Doce Pares Multi-Style System
Origin/History
In March 1932, a group of 24 well known masters of the Filipino martial arts in Cebu City, Philippines banded together to form the Doce Pares Club. (In later years, as the organization became popular, the name was simplified to Doce Pares.) Led by the venerable Eulogio “Yoling” Cañete, the group rose to a high level of popularity and prominence in the Philippines.StyleDoce Pares, as very few perhaps know, does not refer to a single particular style. In reality, it is an assemblage of various styles that were introduced into the organization by the founding masters in 1932. To the credit of the leaders of the organization, these diverse and often contrasting styles were all successfully integrated and passed on to the next generation of Doce Pares adherents.
The following styles each comprise a portion of the group’s training curriculum:
· the close range (corto) of Lorenzo and Teodoro Saavedra
· the medium range of Jesus Cui
· the espada y daga and corto orihinal of Felimon “Momoy” Cañete
· the long range of Yoling Cañete and Vincente Carin
· in later years, the corto of Ciriaco Cañete and the “pangamut” of Maximo Cañete
The integration of these styles into an organized, systematic curriculum is largely credited to Yoling Cañete’s son, Dionisio. Dionisio “Diony” Cañete is a Grandmaster of the Doce Pares system and a member of the Executive Council.