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DPRESAS
Guest
On the issue of SUCCESSOR OF REMY PRESAS, I would like to comment on the matters brought up by Kaith Rustaz (Im glad I was able to check back your article), to wit:
Heirs:
Jeff Delaney claims he is the successor. There was a release a while ago indicating that GM Presas had named him (and Dr. Shea) as such.
IMAF Inc. under Dr. Shea claims they are the successors, based in part of the same press release, and part of the will.
The Presas Family claims they are the successors based on bloodline and a request from GM Presas.
I would like to set the things straight. Forgive me for saying this but Im tired of hearing the words Successors of Remy Presas. My father, GM Remy A. Presas, died intestate (without a will) according to a lawyer from Victoria, Canada, whom I quote in his letter to us, On the joint instructions of Randy Schea, and Yvette Wong, we prepared a new will for your father to sign. Unfortunately, when we attended at his bedside he was in no condition to understand or appreciate the nature of his actions, and we were not able to witness his execution. The result is that your father has died intestate (without a will).
It is clear that my father did not have a will they are claiming, even if some people prepared a will for him that was not according to what he wanted. In other words, a ready-made will for his signature. This is a joke. He did not really designate or appoint anybody as his successor in the Modern Arnis hierarchy. The funny part, somebody is now claiming to be the Grand Master of Modern Arnis and some as Professors. This is another joke. Do they have any idea what a Grand Master and a Professor mean in Modern Arnis? .. My father dedicated all his life to Modern Arnis and Modern Arnis was his life. We had had a broken family because of his love for the art and we have learned to accept that fact. His title as the Founder and Grand Master of Modern Arnis was his most treasured possession that he would carry unto his grave. Do you think he would just relinquish his title to anybody? Besides, in most discipline, particularly in Filipino Martial Arts, you cannot be a Grand Master unless you are the Founder of such discipline. You must have the full mastery of the art acquired through extensive research and long years of study to attain perfection. That is the true meaning of Grand Master and that phrase is the exact description of GM Presas as far as Modern Arnis is concerned By analogy, the title Attorney-at-law is earned through long years of formal studies and passing the required bar examinations and such title is personal to the lawyer concerned. Upon his death, the said lawyer cannot pass his title as an attorney-at-law to anybody. If anybody wants to be a lawyer, he should undergo the same length of studies and pass the required exams ..The same is true with a Professor. In Modern Arnis, a professor is like a professor in a university who possesses a mastery of his field.. He must be well-versed in all aspects, from the very fundamental up to the most advanced techniques of Modern Arnis. I hope those so called Professors have those qualities that as far as I know, only the late GM Presas had.
During the last few days of his life, all his children and some grandchildren from his original marriage were on his bedside. We had a heart-to-heart talk. It was a family reunion, a very touching moment. It was a very solemn and closed-knit family gathering where he even said that for the first time in so many years everybody listened and understood him when he spoke his own Ilongo dialect. We discussed a lot of things that concerned the family, but the bottom line, he made his wish and had us promised that we should pick up our canes once again and carry on his legacy, his skills in Modern Arnis that he imparted us. He wanted his bloodline to continue what he had started. He even gave one of his valued uniforms to Carlo Seletaria , 17, his only grandson, who started training in Modern Arnis at the age of eight, now a good Arnis player.
No one from MARPPIO, however, claims to replace or succeed GM Remy A. Presas for he was irreplaceable. No one from us claims as a Grand Master for theres only one Grand Master in Modern Arnis and that was Remy A. Presas.
This being the case, all of us in MARPPIO will do our best to live up to the expectation of the late Grand Master Remy A. Presas, to continue the propagation of Modern Arnis which he had started. To all other Arnis organizations and practitioners, we are deeply honored for your existence that you embrace the Filipino Martial Art. Likewise, we are very grateful for all those who had supported and still are supporting MARPPIO. Once again, thank you!
Demetrio Presas
MARPPIO Punong Guro
Heirs:
Jeff Delaney claims he is the successor. There was a release a while ago indicating that GM Presas had named him (and Dr. Shea) as such.
IMAF Inc. under Dr. Shea claims they are the successors, based in part of the same press release, and part of the will.
The Presas Family claims they are the successors based on bloodline and a request from GM Presas.
I would like to set the things straight. Forgive me for saying this but Im tired of hearing the words Successors of Remy Presas. My father, GM Remy A. Presas, died intestate (without a will) according to a lawyer from Victoria, Canada, whom I quote in his letter to us, On the joint instructions of Randy Schea, and Yvette Wong, we prepared a new will for your father to sign. Unfortunately, when we attended at his bedside he was in no condition to understand or appreciate the nature of his actions, and we were not able to witness his execution. The result is that your father has died intestate (without a will).
It is clear that my father did not have a will they are claiming, even if some people prepared a will for him that was not according to what he wanted. In other words, a ready-made will for his signature. This is a joke. He did not really designate or appoint anybody as his successor in the Modern Arnis hierarchy. The funny part, somebody is now claiming to be the Grand Master of Modern Arnis and some as Professors. This is another joke. Do they have any idea what a Grand Master and a Professor mean in Modern Arnis? .. My father dedicated all his life to Modern Arnis and Modern Arnis was his life. We had had a broken family because of his love for the art and we have learned to accept that fact. His title as the Founder and Grand Master of Modern Arnis was his most treasured possession that he would carry unto his grave. Do you think he would just relinquish his title to anybody? Besides, in most discipline, particularly in Filipino Martial Arts, you cannot be a Grand Master unless you are the Founder of such discipline. You must have the full mastery of the art acquired through extensive research and long years of study to attain perfection. That is the true meaning of Grand Master and that phrase is the exact description of GM Presas as far as Modern Arnis is concerned By analogy, the title Attorney-at-law is earned through long years of formal studies and passing the required bar examinations and such title is personal to the lawyer concerned. Upon his death, the said lawyer cannot pass his title as an attorney-at-law to anybody. If anybody wants to be a lawyer, he should undergo the same length of studies and pass the required exams ..The same is true with a Professor. In Modern Arnis, a professor is like a professor in a university who possesses a mastery of his field.. He must be well-versed in all aspects, from the very fundamental up to the most advanced techniques of Modern Arnis. I hope those so called Professors have those qualities that as far as I know, only the late GM Presas had.
During the last few days of his life, all his children and some grandchildren from his original marriage were on his bedside. We had a heart-to-heart talk. It was a family reunion, a very touching moment. It was a very solemn and closed-knit family gathering where he even said that for the first time in so many years everybody listened and understood him when he spoke his own Ilongo dialect. We discussed a lot of things that concerned the family, but the bottom line, he made his wish and had us promised that we should pick up our canes once again and carry on his legacy, his skills in Modern Arnis that he imparted us. He wanted his bloodline to continue what he had started. He even gave one of his valued uniforms to Carlo Seletaria , 17, his only grandson, who started training in Modern Arnis at the age of eight, now a good Arnis player.
No one from MARPPIO, however, claims to replace or succeed GM Remy A. Presas for he was irreplaceable. No one from us claims as a Grand Master for theres only one Grand Master in Modern Arnis and that was Remy A. Presas.
This being the case, all of us in MARPPIO will do our best to live up to the expectation of the late Grand Master Remy A. Presas, to continue the propagation of Modern Arnis which he had started. To all other Arnis organizations and practitioners, we are deeply honored for your existence that you embrace the Filipino Martial Art. Likewise, we are very grateful for all those who had supported and still are supporting MARPPIO. Once again, thank you!
Demetrio Presas
MARPPIO Punong Guro