Cacoy Canete's Doce Pares Eskrima

Ryer Martial Arts Academy is an official Cacoy Doce Pares Eskrima affiliate school under Professor Zach Whitson.

Escrima, Kali, and Arnis are just a few of the names used to describe the Filipino Martial Arts.  There are over 7,000 islands in the Philippines with over 78 major languages spoken. The Filipino Martial Arts are as diverse as the islands themselves.  At Ryer Martial Arts Academy, we offer instruction in two Filipino-based martial arts disciplines; Cacoy Doce Pares Eskrima and Zach Whitson's Counterpoint Tactical System.

Doce Pares is an Eskrima/ Arnis Martial Arts Club that was founded in Cebu City in January 1932.  Originally it was a breakaway group of students and instructors from the Labangon Fencing Club of the 1920's which was influenced heavily by the Saavedra and Canete families.  The original instructors of Doce Pares taught their own particular families, islands, or regions styles of Eskrima and their particular interpretation of their own styles.

Doce Pares was made famous in the international scene during the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's by the Canete family, especially Ciriaco "Cacoy" Canete.  The term "Doce Pares" is a Spanish term translated into English to mean "Twelve Pairs". This term "Twelve Pairs" has been given several meanings.  One meaning is that it refers to the twelve basic strikes that are common to most Eskrima styles and their twelve basic blocks/ counters to these strikes.

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