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What is Yaw-Yan?



It sounds chinese, the movements slightly resemble that of Thai-Boxing and Korea's Tae-kwon-do but the origin is strictly Filipino. Yaw-Yan is billed as the Philippine's most lethal martial art. The acknowledged originator of Yaw-Yan is Grandmaster Napoleon A. Fernandez, a native of Quezon province, himself an undefeated All-asian and Far-East Kickboxing champion. The word Yaw-Yan was derived from the two last syllables of "Sayaw ng Kamatayan" meaning "Dance of Death".

Yaw-Yan is not a fusion of other Martial Arts as some people believe, but rather Yaw-Yan is a purely Filipino Martial Arts which movements and techniques were patterned from Filipino blade & stick arts mainly that of Uno-Terro Estocada.  Yaw-Yan has its unique signature moves which you can easily tell apart from other Martial Arts, even the naming conventions and executions of each moves are uniquely different.  The movements of the blades & sticks translates to the empty-hand strikes of the hands and feet which emphasizes committed powerful strikes be it in a form of an offense or a counter.  Yaw-Yan had also been commonly referred to as Arnis without the sticks, as well as a weaponless art of the blades & sticks.  The use of the limbs or empty-hands as a weapon corresponds to each part of the blade -- Talim (the sharp cutting edge of the blade, hence this is the most often used part of the limbs in Yaw-Yan), bangkud (the spine, opposite side of talim), sibat (the tip or point), pukpok (also known as punyo or the butt-end), and labas at loob (the sides of the blade, this is the weakest & seldom used part of the limbs).

Contrary to most popular belief, Yaw-Yan is not merely a Full-Contact No-Holds Barred Sport Martial Arts. It is a complete martial training with body-mind coordination and test of enduring indomitable spirit. More than just physical training, it also involves the mental disciplines of focus, concentration, alertness, flexibility, stamina, speed and continuity. Students train for real confrontation and actual fights -- on or off the ring. Advanced Disciples have to go through a rigorous ritual of practice and discipline consisting of actual full-contact sparring, bag hitting, and flexibility exercises. The Elbows (siko), knees (tuhod), and shin (lulod) are utilized in much the same way as in Muay Thai. Yaw-Yan practitioners have to learn 45 basic kicks, advanced disciples have to be able to execute and apply complexed advanced kicks requiring great dexterity, flexibility, and mastery. Most of these advanced kicks are trick kicks which always caught unsuspecting opponents by surprise.

Yaw-Yan Back-kick, reversed Yaw-Yan roundhouse stomp thrust and the famous scorpion kicks were some of these kicks popularized in national motion pictures by action stars Boy Fernandez and Rey Malonzo, both Yaw-Yan experts. Yaw-Yan practitioners are also adept with Philippine bladed weaponries as balisong and bolo. Bladed weapons are mere extensions of the hands. The forearm strikes, elbows, punches, dominating palms, and hand movements are empty-hand translations of the bladed weapons. There are 12 bolo punches which were patterned from Arnis, the philippines' very own armed art. These punches have continous fluid striking motion quite similar to western boxing but incorporating the art of Arnis. Grappling, ground-fighting, and knife-fighting had always been a part of the philippines' martial art and are always incorporated during the Yaw-Yan practice period. Yaw-Yan is a transformation of ancient Filipino Martial Arts and a Modern Competition Sport with high emphasis on practicality and actual confrontation.

One of the signature moves of Yaw-Yan is known as the "Yaw-Yan Mountain Storm Kick" (aka, "Hampas Pabulusok" in Yaw-Yan Fervilleon).  The mountain-storm kick had been debatable as who originated it, where and when. Yaw-Yan mountain-storm kick is hundred times more effective than karate's roundhouse kick and highly effective if not better than thai roundhouse kick. It's fluid effortless execution awes most spectators and the receiving end couldn't believe its' destructive power. Mountain Storm kick seemed similar to Thai roundhouse kick except that the kicking leg was drawn up and swung-through in full force swiftly with a continous downward cutting motion of the shin as you torque your hips in, instead of just plain straight through burst. A carefully planted mountain-storm kick had left most receiving opponent with agonizing pain and were most often carried away due to inability to walk. Yaw-Yan fighters have been known for breaking their opponent's strong femur bone if not the ribs or jaw, with one mountain storm kick. . . an unpleasant gift to be treasured for life.


What is Yaw-Yan ArDigma, and Yaw-Yan Fervilleon?


Yaw-Yan was created by GrandMaster Napoleon A. Fernandez in the 70's, initially spelled in the old spanish wording as Yao-Yan.
Yaw-Yan ArDigma (aka "Arnis Pandigma") was developed by GrandMaster Nap in 2005, a better and improved Yaw-Yan.
Yaw-Yan Fervilleon (aka "Estocada de Brazo Y Pie") developed in 2007 by GrandMaster Nap is his latest and best improvement of Yaw-Yan.
Both ArDigma and Fervilleon were supposedly created by GrandMaster Nap as successive improvements of his preceding systems.




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