Kombatan Family Tree - Philippines

[Alex(ander Bautista Bayot France)]

Kombatan Family Tree – Philippines Branch

In the Summer of 2006, GGM sent me a 4-page printout of the family tree. I will post it here, on our Kombatan Forum, one thread per country. I will post the names alphabetically by last name, not in the original order which had me on top of the USA list. :-) There are others more deserving. I will not include the ranks and titles, as they change too much. Those of you who know me, know that I don’t care much for rank and titles… unless it’s mine of course ;-0

Where the individual is no longer active in GGM’s organization (IPMAF), for whatever reason, I will simply put “(inactive)”. I will also include all individuals I know of who joined after that list was created; plus those who were inadvertently left out of the original list.

Okay, so here we go with the Philippines Branch. Feel free to follow up with comments, corrections (especially with the spelling of names) and additions.


Aguilar, Popoy
Arcega. Arnel

Bagrang, Dante
Bonso, Jess
Brocka, Jackson

Calaycay, Jerry
Cortez, Jesus

Ercia, Alex
Ermac, Michael

Dadaya, Olchie
Diony (no other name given)
Dulay, Samuel (inactive)

Fame, Allan
Flores, Noel

Garduce, Oliver
Garitony, Nicolas
Hollanday, Lawrence

Kawada, Edgardo

Labiano, Dhave
Lazo, Frederico

Maalat, Simba
Madla, Willie
Mayo, Anne Haciela R. (two individuals?)
McNeil, Macalintal (spelling?)

Paman, Joey
Poonan, Moises
Presas, Roberto
Presas, Ernesto Jr.
Punzalan, Sonny

Quimbao, Romy
Quitalig, Benny

Remolin, Randy
Reyes, Bobby
Rollo, Danielle
Rosales, Felipe

Santos, Mark
Sia, Rene
Silva, Tony
Solar, Roger (inactive)
Soriano, Michael

Tombi, Rojo
Tongson, Rene (inactive)
Trinidad, Roy

Vasquez, Cristino (inactive)
Villanueva, Earl

Yap, Pepe
Yatsu, Rey

-o0o- End of List –o0o-

[timagua]

Greetings Brothers and Sisters,

It’s great to see this list created and updated for all followers of GGM Presas to be recognized. I was just in touch with Master Jose “Joey” Paman, an original Arjuken follower, who is in Hawaii on a little R&R. He said he saw the Philippines list and wanted to add a few people he knew of during his training days there from the early-to-late 1970s. These are:

Danny Diaz – a black belt instructor from the Visayas. He was a panel member during Master Paman’s first black belt exam, one he described as a very tough practitioner.

Pepito Robas and Jess Arroyo – mainstays at the Arjuken gym who often helped teach classes and who also performed during the school’s numerous demonstrations throughout Manila.

Alex Pangilinan – a convert to Arjuken from taekwondo who tested for his black belt the same day as Master Paman.

Rey de la Merced, Julian Valdoria and Ricardo Rivera – practitioners from the UST branch of Arjuken whom Master Paman noted as being highly skilled and dedicated, although he does not recall whether they rose to black belt rank. De la Merced was a kung-fu expert, Valdoria originally a boxer and Rivera just a tough fighter. Each one was attracted to GGM Presas’ system and represented the school very well.

Timagua

[Lam Ang]

Guys...there's more active members than what you have in the list. You might as well dig the records if they are still existing.

[BATANGUENO]

I agree with Sir Lam Ang, and I also wanted to add in the list...

Roger Maur, who is full time Instructor in IPMAF headquarter today, and...
Jay Hayag, who serve in many training camps of IPMAF.

Salamat and Mabuhay ang mga Kombatan Filipino Instructors!

www.ipmaf@kombatan.it (http://www.ipmaf@kombatan.it)

http://www.acsilombardia.it/Arti_Marziali/maestro_randy_remolin.html

http://www.kungfudvdmagazine.com/

[timagua]

Update: We at Original Arjuken in Sacramento just received contact from Rey de la Merced, an Arjuken instructor from the 1970s. Sir Rey was a member of the Quiapo gym from 1974, earned lakan isa black belt rank in 1978, and taught at the gym for a few years after he graduated from the Engineering program at UST. He was the team captain for the winning UST Team at the Second Intercollegiate Karate-Arnis Championships in Manila held in 1976 – while still a brown belt.

Some from that era may recall that Sir Rey was asked to stop kicking the heavy bag at the gym because he busted up three of them with his devastating side kick. Another first-generation student of GGM Presas, among many, who may have come and gone and receive little acknowledgment now.