2010 is going to be a big year for arnis in the Philippines locally and internationally, even without the involvement of its national sports association. This writer had the privilege of interviewing ...

CEBU, Philippines - The Cebu sports fraternity has lost a legend, a true warrior, and the man who is instrumental in popularizing eskrima or arnis, an ingenious Filipino martial art, all over the ...

CEBU CITY—Ciriaco “Cacoy” Cañete, a world-famous Filipino martial artist and the last of the great original teachers and developers of the unique Filipino martial arts “eskrima,” died here on Friday ...

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Filipino martial arts community is mourning the death of supreme grandmaster Ciriaco “Cacoy” Cañete who died at 8:08 p.m. on Friday at the age of 96. Cacoy, a world famous ...

Malacañang on Friday declared arnis as the Philippines’ national martial art and sport, giving the traditional Filipino martial art that employs sticks a big boost in terms of popularity and ...

MANILA, Philippines – Ciriaco “Cacoy” Cañete, a legendary Filipino martial artist, passed away on Friday, February 5, according to reports. He was 96. Cañete reportedly died in a hospital due to the ...

Learn more about arnis, the Filipino martial art that is part of Palarong Pambansa 2012. MANILA, Philippines – If Japan has karate and Korea has taekwondo, the Philippines also has its own martial ...

CEBU City: The arnis (Philippine martial art) community is mourning the death of Grand Master (GM) Dennis Cañete, the president of the Cacoy Cañete Doce Pares World Eskrima Federation.

CEBU CITY, Philippines — In a powerful move to honor their rich arnis legacy, three proud descendants of the famed Cañete clan came together to forge a new path for Doce Pares—one rooted in unity.

THE 12th World Eskrima Kali Arnis Federation Championship will pay tribute to 20 grandmasters that helped the sport prosper as they get inducted to the Martial Arts Hall of Fame on July 18 at the Cebu ...