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Doce Pares was founded on January 11, 1932 by a small group of Eskrima Masters spearheaded by Eulogio Cañete, Lorenzo Saavedra and Teodoro Saavedra. The name Doce Pares was adopted in reference to the famous twelve bodyguards of Emperor Charlemagne of France (AD 768-814). These twelve people all top swordsmen were known to have fought and killed hundreds of enemies in battles. Doce Pares which means "Twelve pairs" in spanish, was meant also to honor the twelve people who originally planned to form the organization, and when the membership rose to twenty four at the time of the inauguration, it indeed became more significantly fitting
Eulogio Cañete held on the presidency of Doce Pares until his death in June, 1988. |
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San Miguel Eskrima is one of the major systems of eskrima, a martial arts from the Philippines. Founded by Filemon "Momoy" Cañete of the Doce Pares Club, SME served as vehicle for his own personal expression of the art and methodology of the club of which he was a co-founder and instructor. The name San Miguel (or Saint Michael) is taken from Michael (archangel), |
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Styles/FMA organizations Meeting/dinner Sunday (open for any organization that whishes to do his meeting, the person who propose the meeting must to belong to the organization and need to be registered as participant or official before the proposal be accepted) |
SUMMIT A MEETING CHOOSE DAY AND HOUR: Wednesday, Thursday or Saturday |
PROPOUSE THE COORDINATOR FOR YOUR MEETING. |
