For the baseball player see Mark Wiley (baseball)

Mark Wiley (baseball)

Mark Eugene Wiley is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Minnesota Twins, San Diego Padres, and Toronto Blue Jays. He has also been a pitching coach for the Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Florida Marlins, and Kansas City Royals.-External links:...

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Mark V. Wiley is a holistic health consultant and martial arts

Martial arts

Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....

 instructor who is also an author

Author

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, historian

Historian

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 and editor

Editor in chief

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 of various publication dealing with the martial arts. He specializes in the history of Filipino martial arts

Filipino martial arts

Filipino Martial Arts refers to ancient and newer fighting methods devised in the Philippines, the most popular of which are known as Arnis/Eskrima/Kali. The intrinsic need for self-preservation was the genesis of these systems. Throughout the ages, invaders and evolving local conflict imposed new...

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Martial arts experience

Wiley has trained in a variety of systems and styles, but his primary focuses are in Kalis Ilustrisimo, a method based on Eskrima

Eskrima

Eskrima is the umbrella term for the traditional martial arts of the Philippines, which emphasize weapon-based fighting with sticks, knives and other bladed weapons, and various improvised weapons...

, traditional Filipino stick-and-sword fighting arts, Ngo Cho Kun

Five Ancestors

Five Ancestors Fist is a Southern Chinese martial art that consists of techniques from five different styles:* the breathing methods and iron body of Da mo * the posture and dynamic power of Luohan...

 (or Five Ancestor Kungfu), a southern Chinese Shaolin

Shaolin kung fu

Shaolin Kung Fu refers to a collection of Chinese martial arts that claim affiliation with the Shaolin Monastery.Of the multitude styles of kung fu and wushu, only some are actually related to Shaolin...

 martial art, and Wing Chun

Wing Chun

Wing Chun , also romanised as Ving Tsun or Wing Tsun, ; ; is a concept-based Chinese martial art and form of self-defense utilizing both striking and grappling while specializing in close-range combat.The alternative characters 永春 "eternal spring" are also...

, a Chinese close-combat

Hand to hand combat

Hand-to-hand combat is a lethal or nonlethal physical confrontation between two or more persons at very short range that does not involve the use of firearms or other distance weapons...

 martial art. In these styles he has received senior teaching credentials. He has earned a black belt or equivalent level in: Tae Kwon Do, Shiho Karao-ryu Ju-Jutsu, Savate

Savate

Savate , also known as boxe française, French boxing, French kickboxing or French footfighting, is a French martial art which uses the hands and feet as weapons combining elements of western boxing with graceful kicking techniques. Only foot kicks are allowed unlike some systems such as Muay...

, American Kenpo Karate, Modern Arnis

Modern Arnis

Modern Arnis is the system of Filipino martial arts founded by the late Remy Presas as a self-defense system. His goal was to create an injury-free training method as well as an effective self-defense system in order to preserve the older Arnis systems...

, Cinco Tero Arnis and San Shan Gong. He has also studied in the following systems or styles for less than five years, they include; Chuka Shaolin (Phoenix-Eye Fist), Silat Seni Gayong, Silat Seni Harimau, Pencak Silat

Pencak Silat

Pencak silat is an umbrella term for the indigenous martial arts created in Indonesia. The leading organization of pencak silat in Indonesia is IPSI...

, Lathi

Lathi

Lathi means stick and also refers to an Indian martial art based on cane-fighting. The word is used in Hindi, Bengali and various other Indian languages. The lathi typically measures 6 to and may be tipped with metal. It commonly used as a crowd control device by the Indian Police and other South...

, Silambam

Silambam

Silambam or silambattam is a weapon-based Dravidian martial art from Tamil Nadu in south India but also practised by the Tamil community of Sri Lanka and Malaysia. In Tamil, the word silambam refers to the bamboo staff which is the main weapon used in this style...

, Doblete Rapillon Arnis, Lightning Scientific Arnis, Sinawali, Jeet Kune Do

Jeet Kune Do

Jeet Kune Do is a hybrid martial arts system and life philosophy founded by martial artist Bruce Lee with direct, non classical and straightforward movements. Due to the way his style works they believe in minimal movement with maximum effect and extreme speed. The system works on the use of...

 Concepts, muay Thai

Muay Thai

Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...

, boxing

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

, wrestling

Wrestling

Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...

 and fencing

Fencing

Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

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Dr. Wiley has personally studied under more than 60 prominent teachers. He has been formally accepted as a protege' under these masters and arts:

• Angel Cabales (Cabales Serrada Eskrima),
• Herminio Binas (Binas Dynamic Arnis),
• Antonio Ilustrisimo
  Antonio Ilustrisimo
  Antonio "Tatang" Ilustrisimo was the Grand Master of Kali Ilustrisimo, a Filipino martial art bearing his family name.- Early life :...
  
