Thanks to all kabayans Respected Grand Masters for promoting sharing our martial arts, your doing a lot for our Filipino heritage with respect and honor. MABUHAY po kayong lahat and God bless you all more, from your Filipino admirers kabayan followers wishing you all great success from our respected heritage Filipino martial arts origin.
Maraming Salamat. Your support helps us keep going in documenting and promoting the culture and history of FMA. So much more work to do. Hopefully this quarantine ends soon when the vaccine comes out. Our goal is to go to the Philippines.
Love this video. I am an old school Inayan Eskrimador, started training in 1977, and this, the old way that GM Gonzalez talks about, is the way I came up in Eskrima. To be a true Eskrimador, this is the only way.
@@FMAPulse honestly? The realism, the strong, strong emphasis on perfecting the fundamentals we had in the past, and less talk and more action. Too many "grandmasters" these days. Back 40 years ago, everyone, and I mean everyone, knew who the real teachers and masters were, they were combat veterans, they were battle proven, and it was an atmosphere of "put up or shut up". Leo Giron said it best when he lamented "No one wants to practice the 'he-man style' anymore". We weren't a bunch of animals, but our purpose for training, and the nature of the training, was understood. There was no question if what we were learning was effective; the training was structured to test our skill and spirit every time. It was tough training, but in the end, it worked.
@@kimsatterfield1942 Thank you for your input. Do you think it's because FMA in general is trying to cater to the masses by modifying the material/curriculum to catch up to what the Japanese, Korean and Chinese martial arts did in term of business (belts, certifications and rankings)?
@@FMAPulse that's a huge part of it. Americans have a very different perspective on martial arts training; the arts are something that they "take", rather than study. It requires a substantial commitment to obtain real martial skill, plus lot of sacrifice. Not so many are willing to do that. I also find that many don't see the arts as a holistic pursuit, losing the spiritual and character/emotional strength building aspects of the art in favor of a tangible belt and/or certificate to validate their "success". Not everyone is cut out to be a warrior, but martial arts have been made attractive through unrealistic portrayals in movies, etc. I believe the bottom line here is that the arts have been shaped to attract and fit the student, instead of the student earning the privilege of learning and training in the art. This cheapens the arts, sets the bar much lower, and morphs the arts Into just another "fitness" vehicle.
@@kimsatterfield1942 Thank you for your insights sir. I've spoken to a lot of the old school Guro's and Grandmasters, and they pretty much said the same thing. Many of them don't like the Grandmaster/master title. A lot of them said, you either get it or you don't. You're either a good fighter or you're not.
When we had the chance to train with GM Gonzalez he told us, " you would make good students because you liked the pain, you guys are warriors. There are people that I barely touch and they freak out." We appreciated those those words from GM.
Thanks to all kabayans Respected Grand Masters for promoting sharing our martial arts, your doing a lot for our Filipino heritage with respect and honor. MABUHAY po kayong lahat and God bless you all more, from your Filipino admirers kabayan followers wishing you all great success from our respected heritage Filipino martial arts origin.
Maraming Salamat. Your support helps us keep going in documenting and promoting the culture and history of FMA. So much more work to do. Hopefully this quarantine ends soon when the vaccine comes out. Our goal is to go to the Philippines.
The couple times I saw and had the privilege of being at a seminar with Guro Art, It was lesson in reality training. Brutal and real.
Thank you for the energy Great Grand Master Arturo Gonzalez. RIP Flow
It was a pleasure training, and interviewing you GM Art Gonzalez
Love this video. Watched it so many times. RIP
Love this video. I am an old school Inayan Eskrimador, started training in 1977, and this, the old way that GM Gonzalez talks about, is the way I came up in Eskrima. To be a true Eskrimador, this is the only way.
Greetings Mr. Satterfield. What would you say is missing in FMA nowadays in terms of its instruction/training to the next generation?
@@FMAPulse honestly? The realism, the strong, strong emphasis on perfecting the fundamentals we had in the past, and less talk and more action. Too many "grandmasters" these days. Back 40 years ago, everyone, and I mean everyone, knew who the real teachers and masters were, they were combat veterans, they were battle proven, and it was an atmosphere of "put up or shut up". Leo Giron said it best when he lamented "No one wants to practice the 'he-man style' anymore". We weren't a bunch of animals, but our purpose for training, and the nature of the training, was understood. There was no question if what we were learning was effective; the training was structured to test our skill and spirit every time. It was tough training, but in the end, it worked.
@@kimsatterfield1942 Thank you for your input. Do you think it's because FMA in general is trying to cater to the masses by modifying the material/curriculum to catch up to what the Japanese, Korean and Chinese martial arts did in term of business (belts, certifications and rankings)?
@@FMAPulse that's a huge part of it. Americans have a very different perspective on martial arts training; the arts are something that they "take", rather than study. It requires a substantial commitment to obtain real martial skill, plus lot of sacrifice. Not so many are willing to do that. I also find that many don't see the arts as a holistic pursuit, losing the spiritual and character/emotional strength building aspects of the art in favor of a tangible belt and/or certificate to validate their "success". Not everyone is cut out to be a warrior, but martial arts have been made attractive through unrealistic portrayals in movies, etc. I believe the bottom line here is that the arts have been shaped to attract and fit the student, instead of the student earning the privilege of learning and training in the art. This cheapens the arts, sets the bar much lower, and morphs the arts Into just another "fitness" vehicle.
@@kimsatterfield1942 Thank you for your insights sir. I've spoken to a lot of the old school Guro's and Grandmasters, and they pretty much said the same thing. Many of them don't like the Grandmaster/master title. A lot of them said, you either get it or you don't. You're either a good fighter or you're not.
Still learning from him, R.I.P.
I miss my teacher.
Another great interview. Cheers.
Just heard. Rest east, Art. ♥️
RIP GM
The beating he gave me in practice was amazing
When we had the chance to train with GM Gonzalez he told us, " you would make good students because you liked the pain, you guys are warriors. There are people that I barely touch and they freak out." We appreciated those those words from GM.
No my ear was bleeding and my wrist prof. James muro best me more though