“Secrets” of the Filipino Fighting Arts
Words from a Modern-Day Warrior

I want to talk a little more about one of my favorite people in the world:  Old people. I was partially raised by my grandparents, as my mother could not afford child care in those days. My grandfather, then, took that opportunity to hijack my life and raise me to be a martial artist. Despite […]

By the time we get done with this series, you will notice something. I’m not going to explain it right now, because FMA students today are way too anxious to get to the back of the novel. Although the average person who reads this blog is likely not to be a novice in the Filipino […]

This is a continuation of my series on How to Study the FMAs. The last installment is located here. If you notice, I named the series “Skipping Grades”, rather than “How to Study”. Ever wonder why? It’s because martial arts students of the Filipino martial arts–compared to those of other styles and genres of the […]

The Quran warns us to be kind to orphans and treat them justly. These are the most vulnerable of us:  the orphan is parentless and has no one to protect him or speak for him with the fervor that a mother or father would. The orphan is often poor and disadvantaged. The orphan usually has […]

This will be really quick. I am sure I’ve posted on this subject several times before, but I felt compelled to write on it one more time. Experience has told me that when I meet a rude, nasty old man who appears to not want new students–I should perhaps tolerate his barbs and earn the […]