Hi Tim,
thanks for your reply.
Just a few remarks to your e-mail.
Ernesto has learned from the Professor and was ranked by him at least up to 7th Dan. I saw the Modern Arnis certificate with the signature of the Pofessor in Ernestos gym in Manila in 1983. He taught Modern Arnis under this name to many police and armed forces units as well as in universities and colleges in Manila. He wrote books and produced videos under the name of Modern Arnis. He only changed to Kombatan about 2 or 3 years ago. I have heared under the pressure of the Professor, but this is hearsay, I don´t know. And he has changed the name, but not the techniques. I saw an exhibition of Ernesto las year and it was still about 90% the techniques that I have learned some 15 years ago.
But I had an interesting e-mail converasation with Gat puno Baet about Modern Arnis. He was a student of the Professor and Modern Arnis representative for Laguna in the 70ies.
He also knows Ernestos Program. He wrote, that Ernestos Modern Arnis is closer to the Professors Modern Arnis of the 70ies, compared to what the Professor taught in the late 90ies. So the Porfessor evolved. Very good and I think for the better of the system, but both is Modern Arnis. For exampple Rocky Paswik, who learned Modern Arnis under the Professor of the early 80ies for sure learned another version than people, that learned it in the late 90ies. Out Modern Arnis might not be the same as yours, but it still is Modern Arnis.
The Professor saw during his seminars more than 50 black belt examinations of our organisation and we always talked with him about the exam afterwards. He signed them all and always spoke very highly of our exams, in front of the seminar participants and in private conversation. If he would have thought, this is not Modern Arnis, he would have told us and he would not made me a Datu and his European Modern Arnis Representative in 1996.
Regarding Gaby you did not quote me correctly. I did not say that she (your quote) "...is not active with the German Modern Arnis players..."(end of quote)
I stated, that (my quote) "she has nothing really to do with most of the Modern Arnis players in Germany" (end of my quote). That means, she is teaching, but for example our group and others are much larger than her group and that she has no contact with them. This is ok for me, neither good nor bad and I don´t want to evaluate this. These are just the plain facts.
I only wrote this, because Celadora wrote earlier in this thread: (another quote)" I was under the impression that Germany and all of Europe were under the region of one of the MOTTs, Gaby Roloff. " (end of the quote).
This is not the case and that is all I wanted to point out.
I also do not want to create any trouble with anybody.
I just want the facts to be clear.
Best regards from Germany
Datu Dieter Knüttel
thanks for your reply.
Just a few remarks to your e-mail.
Ernesto has learned from the Professor and was ranked by him at least up to 7th Dan. I saw the Modern Arnis certificate with the signature of the Pofessor in Ernestos gym in Manila in 1983. He taught Modern Arnis under this name to many police and armed forces units as well as in universities and colleges in Manila. He wrote books and produced videos under the name of Modern Arnis. He only changed to Kombatan about 2 or 3 years ago. I have heared under the pressure of the Professor, but this is hearsay, I don´t know. And he has changed the name, but not the techniques. I saw an exhibition of Ernesto las year and it was still about 90% the techniques that I have learned some 15 years ago.
But I had an interesting e-mail converasation with Gat puno Baet about Modern Arnis. He was a student of the Professor and Modern Arnis representative for Laguna in the 70ies.
He also knows Ernestos Program. He wrote, that Ernestos Modern Arnis is closer to the Professors Modern Arnis of the 70ies, compared to what the Professor taught in the late 90ies. So the Porfessor evolved. Very good and I think for the better of the system, but both is Modern Arnis. For exampple Rocky Paswik, who learned Modern Arnis under the Professor of the early 80ies for sure learned another version than people, that learned it in the late 90ies. Out Modern Arnis might not be the same as yours, but it still is Modern Arnis.
The Professor saw during his seminars more than 50 black belt examinations of our organisation and we always talked with him about the exam afterwards. He signed them all and always spoke very highly of our exams, in front of the seminar participants and in private conversation. If he would have thought, this is not Modern Arnis, he would have told us and he would not made me a Datu and his European Modern Arnis Representative in 1996.
Regarding Gaby you did not quote me correctly. I did not say that she (your quote) "...is not active with the German Modern Arnis players..."(end of quote)
I stated, that (my quote) "she has nothing really to do with most of the Modern Arnis players in Germany" (end of my quote). That means, she is teaching, but for example our group and others are much larger than her group and that she has no contact with them. This is ok for me, neither good nor bad and I don´t want to evaluate this. These are just the plain facts.
I only wrote this, because Celadora wrote earlier in this thread: (another quote)" I was under the impression that Germany and all of Europe were under the region of one of the MOTTs, Gaby Roloff. " (end of the quote).
This is not the case and that is all I wanted to point out.
I also do not want to create any trouble with anybody.
I just want the facts to be clear.
Best regards from Germany
Datu Dieter Knüttel
