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Indeed very few practitioners of the Art of Eskrima nowadays specialize only in one facet of a complex fighting system ranging from solo baston, doble baston, espada y daga, pangamot-the entire gamut of the Filipino Martial Arts. One such rare master is Gregorio "Goyong" Ceniza of Mandaue City, Cebu. GM Goyong specializes only in the deadly business of knifefighting, period. Baraw Sugbu formerly known as Arnis Diablo traces its lineage to the patriarch of Cebuano Doce Pares the Great Grandmaster Lorenzo Saavedra. Saavedra taught a distinct brand of knifefighting that he shared to only a few choosen disciples. One of Saavedra's proteges a certain Simo later passed on the methodology to Lucresio Okit Albano who became later Goyong Ceniza's mentor in Baraw Sugbu. The system was so secret that GM Ceniza says they used to practice under a cloak of blanket to screen the deadly drills. One of GM Ceniza's top students was the late Aproniano "Rene" Capangpangan who also later became the mentor of Dr. Ned Nepangue.
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