Doce Pares Filipino Martial Arts

A number of our Sensei's have been studying Doce Pares for several years.  This a a rich and versatile system combining many martial arts.  Although any martial art systems is bottomless in skill development Doce Pares has more techniques to learn per belt rank than any other system we have encountered.  Attached below are pdf's covering both the belt grading system and kata's as well as other forms

Doce Pares Test Guide.pdf

Sayaw (Kata) forms 1 to 12.pdf

Participation Form and Waiver Form

Cebu Locks Power Point

Doce Pares History

Doce Pares is a Filipino martial art (stick fighting). Magellan's sword-wielding conquistadors fell to Datu Lapulapu who used Eskrima to defeat the Spanish at the battle of Mactan.

In the late 1920's, Eskrima attained a high level of popularity in Cebu City, the second largest city in the Philippines (Cebu island is located in the center of the Philippine archipelago). In 1932, the most renowned Eskrimadors, mainly from Cebu, founded Doce Pares as a society to promote the only original native martial art of the Philippines. The name Doce Pares reflects the Spanish influence on the Philippines and translates to "Twelve Pairs".Doce Pares was founded on January 11,1932 by a small group of Eskrima Masters spearheaded by Eulogio Cañete, LorenzoSaavedra and Teodoro Saavedra. Twelve of them originally conceptualized it but shortly after its inauguration January 21 that year, the membership rose to twenty four. The name Doce Pares was adopted in reference to the famous twelve bodyguards of Emperor Charlemagne of France (AD 768-814). these twelve people all top swordsmen were known to have fought and killed hundreds of enemies in battles. Doce Pares which means "Twelve pairs" in spanish, was meant also to honor the twelve people who originally planned to form the orgnization, and when the membership rose to twenty four at the time of the inauguration, it indeed became more significantly fitting.

Doce Pares Multi-Style System
The components of the "Multi-Style" system.

The components styles of the "Multi-Style" are:
All the three styles of Corto (Close Range); to wit; Corto Linear (the traditional linear striking or a blade oriented type of striking) Corto Kurbada (the wrist-twisting or snap-wrist, curving strike) Corto Orihinal (featuring low, deep bent knee and wide stance which highly characterized the original Doce Pares close range style)

Media Largo (Medium Range)
Larga Mano (Long Range)
Espada y Daga (Short & Long Stick or Stick Dagger)
Baraw (Knife Fighting Techniques)
Mano-Mano (Open Hand Fighting)

a. Sumbag-Patid (Punch and Kick)
b. Lubag-Torsi (Locks and Immobilization)
c. Layog-Dumog (Takedown and Grappling)
d. Doble Olisi (Double Stick)

Specialized Subjects:
a. Eskrido
b. Sinawali
c. Tapi-Tapi (Alive Hand)
d. Sayaw/Karanza (Forms)

Master Erwin Mosqueda Chief Instructor Los Angeles Doce Pares

Master Mosqueda teaches in the Los Angeles area which he is the founder and Chief instructor of the Los Angeles Doce Pares school.  Sensei's Tim Piering and Andy Leeka study under Master Erwin and then share their knowledge at the Pasadena Japanese Cultural Institute.

Master Erwin Mosqueda began his training back at the old Doce Pares Headquarters in 1977. He's had the distinction of having trained under legendary Grandmasters such as Felimon "Momoy" Canete, Ciriaco "Cacoy" Canete, and their elder brother Eulogio Canete who served as the organization's president since its founding in 1932. These three legends together along with the two most talented sons of Eulogio namely Panfilo and Dionisio "Diony" Canete were the source of his knowledge and skill. Grandmaster Diony much later guided him to a higher level in the understanding of the Filipino martial arts. Some of Master Mosqueda's accomplishments are:

• 1988 - Member of the strong 5-man undefeated Doce Pares team that competed in the National Arnis Team Championships in Manila Philippines.
• 1989 - Junior Flyweight Sparring Champion during the historic First World Eskrima Kali Arnis Championships (WEKAF) held in Cebu City, Philippines.
• 1990 - Was again a member of the 5-man Doce Pares Team that retained the title as the National team champion of the Philippines
• 1994 - Bantamweight Champion in sparring during the 3rd WEKAF championships held in Metro Manila.
• 1998 - Elected as a member of the Doce Pares Board of Officers, the youngest to ever held that position in the 75-year history.

Photo's

Los Angeles Doce Pares group testing at Grifith Park, the location for Saturday and Sunday morning training from 7:30 to 9:30 am.

Los Angeles Doce Pares wins the overall team trophy at the 6th Escrimador Challenge.

Masters Erwin, Nilo, and Jojo

The fighting old executives

Grand Master Canete