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| Focus | Stick fighting Knife fighting Hand-to-Hand Combat |
|---|---|
| Country of origin |  Philippines |
| Creator | Lorenzo Saavedra Eulogio Cañete Filemon Cañete |
| Famous practitioners | Ciriaco "Cacoy" Cañete Dionisio "Diony" Cañete Daniel "Danny" Guba Percival "Val" Pableo Celso Mabalhin |
| Parenthood | Eskrima |
| Olympic sport | No |
Doce Pares (Spanish for Twelve Peers) is a Filipino martial art and a form of Arnis, Kali and Eskrima, that focuses primarily on stick fighting, knife fighting and hand-to-hand combat but also covers grappling and other weapons as well.[1] In reality, the stick is merely considered an extension of the hand, and is meant to represent almost any weapon, from sticks to swords to knives to anything else you can place in your hand and use as a weapon in the modern context. Doce Pares was founded in 1932.[2]
Following the death of Ciriaco Cañete in February 2016 and Dionisio Cañete in August 2021[3] there is only one surviving Doce Pares Supreme Grandmaster, Danny Guba.
- ^ "Doce ParesHistory". eskrimador.org. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ^ "MULTI-STYLE SYSTEM". docepares.ph. Archived from the original on December 16, 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
- ^ "Dionisio Canete dies at 83". blackbeltmag.com. Retrieved 17 September 2021.