FMAT: the FMA’s Chinese connection

[Clark Kent]

the FMA’s Chinese connection
By timagua - 12-31-2008 03:15 PM
Originally Posted at: FMATalk
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[FONT=&quot]Contrary to what some may believe, Pinoy martial artists never existed as a separate, polarized entity from other practitioners in Manila. Many studied the Chinese and Japanese fighting systems as well as the FMA. Likewise, Filipinos of Chinese descent studied the FMA in addition to practicing their kung-fu systems. Perhaps the best example is Johnny Chiuten, known as the best kung-fu fighter in the Philippines, who went on to become an arnis grandmaster as well. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Check out the relatively recent Youtube and Googlevideo clips featuring a number of Filipino full-contact karate and arnis fighters from the 1970s executing kung-fu forms. [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Here are two of Christopher Ricketts of Bakbakan and kalis ilustrisimo renown: [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9fMm...eature=related[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1Tej...eature=related[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Here is a clip showing the late, legendary Tang Lung Chua, a devastating puncher who captured the middleweight full-contact karate championship title of the pioneer Karate-Arnis Pilipino league. Note that he is doing the first form by the Rizal monument near Quirino Grandstand at Luneta: [/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87e3Q...eature=related[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]And one of Daniel Kun, who fought under the alias Yin Wan Ren and won the junior lightweight karate championship of Karate-Arnis Pilipino in 1978: [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...32614120064416[/FONT]



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