanction of the NOBF to five successful candidates of the 2nd NOBF Rank Advancement Examination.
Promoted to NOBF grandmaster rank was Romeo Postrano, Founder/Grandmaster of mandatus Arnis Sikaran Kali (MASK, formerly Sikaran Garote Arnis Club) and formerly affiliated with the Bacolod Negros Arnis Federation International Inc. (BNAFII) of grandmaster Hortencio M. Navales;
Those promoted to NOBF Master rank were Joselito O. Guzon of Guinabo Arnis and Combat Sports (GACS), a student of GM Guinabo and an arnis competition medalist; Roy R. Flores Sr., Founder/Master of Tribu Hangaway Philippines (THP), Inc., a 6th Degree Black Belt in Tapondo, and former Negros Chief Instructor of Tapondo International Federation Inc. (TIFI); Ian B. Negrido, Founder/Master of Baston Sipa Sumbag Dumog Martial Arts Society (Bassdumas), Vice President of the Zion Original Disciples in Arnis and Combat Sports (ZODIACS), and a 7th Degree Black Belt in Adino Eznite/Sikaran under the late Grandmaster Julius B. Delasan and current Grandmaster Romeo G. Banas; and Stephen Roy S. Dedel, Founder of Pangamot International, a Guro under Master Baldwin “Nonoy” Garrucho, and also a student of Lapu-Lapu Viñas Arnis Headmaster Wilson “Nonong” E. Viñas.
Dedel holds the record as the youngest to be promoted to Master in the NOBF at 24 as of this year. He commenced his studies of Arnis at age 8 under Master Garrucho, also a member of the NOBF before, and was elevated to Guro status by him in 2007. Headmaster Viñas is also set to award a Master promotion to Dedel.
Grandmaster Postrano was in absencia.
The newly promoted masters passed the 2nd NOBF Rank Advancement Examinations after a preliminary open discussion and a subsequent technical test wherein the three highest ranking grandmasters of the federation - NOBF Founder/President Emeritus Atty. Col. Grandmaster Marcelo “Pope” C. Jalandoon, Ph.D., NOBF President P/Sgt. (Ret.) Grandmaster Estanislao “Eslao” T. Guarra, and NOBF Vice President P/Insp. (Ret.) Grandmaster Ibarra E. Lopez of the Golden Kamagong international -
With the assistance of GM Guinabo, executed attacks where the candidates had to defend against using blocking, disarming, locking, and countering methods from their particular system/style of Arnis.
Another set of promotions, this time in Conceptual Arnis System (Conceptual Martial Arts System) were awarded by Master James U. Sy Jr., Founder of Conceptual Arnis System and Conceptual Martial Arts Society (CMAS), Inc. Promoted to Manunuon III was Montano “Mon” Mondia IV, a long time student of Sy at the USLS Aikido Club and CMAS-USLS; to Manunuon II, Rapahel “Rocky” K. Molina of Livingstone International School; and Manunuon I to Kimberly O. Longno of Riverside College.
From left: Negros Occidental Baston Federation (NOBF), Inc. Board Director Grandmaster Felix A. Guinabo of Guinabo Arnis and Combat Sports (GACS) and NOBF President P/Sgt. (Ret.) Grandmaster Estanislao T. Guarra of Guarra Style Modern Arnis with the newly promoted school-head members of NOBF: Master Ian Negrido of BASSDUMAS/ZODIACS, Master Roy R. Flores Sr. of Tribu Hangaway Philippines, Master Joselito O. Guzon of Guinabo Arnis and Combat Sports (GACS), and Master Stephen Roy S. Dedel of Pangamot International dur4ing the 1st Negros Indigenous Fighting Arts Expo presented by the Conceptual Martial Arts Society (CMAS), Inc. of Founder/Master James U. Sy Jr. in cooperation with Gaisano City Bacolod, GACS, NOBF, Inc., and Intercontinental Federation of Filipino Martial Arts Schools (IFFMAS), Inc. recently at the Atrium Area, Gaisano City Bacolod Supermall, Araneta St., Bacolod City (James U. Sy Jr./CMAS photo).
