Vincente Sanchez
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Vicente Sanchez is a Filipino martial artist and long-time student of Remy Presas
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Sanchez and Presas met through Roland Dantes
on the film set of "Pacific Connection" (alternate title: "The Stickfighter"). The two became fast friends, as they were both very impressed with each other's martial skills. Presas was so impressed of Sanchez' skill that he insisted upon including Sanchez' Cinco Teros in the pages of "The Practical Art of Eskrima".
Sanchez is one of a handful of Modern Arnis
practitioners worldwide to be promoted to Lakan Walo (8th degree black belt). He is also a member of the Modern Arnis Senior Masters Council, a founding member of the World Kali-Eskrima-Arnis Grandmasters Council (headquartered in Manila) as well as founder of Kali-Arnis International.
During his 45-year tenure in the Filipino martial arts, Sanchez has mastered four major arnis systems:
Sanchez remains deeply loyal to his late friend and teacher, and continues to promote Modern Arnis making it the first step in his training progression. After a student masters Modern Arnis, he then progresses to Lightning Scientific Arnis and then to Cinco Teros and Kasilagan.
Remy Presas
Remgio Amador Presas was the founder of Modern Arnis, a popular Filipino martial art. Born in the Philippines, he moved to the United States in 1974, where he taught his art via seminars and camps. In 1982 he was inducted into the Black Belt Hall of Fame as Instructor of the Year...
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Sanchez and Presas met through Roland Dantes
Roland Dantes
Rolando Pintoy Dantes was an actor, champion bodybuilder and Filipino martial artist who trained with Remy Presas for over 30 years.He was born on June 15, 1943 in the Philippines....
on the film set of "Pacific Connection" (alternate title: "The Stickfighter"). The two became fast friends, as they were both very impressed with each other's martial skills. Presas was so impressed of Sanchez' skill that he insisted upon including Sanchez' Cinco Teros in the pages of "The Practical Art of Eskrima".
Sanchez is one of a handful of 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...
practitioners worldwide to be promoted to Lakan Walo (8th degree black belt). He is also a member of the Modern Arnis Senior Masters Council, a founding member of the World Kali-Eskrima-Arnis Grandmasters Council (headquartered in Manila) as well as founder of Kali-Arnis International.
During his 45-year tenure in the Filipino martial arts, Sanchez has mastered four major arnis systems:
- Cinco Teros - under Antonio Javier
- Kasilagan - under Johnny Panuringan
- Modern ArnisModern ArnisModern 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...
- under Remy A. Presas - Tersia serada, cadenilla Y espada Y daga - under Benjamin Luna Lema (Lightning Scientific Arnis Intl - LSAI)
Sanchez remains deeply loyal to his late friend and teacher, and continues to promote Modern Arnis making it the first step in his training progression. After a student masters Modern Arnis, he then progresses to Lightning Scientific Arnis and then to Cinco Teros and Kasilagan.