Favorite FMA book

[stick77]

I've read:

Arnis(Composite of shortstories)
Filipino Martial Culture(Wiley)
Cabales Serrada 1 (The first one with black cover by Wily)
Cabales Serrada 2 (The new one by Wiley)
Modern Arnis(Presas)
The FMA (Aminas)
FMA (Inosanto)
Secrets to Giron (Giron/Somera)

Any that I haven't read?

What are your favorites. There are others like Ron Baliki's and Burt Richardsons' that was pretty good but only a short FMA section. I'm looking for good FMA books.

Thanks,
Chad W. Getz
Stickfighting Hawaii

[William]

Any that I haven't read?

Edgar Sulite's "Masters of Kali, Eskrima, Arnis".

Ciriaco "Cacoy" Canete's "Doce Pares" Basic Eskrima, Arnis, Kali, and Pangolisi. The old book, I haven't seen the new one he put out (or was supposed to have).

You named the others that I have except Ernesto's Presas Style and Balisong.

William

[LabanB]

Book List

Hope this helps :-)

>Filipino Martial Arts Dan Inosanto 1980

Arnis the Figure Eight System Neofito Santos 1977

Balisong:The lethal Art of Filipino Knife Fighting Campbell, Caganan & Umpad 1986

Escrima Selfdefence Mark Romain 1982

Doce Pares: Basic Eskrima. Arnis. Kali. Pangolisi Cacoy Canete 1988

The Fastest Olisi Fighter 2000

Eskrima Kali Arnis Dionisio Canete 1993

A Guide to Panantukan Rick Faye 2000

Complete Siniwalli Rey Galang 2000

Secrets of Kalis Ilistrisimo Rey Galang/Christopher Ricketts

Secrets of Giron Arnis Escrima Tony Somera 1998

Filipino Martial Culture Mark V. Wiley 1997

Filipino Fighting Arts 2000

Secrets of Cabales Serrada Escrima 2000

Arnis - Reflections on the History... 2001

Balisong Manual Jeff Imada 1984

Advanced Balisong Manual 1986

Arnis De Mano Amante Marinas 1974

Arnis Lanada 1984

Pananandata Knife Fighting 1986

Pananandata Yantok at Daga 1988

Pananandata Knife Throwing 1999

Pananandata Rope Fighting 1989

Pananandata BlowGun 2001

Kuntaw: The ancient Pilipino Martial Art Carlito A. Lanada 1987

Arnis Escrima Kali Gunnar Siebert 1998<


Bill Lowery

[swan104]

Re: Favorite FMA book

Originally posted by stick77
I've read:

Arnis(Composite of shortstories)
Filipino Martial Culture(Wiley)
Cabales Serrada 1 (The first one with black cover by Wily)
Cabales Serrada 2 (The new one by Wiley)
Modern Arnis(Presas)
The FMA (Aminas)
FMA (Inosanto)
Secrets to Giron (Giron/Somera)

Any that I haven't read?

What are your favorites. There are others like Ron Baliki's and Burt Richardsons' that was pretty good but only a short FMA section. I'm looking for good FMA books.

Thanks,
Chad W. Getz
Stickfighting Hawaii

Chad (and all),

What are the differences between Wiley's two Cabales Serrada books? I have the first one (with the black cover). Is it worth buying the second one?

Cheers!

[pcarney]

I really liked "Filipino Martial Culture" by Mark Wiley. Its not much in the way of instruction, but its a great examination of how FMAs came about, their evolution and an overview of some of the FMA systems.

Personally, I don't look to books for instruction. Although I think they can help as a 'reference', I wouldn't try anything from a book I hadn't been taught by a instructor first. Same for video tape.

[swan104]

Originally posted by pcarney
I really liked "Filipino Martial Culture" by Mark Wiley. Its not much in the way of instruction, but its a great examination of how FMAs came about, their evolution and an overview of some of the FMA systems.

Personally, I don't look to books for instruction. Although I think they can help as a 'reference', I wouldn't try anything from a book I hadn't been taught by a instructor first. Same for video tape.

I agree. From knowing my own limitations and how I learn things, I know I wouldn't be able to teach myself Kali (or any martial art for that matter) from a book. It took me a while to grasp the basics of Kali. However, the books do act as a reference guide and they do stimulate the mind!