Awarding ceremony of successful candidates for CMAS/Conceptual Arnis System rank promotions during the highly successful 1st Negros Indigenous Fighting Arts Expo held by the Conceptual Martial Arts Society (CMAS), Inc. of Founder/Master James U. Sy Jr. on April 6, 2013 at the Atrium Area, Gaisano City Bacolod Supermall, Araneta St., Bacolod City. Ranks formally awarded by Master Sy to (from left) Montano Mondia IV (Manunuon 3), Kimberly O. Longno (Manunuon 1), and Rapahel “Rocky” K. Molina (Manunuon 2) (James U. Sy Jr./CMAS photo).
Rank promotions were also awarded to 8 arnisadors during the 1st Negros Indigenous Fighting Arts Expo presented by the Conceptual Martial Arts Society (CMAS), Inc. of Founder/Master James U. Sy Jr. in cooperation with Gaisano City Bacolod Supermall, Guinabo Arnis and Combat Sports (GACS), Negros Occidental Baston Federation (NOBF), Inc., and Intercontinental Federation of Filipino Martial Arts Schools (IFFMAS), Inc. recently at the Atrium Area, Gaisano City Bacolod Supermall, Araneta St., Bacolod City.
P/Sgt. (Ret.) Grandmaster Estanislao “Eslao” T. Guarra, Founder of Guarra Style Modern Arnis and President of the Negros Occidental Baston Federation (NOBF), Inc., with the assistance of NOBF Board Director Grandmaster Felix A. Guinabo, Founder of Guinabo Arnis and Combat Sports (GACS), awarded rank promotions under the sanction of the NOBF to five successful candidates of the 2nd NOBF Rank Advancement Examination.
Promoted to NOBF grandmaster rank was Romeo Postrano, Founder/Grandmaster of mandatus Arnis Sikaran Kali (MASK, formerly Sikaran Garote Arnis Club) and formerly affiliated with the Bacolod Negros Arnis Federation International Inc. (BNAFII) of grandmaster Hortencio M. Navales;
Those promoted to NOBF Master rank were Joselito O. Guzon of Guinabo Arnis and Combat Sports (GACS), a student of GM Guinabo and an arnis competition medalist; Roy R. Flores Sr., Founder/Master of Tribu Hangaway Philippines (THP), Inc., a 6th Degree Black Belt in Tapondo, and former Negros Chief Instructor of Tapondo International Federation Inc. (TIFI); Ian B. Negrido, Founder/Master of Baston Sipa Sumbag Dumog Martial Arts Society (Bassdumas), Vice President of the Zion Original Disciples in Arnis and Combat Sports (ZODIACS), and a 7th Degree Black Belt in Adino Eznite/Sikaran under the late Grandmaster Julius B. Delasan and current Grandmaster Romeo G. Banas; and Stephen Roy S. Dedel, Founder of Pangamot International, a Guro under Master Baldwin “Nonoy” Garrucho, and also a student of Lapu-Lapu Viñas Arnis Headmaster Wilson “Nonong” E. Viñas.
Dedel holds the record as the youngest to be promoted to Master in the NOBF at 24 as of this year. He commenced his studies of Arnis at age 8 under Master Garrucho, also a member of the NOBF before, and was elevated to Guro status by him in 2007. Headmaster Viñas is also set to award a Master promotion to Dedel.
Grandmaster Postrano was in absencia.
The newly promoted masters passed the 2nd NOBF Rank Advancement Examinations after a preliminary open discussion and a subsequent technical test wherein the three highest ranking grandmasters of the federation - NOBF Founder/President Emeritus Atty. Col. Grandmaster Marcelo “Pope” C. Jalandoon, Ph.D., NOBF President P/Sgt. (Ret.) Grandmaster Estanislao “Eslao” T. Guarra, and NOBF Vice President P/Insp. (Ret.) Grandmaster Ibarra E. Lopez of the Golden Kamagong international -
With the assistance of GM Guinabo, executed attacks where the candidates had to defend against using blocking, disarming, locking, and countering methods from their particular system/style of Arnis.
Another set of promotions, this time in Conceptual Arnis System (Conceptual Martial Arts System) were awarded by Master James U. Sy Jr., Founder of Conceptual Arnis System and Conceptual Martial Arts Society (CMAS), Inc. Promoted to Manunuon III was Montano “Mon” Mondia IV, a long time student of Sy at the USLS Aikido Club and CMAS-USLS; to Manunuon II, Rapahel “Rocky” K. Molina of Livingstone International School; and Manunuon I to Kimberly O. Longno of Riverside College.
.JPG)
No comments:
Post a Comment