Inayan Eskrima
American eskrima system of Mike Inay, according to English Wikipedia a student of Max Sarmiento and Angel Cabales. According to English Wikipedia it combines seven separate eskrima styles.
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About Inayan Eskrima
Inayan Eskrima is a system of eskrima that, according to English Wikipedia, was founded by Michael G. Inay (1944 to 2000). According to it, Inay studied privately under two eskrima masters, Max Sarmiento and Angel Cabales, and the Inayan School of Eskrima website states that he studied with them for over eleven years and combined their styles into one system. Wiley states that in 1966 Cabales opened the first commercial eskrima academy in the USA in Stockton with the help of Sarmiento and Dentoy Revillar, but does not mention Inay. According to Wikipedia, the system consists of seven separate eskrima styles, each with a full set of basic, intermediate and advanced techniques. The school website names among them serrada, kadena de mano, largo mano, sinawali, espada y daga and dequerdas. Wiley describes Cabales-type serrada as close combat. According to Wikipedia, in 1979 Inay co-founded the West Coast Eskrima Society with Sarmiento and developed a knife defense program for the police. After his death in 2000, according to the school website, teaching continues through his oldest students.
History
The Inayan School of Eskrima website lists Max Sarmiento (1929 to 1982) with the Sarmiento kadena de mano style and Angel Cabales (1917 to 1991) with the Cabales serrada style as Inay's teachers. According to the website, Sarmiento persuaded Cabales to open the first public eskrima school in the USA, and Wiley states that he encouraged him to do so in 1965. English Wikipedia states that Inay suggested Cabales found an organization for Cabales serrada and drew up a ranking structure for the system. According to Wikipedia, the West Coast Eskrima Society was inaugurated at Inay's home in Los Gatos, California.
Technique
The school website describes serrada as to close, kadena de mano as a blend of empty-hand and blade techniques, largo mano as the long hand for long-range fighting, sinawali as fighting with two weapons usually of the same length, and espada y daga as sword and dagger. According to the website, largo mano teaches kampilan, a traditional Philippine long sword, as the first complete formal style, and dequerdas focuses on reinforced blocks, counterstrikes and disarms. In kadena de mano the website stresses drills with locks and traps, disarms, takedowns and control of the opponent via sensitive nerve points.
Training
The school website states that students usually learn with a weapon from the start, not first with the empty hand. English Wikipedia states that Inay developed for the police the knife defense program Spontaneous Knife Defense, also called Reactive Knife Defense, and courses on sensitive nerve points, the police baton and advanced knife work.
Ranks and progression
The school website lists titles mangisursuro, tagaturo, pangulong tagaturo, guro, lahong guro, katalungan guro and kadua guro. According to Wikipedia and Eskrima International, Inay created a learning structure and ranking system for the styles. We have not found a belt system.
Today
The Inayan School of Eskrima in Knoxville, Tennessee describes itself as the longest-running Inayan Eskrima institution in the world, founded on 1 July 1995 by tagaturo Steven Klement. Eskrima International, headquartered in Germany, lists Inayan Eskrima among its styles. English Wikipedia states that Inay led seminars in England, Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, Canada and Australia and that according to the Manila Times from 2012 he was inducted into the Philippine martial arts hall of fame.
Did you know
English Wikipedia states that Inay died in 2000 while teaching Inayan Eskrima. According to Wikipedia, during his lifetime he was called suro, and after death he bears the official title mangisursuro. According to Wikipedia, Inay called all the styles he taught Inayan to prevent confusion.
Frequently asked questions
Who founded Inayan Eskrima?
According to English Wikipedia, Michael G. Inay (1944 to 2000), who studied under Max Sarmiento and Angel Cabales.
What styles does Inayan Eskrima consist of?
Wikipedia states seven separate styles, the school website names among others serrada, kadena de mano, largo mano, sinawali, espada y daga and dequerdas.
What is the relationship between Inayan Eskrima and Cabales Serrada?
According to Wikipedia, Angel Cabales was one of Inay's two teachers and serrada is one of the styles that Inayan Eskrima includes.
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