   (Kalis Ilustrisimo),
• Alexander Lim Co - Beng Kiam School of Ngo Cho Kun / Wuzuquan,
• Robert Chu (Wing Chun
  Wing Chun
  Wing Chun , also romanised as Ving Tsun or Wing Tsun, ; ; is a concept-based Chinese martial art and form of self-defense utilizing both striking and grappling while specializing in close-range combat.The alternative characters 永春 "eternal spring" are also...
  
  ) and
• Hou FaXiang (Qigong
  Qigong
  Qigong or chi kung is a practice of aligning breath, movement, and awareness for exercise, healing, and meditation...
  
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Mark Wiley was the first person to conduct martial art anthropological field research among the
indigenous MatigSalog tribe of Mindanao

Mindanao

Mindanao is the second largest and easternmost island in the Philippines. It is also the name of one of the three island groups in the country, which consists of the island of Mindanao and smaller surrounding islands. The other two are Luzon and the Visayas. The island of Mindanao is called The...

, Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. At the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

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 Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, he examined, classified and identified a portion of the museum’s collection of nearly 1,000 martial artifacts from the Philippines. He has been nominated to five martial art Halls of Fame, but declined induction, feeling such things are too monetarily or politically motivated. He has appeared on the cover of four international magazines and has given several radio and magazine interviews in the United States

United States

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, England

England

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 and the Philippines regarding his research, writing and Integrated Modular Training Methodology.

Kali Ilustrisimo (also Kalis Ilustrisimo) is a blade-based Filipino Martial Art (Eskrima) founded by Antonio "Tatang" Ilustrisimo. The style has been in the Ilustrisimo family for over five generations and is based on traditional Filipino stick and sword methods.

Education

• Master of Science in Management (Health Care) from Kaplan University
  Kaplan University
  Kaplan University is the "doing business as" name of the Iowa College Acquisition Corporation, a company that owns and operates for-profit colleges...
  
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• Ph.D. (Alternative Medicine) from the Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine, in association with the Open International University for Complementary Medicine and the World Health Organizations.
• O.M.D. (Doctor of Oriental Medicine) from the Philippine-Chinese Association of Tui-Na, Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
• Bachelor of Science (Applied Sociology) from Drexel University.
• Associate of Applied Science (Small Business Management) from Camden County College.

Publications

He has written more than 10 books and over 200 articles in various periodicals and online venues.

Reference books

• Illustrated Encyclopedia of Body-Mind Disciplines (Rosen, 1999)
• Encyclopedia of World Sport (ABC-CLEO, 1998).

Periodicals / online

Over 500 of his articles on martial arts, alternative health, and Asian culture have appeared in the following publications and web sites:

• EasyHealthOptions.com
• HealthierTalk.com
• Live Pain Free
• Get Healthy & Fit
• Bottom Line Health
• Qigong Magazine
• Quality of Life
• HealUSA.net
• 247You.com
• MasteringMigraines.com
• LoseTheBackPain.com
• TotalHealthBreakthroughs.com

• Achieve-Fitness.com
• TaipanOnline.com
• ForeWordReviews.com

• Journal of Asian Martial Arts
• Martial Arts Illustrated (USA)
• Martial Arts Illustrated (UK)
• Black Belt
• Inside Kung-Fu
• Karate/Kung-Fu Illustrated
• Wushu Kung-Fu
• Martial Arts Legends
• Filipino Martial Arts Magazine
• Hoplite
• Rapid Journal
• w1ng.com
• BlackBelt.com
• CFWEnterprises.com
• FightingArts.com
• One-Warrior.com
• CyberKwoon.com
• WingChunKuen.com
• AlanOrr.co.uk
• WingChunFaat.com
• IISports.com
• wingchunkuen.com

Books

The following are books or pamphlets:

• Natural Ways to Reverse and Prevent Hypertension (Easy Health Options, 2011)
• Outwitting Headaches (Lyons Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59228-264-4
• Filipino Fighting Arts: Theory and Practice (Unique Publications, 2001) ISBN 0-86568-180-5
• The Secrets of Phoenix-Eye Fist Kung Fu (Tuttle Publishing, 2001) ISBN 0-8048-3178-5
• Arnis: History and Development of Filipino Martial Arts (Tuttle Publishing, 2001) ISBN 0-8048-3269-2
• Martial Arts Talk (Tuttle Publishing, 2000) ISBN 0-8048-3182-3
• The Secrets of Cabales Serrada Escrima (Tuttle Publishing, 2000) ISBN 0-8048-3181-5
• Qigong for Health and Well-Being (Journey Editions, 1999) ISBN 1-885203-79-9
• Filipino Martial Culture (Tuttle Publishing, 1998) ISBN 0-8048-2088-0
• Filipino Martial Arts: Cabales Serrada Escrima (Tuttle Publishing, 1994) ISBN 0-8048-1913-0

Grab your free PDF of Dr. Wiley's special health publication, "The 3 Secrets of Optimal Health" here:
http://www.drmarkwiley.com/blog/grab-your-copy-of-dr-mark-wileys/

External links

• http://www.DrMarkWiley.com
• http://www.associatedproducers.com
• http://www.integratedeskrima.com