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Cacoy Canete
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He is today the best-known of the Canete brothers (Filemon, Eulogio, Tirso, Ciriaco, Rufino and Silvestre), prime movers in
the preservation and promotion of the indigenous Filipino martial art of stick fighting (eskrima-arnis).
Ciriaco "Cacoy" Canete was born in San Fernando, Cebu, in 1919, into a family for whom eskrima was already a tradition. In
his youth, Cacoy trained in boxing, wrestling and the Asian martial arts. In the 1920's his brothers were already involved
in teaching stick fighting. Interest in Filipino martial arts led to the formation by Visayan martial arts practitioners of
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the Doce Pares Association in Cebu. In 1939, Cacoy's elder brother, Eulogio "Yoling" Canete became president of Doce Pares,
the oldest and longest standing martial arts organization in the Philippines and a driving force behind the popularization
of Filipino martial arts. Yoling was president of Doce Pares until his death in 1988.
Cacoy served with the USAFFE in the war years and stayed in the army service until 1947. He studied at the University of Southern
Philippines and taught martial arts in various Cebu schools. In 1979 he was champion in both the First Open Arnis Tournament
in Cebu City and the First National Invitational Arnis Tournament in Manila, both events sponsored by the National Arnis Association
of the Philippines (Naraphil). Another Canete, Dionisio (Cacoy's nephew) served as president of both Naraphil and the World
Kali-Eskrima Arnis Federation (Wekaf), an organization founded much later in the history of Doce Pares (1987).
The remarkable Cacoy Canete has been active in organizing tournaments, exhibitions and training programs in eskrima-arnis
in the Philippines and foreign countries.
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