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Summary: Pretty damn good...
Review: Fantastic. Mr. Wiley has outdone himself. His previous works were terrific. This one picks up were "Martial Culture" left off. A must have for all those involved in the filipino combatives and anyone mildly interested in the eastern martial disciplines. Well written full of well documented research. Will be on my gift list.
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Summary: An excellent visual overview FMA
Review: I just recently began training with the Bakbakan to learn arnis, and this book was a great guide to the various arts that are out there. To really see the quality of this book, you must read the author's introduction: Mark Wiley will only write about arts that he has had hands on experience with, or has personally interviewed the masters of said art. He relies only on primary sources, thus, Filipino Fighting Arts becomes a terrific reference work. The same can be said of his earlier work, Filipino Martial Culture. The only drawback to this volume is that it is nearly impossible to capture the free-flowing effectiveness of Filipino martial arts in photographs. Without prior knowledge of the movements used in these arts, it might be difficult to understad exactly the manner in which the moves are executed.
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Summary: Pretty damn good...
Review: If you're looking for a somewhat detailed look at Filipino Martial Arts, whether it be Arnis or escrima, you'll love this book. It's packed with different sub-styles of Escrima & Arnis. If you want to learn Filipino MA, go to a qualified instructor. Don't learn from a book.
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Summary: A New and Different FMA book by Wiley...
Review: In the introduction of his third book, Author Mark Wiley states that his purpose is not to rehash materials already presented in his previous two books ("Filipino Martial Arts: Cbalas Cerrada Escrima" (1994), and Filipino Martial Culture" (1996)). Unlike his volume "Filipino Martial Culture", the focus of this writing is on 27 different specific Filipino arts, rather than the history of the masters or organizations which propagate them. Wiley admits his work is not exhaustive, but it is (as I write) the most exhaustive guide to concern itself with he stylistic differences between different schools of Filipino arts. Wiley describes training, training methods, theory, fighting concepts and progressions, strategies, and photographic depictions of fighting techniques. You will gain as I did, a better understanding of the similarities and differences between different schools, from practice and theory to custom and tradition. The closest I have come to seeing a collection Like Wiley's is the out-of-print book, "Masters of Arnis, Kali and Ecrima" written by Edgar Sulite of the Bakbakan, which focused on teachers and styles of Filipino fighting. It is nice to be in the middle of the Filipino arts renaisance, and finally have the resources available to understand these practical combative methods.
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Summary: A New and Different FMA book by Wiley...
Review: In the introduction of his third book, Author Mark Wiley states that his purpose is not to rehash materials already presented in his previous two books ("Filipino Martial Arts: Cbalas Cerrada Escrima" (1994), and Filipino Martial Culture" (1996)). Unlike his volume "Filipino Martial Culture", the focus of this writing is on 27 different specific Filipino arts, rather than the history of the masters or organizations which propagate them. Wiley admits his work is not exhaustive, but it is (as I write) the most exhaustive guide to concern itself with he stylistic differences between different schools of Filipino arts. Wiley describes training, training methods, theory, fighting concepts and progressions, strategies, and photographic depictions of fighting techniques. You will gain as I did, a better understanding of the similarities and differences between different schools, from practice and theory to custom and tradition. The closest I have come to seeing a collection Like Wiley's is the out-of-print book, "Masters of Arnis, Kali and Ecrima" written by Edgar Sulite of the Bakbakan, which focused on teachers and styles of Filipino fighting. It is nice to be in the middle of the Filipino arts renaisance, and finally have the resources available to understand these practical combative methods.
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Summary: filipino fighting arts
Review: the book is very informative on filipino martial arts.some of the photos were hard to follow?? anyone who is interested in studing filipino martial arts will enjoy this book and the many different styles to choose from!!
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