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Baltazar Sayoc

Patriarch of the family martial art Sayoc Kali, which he called "Dugo ng Bansa", and founder of the Sayoc International Schools for Kali (1983).

Quick Facts

Date of Death1/4/2007
Country of OriginUnited StatesUnited States
Also known asTatang, Tatang Bo Zook Sayoc

Biography

Baltazar "Tatang" Sayoc was the patriarch of the family martial art Sayoc Kali, which he called "Dugo ng Bansa", meaning Blood of the Nation. He died on January 4, 2007, at his home in Cavite, in the Philippines. We have not been able to verify his date of birth.

In 1980 the family moved from Queens, New York, to Poinciana, Florida. In 1983 he founded the Sayoc International Schools for Kali in Kissimmee, Florida.

Rank certificates were co-signed with his son Chris Sayoc Sr., who led most of the teaching and the development of the curriculum.

Associated Martial Arts

Sayoc KaliCo-founder→

A Filipino system of bladed-weapon fighting, founded in 1985 by Christopher Sayoc according to its own website. The website describes it with the motto All Blade, All the Time.

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