Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:48:21 +0100 From: eskrima-request@martialartsresource.net Subject: Eskrima digest, Vol 16 #47 - 3 msgs X-Mailer: Mailman v2.0.13.cisto1 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Errors-To: eskrima-admin@martialartsresource.net X-BeenThere: eskrima@martialartsresource.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13.cisto1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net X-Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Eskrima-FMA discussion forum, the premier FMA forum on the Internet. 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(Felipe Jocano) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:52:10 -0800 (PST) From: jay de leon To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: [Eskrima] correction re Commando Karate Club Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net   PG Mat Marinas sent me a private email with a correction regarding something I posted about the Commando Karate Club.   I told him he could have posted this at ED and I would not have been offended.  He wrote back and said I could post it myself if I wanted to.   While it is a minor correction, I do not want anybody else quoting my error.  Also, I feel that I should share PG Mat's vast martial arts historical knowledge with you.    Below in quotes are his posts to me verbatim.   Jay de Leon www.filipinomartialartsmuseum.com     "Hi Jay,   I remember PG Mat Marinas mentioning he was a member of the Commando Karate and Judo Club, another Latino Gonzales affiliate dojo.   Commando Karate Club is not an affiliate. It is the main headquarters of Sensei Latino Gonzales. Commando was where he taught.    Commando Karate Club was located just across UST. It was on the 2nd floor. The funny thing is there was a Carbungco Restaurant on the ground floor and every time we do some advance katas with flying kicks, the waiter came out and shouted "Please don't make so much noise."   Commando moved to the location after the big quake, if I remember right in 1968, that measure 7+ on the Richter Scale. The old headquarters was at a WWII bullet scarred building just before the bridge at the end of Rizal Avenue going to Plaza Lawton. After the quake, the building tilted and was declared too dangerous to be occupied.     Best regards.   APM"               A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! --__--__-- Message: 2 Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:57:01 -0800 (PST) From: Perry Gil Mallari To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Subject: [Eskrima] Remembering Roberto Gonzalez Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net The Manila Times Sunday, February 22, 2009 MARTIAL TALK By Perry Gil S. Mallari Remembering Roberto Gonzalez   Roberto Gonzalez a.k.a.“Philippine Karate King” passed away on February 5. Gonzalez may be virtually unknown among the present generation of Filipino martial artists but to practitioners who were already on the scene during the 1960s and 1970s, he is the consummate actor/karateka, the real deal. I have vague recollections of watching Gonzalez’s movies on afternoon television as a kid. One scene I remember was he delivering his trademark double flying sidekicks against two opponents. Gonzalez appeared in a number of films with his brother Rolando, who is also a topnotch karate expert. His popularity as a movie star once equaled those of the late Fernando Poe Jr. and former President Joseph Estrada. The Gonzalez brothers received their martial arts training from their father Latino Gonzalez Sensei, an eighth dan Shorin-ryu blackbelt and head of the legendary Commando Karate Club, then located at Rizal Avenue in Manila. Karate became very popular during the 1960s because of the movies of Gonzalez. The older Gonzalez was a sort of martial arts icon during that era and there were few old timers I met that did not knew him. I once saw a picture of Gonzalez in a karate manual performing tameshiwara [the art of breaking boards and tiles with bare hands]. I consider his skills exemplary. Not too many Filipino karatekas I know are keen on perfecting this demanding aspect of karate. The first time I saw Gonzalez in person was during the mid 1980s while he was promoting sport karate through the organization Kapisanan ng mga Karatista sa Pilipinas [Association of Karate Players in the Philippines]. He still had the bearing of movie star and a martial art expert at that time. Then he disappeared from the limelight. My interest in Gonzalez was rekindled three years ago when I had a Shorin-ryu karate blackbelt as a training partner. I told him to find me a lead on Gonzalez’s whereabouts because I want to interview him and make an article about him as a sort of tribute for his contribution to martial arts in the Philippines. Learning about his death recently, I was saddened that that interview will never happen. Through the years I heard various stories from the grapevine about Gonzalez—of how he had surfaced on a number occasions in martial arts practice sessions in parks. Those who saw Gonzalez described him as destitute, a far cry from his film actor image years back. The news following his death confirmed those accounts. Gonzalez indeed died a poor man. Gonzalez may have had made bad choices somewhere along the way but the truth remains that he is among the finest martial artists the Philippines has ever produced. Rest in peace Roberto Gonzalez. --__--__-- Message: 3 Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:17:22 -0800 (PST) From: Felipe Jocano Subject: Re: [Eskrima] Re: How does one become a recognized expert? To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Reply-To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net Manong Jay: To get to where you want (San Miguel Beer in Boracay, Hundred islands, etc) you'd have to be old and rich. Me, I'm getting older but not richer... :-) Bot --- On Fri, 2/20/09, jay de leon wrote: > From: jay de leon > Subject: Re: [Eskrima] Re: How does one become a recognized expert? > To: eskrima@martialartsresource.net > Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 12:01 PM > scott, you must be a youngster. >   > son, when you get to be master ray terry's age, > all you would want to do is take your shoes off, > put your shorts on, and wheel (as in wheelchair) > your way  to the jacuzzi with your towel and > your wine. >   > for master jorge penafiel and myself, it will be > San Miguel beer in the sands of Boracay or > Palawan or Hundred Islands or Ilocos Norte. >   > jay de leon > www.tipunan.com --__--__-- _______________________________________________ Eskrima mailing list Eskrima@martialartsresource.net http://martialartsresource.net/mailman/listinfo/eskrima Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://eskrima-fma.net Old digest issues @ ftp://ftp.martialartsresource.com/pub/eskrima Copyright 1994-2009: Ray Terry, MartialArtsResource.com, Sudlud.com Standard disclaimers apply. 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