Cebuano Eskrima: Beyond the Myth
Dr. Ned Nepanguespecializes in orthopedics. He was one  of the top students of Jose "Joego" Milan founder and inventor ofTat  Kon Touand later studied the knife-fighting artBaraw Sugbuunder the tutelate of the late Rene Capangpangan. He has travelled  extensively throughout Southeast Asia and speaks Bahasa Indonesian and  Arabic. Well-versed in theKoran, Dr. Nepangue was among the first  Filipino authors to question the origins of the Filipino Martial Arts.Celestino "Tinni" C. Macachoris a Senior Instructor of Eskrima de  Campo JDC-IO. A top protege of Ireneo "Eric" Olavides, Tinni lived for 22  years in Mindanao and travelled the entire breath of the troubled island to  find the elusive Moro "kali-man". His search in Mindanao turned out empty.  He is now back in his home province in Cebu and continuing his research on  the Filipino Martial Arts. He was the first writer to hypothesize that  eskrima was developed in defense of Visayan coastal villages against Moro  slave traders and pirates. Mr. Macachor is a classical guitarist, hobby  pistolsmith and teaches eskrima for free.--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.