{"product_id":"balintawak-eskrima-mark-v-wiley-9780692312995","title":"Balintawak Eskrima","description":"\u003cp\u003eEskrima stick fighting is indigenous to the Philippines and in the 1950s one of the most popular styles emerged: Balintawak. To appreciate Anciong Bacon's Balintawak Eskrima, you have to understand set-ups, anticipation, the art of outwitting through ruses and lures; economy and simplification of motion, sans lavish and squandered movements; effective strikes fused and bonded with speed, power, elegance and grace. That is the essence of Anciong's Balintawak and these are the methods Sam Buot explains and demonstrates in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten from the author's half-century of personal experience and hard-earned knowledge, \u003cb\u003eBalintawak Eskrima\u003c\/b\u003e presents the art from origin to modern times, as a fighting art, as cultural tradition and a means of personal development. Illustrated with nearly 700 historical and instructional photographs, this book is a must-have for all martial artists and those interested in the history of a people and their fight art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuro Sam Buot is the eldest surviving student of Anciong Bacon's original Balintawak Eskrima group from Cebu, Philippines. He is a true enthusiast of Filipino martial arts and has served as unofficial historian of the Balintawak style, having studied under the tutelage of Grandmaster Venancio Bacon, Jose Villasin, Teofilo Velez and Teddy Buot since the late 1950s. At 78, Sam is now retired and teaches eskrima in his backyard in Phoenix, Arizona.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark V. Wiley, Sam L. Buot Sr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0692312994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780692312995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tambuli Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.55d","brand":"Mark V. Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43942462324991,"sku":"9780692312995","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_11ccec86-cab6-4624-bbf9-27f15971eea2.jpg?v=1681492518","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/balintawak-eskrima-mark-v-wiley-9780692312995","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}