Turkish master to grace Yaw-Yan culminating activity

CEBU, Philippines - The participants of the Yaw-Yan ArDigma Martial Arts Federation, Inc. Summer Clinic will have their culminating activity tonight at the Yaw-Yan Headquarters situated at the fourth floor of Coast Pacific Downtown Center just across the University of Cebu (UC)-Main Campus along Sanciangko Street, this city.

The ceremony will start with a holy mass at 5 pm. It will be followed by a demonstration wherein the students will showcase their chosen special techniques they learned from the month-long camp.

Yaw-Yan ArDigma CEO/Founder and Vis-Min director Master Benigno “Ekin” R. Caniga, Jr. said the students will show off their skills in arnis, Aryan style/sipang pamalo, bo-staff, tonfa/baton, yawara stick, Yaw-Yan combat (self-defense), Yaw-Yan ArDigma System, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), ‘Bigayan’ or give and take by multiple opponents, and full-contact sparring.

Master Ekin added that he has invited Turkish Yilmaz Karadeniz, a Yaw-Yan ArDigma practitioner and a master instructor of arnis, as guest of honor and motivational speaker for tonight's affair.

"This is their chance to show what they have learned from the training camp. Aside from the skills they acquired, they have also developed a sense of discipline that hopefully they can use in their everyday life," said Master Ekin.

Yaw-Yan is a unique Filipino martial arts derived from the two syllables of “Sayaw ng Kamatayan” or ‘Dance of Death’. It was introduced to the public for the first time by its originator GM Napoleon “Nap” Fernandez in a simple ceremony in Manila in 1972. (FREEMAN)