walden Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 Yaw Yan or saYAW ng kamataYAN in english means Dance of Death. Is a Filipino martial arts like Arnis/Eskrima. It sounds chinese, the movements slightly resemble that of Thai-Boxing and Korea's Tae-kwon-do but the origin is strictly Filipino. Yaw-Yan is billed as the Philippine's most lethal martial art. The acknowledged originator of Yaw-Yan is Grandmaster Napoleon A. Fernandez, a native of Quezon province, himself an undefeated All-asian and Far-East Kickboxing champion. The word Yaw-Yan was derived from the two last syllables of "Sayaw ng Kamatayan" meaning "Dance of Death". Contrary to most popular belief, Yaw-Yan is not purely a full-contact no-holds barred sport martial arts. It is a complete martial training with body-mind coordination and test of enduring indomitable spirit. More than just physical training, it also involves the mental disciplines of focus, concentration, alertness, flexibility, stamina, speed and continuity. Students train for real confrontation and actual fights -- on or off the ring. Advanced Disciples have to go through a rigorous ritual of practice and discipline consisting of actual full-contact sparring, bag hitting, and flexibility exercises. The Elbows (siko), knees (tuhod), and shin (lulod) are utilized in much the same way as in Muay Thai. Yaw-Yan practitioners have to learn 40 basic kicks, advanced disciples have to be able to execute and apply complexed advanced kicks requiring great dexterity, flexibility, and mastery. Most of these advanced kicks are trick kicks which always caught unsuspecting opponents by surprise. http://members.aol.com/yawyan/ Be good in doing good deeds be the best in doing bad..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Warlock Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 Well, you posted an excerpt from the website you provided. Are you a practitioner of this system? And no, i've never heard of it. I did note this though: "Mountain Storm kick seemed similar to Thai roundhouse kick except that the kicking leg was drawn up and swung-through in full force swiftly with a continous downward cutting motion of the shin as you torque your hips in, instead of just plain straight through burst. " Umm... that's the way i learned the Thai roundhouse kick. Seems Mr. Fernandez was simply never shown a proper Thai kick, or assumed his version was original. Anyway, i looked at what little was offered on the website (much of it is still under construction). Seems yet another sport-oriented kickboxing-type system, which incorporates tidbits from other systems (boxing, muay thai, arnis, etc). Another hybrid for sport. Not sure i would be interested. Seems to completely lack anything other than strikes and kicks. "When you are able to take the keys from my hand, you will be ready to drive." - Shaolin DMV TestIntro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walden Posted July 29, 2004 Author Share Posted July 29, 2004 I've seen some schools here but never tried to get into it. I will be going to check out Kyokushin this coming saturday. Never been to any martial arts school. But here in my country the most popular native martial arts is Arnis/Eskrima I trained for it but never continued the training but I think it's a good self defense system with or with weapon. Be good in doing good deeds be the best in doing bad..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotten Head Fok Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 Even though I've never heard of this it never ceases to amaze me the different styles in the world. Yaw Yan ? It's new to me. You must be stable and balanced in your foot work, if you have to use your martial knowledge in combat, your intent should be to win. If you do strike, you must release great power! The martial arts are easy to learn, but difficult to correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aefibird Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 it never ceases to amaze me the different styles in the world. Me too. It seems like every day there's a new style popping up - not necessarily bad. "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My CologneSheffield Steelers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckykboxer Posted July 29, 2004 Share Posted July 29, 2004 in regards to new styles popping up all over the place.. one of the funniest to me is Joesondo(sp) the guys name is Joe Son.... a big sumo looking korean guy who had a fight or two in the UFC and played a little with some no holds barred fighting.. For whatever reason he didnt like being a lower level black belt in his arts so he made his own style and immediately promoted himself to 10th black.... :/ when i hear alot of these styles that i have never of before i often wonder how much is similar to that and how much is a valid system that is fairly unique and has its own variation that makes it useful and valid and not just some knockoff from another art that has maybe two or three different moves... and this is not saying anything about the art discussed here,.... just the comments made me think about this is all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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