Kobra – Fervilleon Palo # 10
The other day I saw a FB post where Fervilleon Palo was being demonstrated. What caught my attention was the Fervilleon Kobra (Punch # 10) as it was not demonstrated the right way. GM never taught Kobra that way. The movement was telegraphed, inefficient, indirect, and was so apparent that GM would’ve never created or taught that, but rather by someone else. I could understand if the pre-2013 iteration of kobra was the one being demonstrated, but it’s not, it is an entirely different interpretation of kobra which was never taught by GM Nap.
Fervilleon was completed and finalized in 2013. I was assigned to write the book and standardize it utilizing the 2013 iteration to supersede the 2007 and 2010 iterations. Modifying what has already been standardized and calling it “progressive” (GM Nap himself does not like that term, anu yun, paano matatawag na system kung sa basic lang ay di pa kompleto) then everybody would just do as they pleased because it is still a progressive art, it will never end. A system of martial arts is a system. From Yaw-Yan, ArDigma, and into Fervilleon. Change something from what has already been finalized by the creator of the system is a change of and from the system, it will no longer be considered Fervilleon. Fervilleon is a developed system, an evolution, because it has evolved from Yaw-Yan, ArDigma, and into Fervilleon. Progressive meant still in the process of development, not finalized. Of whose and which iteration this time? Please. Don’t do that. Don’t make up things and change whatever you pleased in a system, just because you think there’s a better way of doing things. Believe it or not, GM would’ve updated me if he made any changes to his art and I would without question follow him, as always. But that fancy modification of kobra delivered from opposite side which I had no idea about is so absurd, that’s definitely not GMs. If you need to create something into an art that’s already been developed, then it is called something else. Calling it progressive may justify anybody’s own interpretation of the system, wouldn’t you think? Then there is no need to standardize something that’s still progressive. Think about it.
GM created the best systems in the whole world in my opinion. Everything links together, flows together, with continuity and fluidity. No single move differs or drastically change from another. Everything in GM’s creation is simple, direct, efficient, no telegraphing, every executions utilize economy of movements… change what GM made and you change all of those, it’s no longer simple, direct, efficient, etc. Just because it is called Kobra, it doesn’t mean it needs to coil first from opposite side of the body before it strikes, come-on, that’s ludicrous! We are not kung-fu trying to copy the movements of a snake. Kobra is a name GM chose to call a particular Fervilleon palo; not the copy of beautiful movement of a snake and then call it kobra, that’s ridiculous.
It is not my intention to cause any conflicts or dissensions with anyone. I am merely sharing and pointing out the obvious: One is of GM Nap’s, the other is an apparent modification by someone to support an opinion of how a particular move has to be, and thus chose to change it on his own. Please, respect the creator of the art and his creation. Even while GM Nap was still alive, he voiced out his frustrations that a lot of gyms do not even teach his art the way he intended it to be.
Receiving blessings from Grandmaster Nap!
Blessings by Grandmaster Nap, March 2013, Das Marinas Cavite, Philippines.
What is Fervilleon and Fervilleon International Federation?
What is Yaw-Yan Fervilleon and Fervilleon International Federation?
Recorded: March 14, 2013.
“Yaw-Yan Fervilleon is Estocada de Mano Y Pie (can be referred interchangeably as “Estocada de Brazo Y Pie”), it is a Filipino Fencing” ~ Grandmaster Napoleon A. Fernandez
Yaw-Yan is patterned after the movements of the Blades and Sticks as apparent with the movements in Yaw-Yan Bolo punches and Kicks.
ArDigma is patterned after the movements of the sticks as apparent with the name itself Arnis Pandigma.
Fervilleon is patterned after the movements of the blades as apparent in all it’s moves, techniques, and terminologies – i.e., Filipino Fencing, Talim, Bangkud, Saksak, Aldabis, Sikwat, etc. “With or without a blade in your hand, the orientation and movements remain the same. Take out the blade… your forearms and your legs become your bladed weapons.”
FERVILLEON INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION is a worldwide consortium of Professional Martial Artists bound as Yaw-Yan Fervilleon brothers with similar ideals, dedicated to the propagation, promotion, and preservation of the art of Yaw-Yan Fervilleon. Their purpose and main objective is to propagate Fervilleon, not to impose any political agendas among each other; to become as one cohesive organizational structure FREE from Politics and Internal Strife; adhere to the teachings & uphold them with high standards; retain the existing traditions of Yaw-Yan without prejudice; and maintain the integrity of the art as passed-down by the creator of the art Grandmaster Napolen A. Fernandez.
Yaw-Yan, the early years…
Philippine Yaw-Yan Grandmaster Napoleon A. Fernandez’ successor, nephew of GM Nap, The Godfather of Yaw-Yan, Lightning Kicks Master Orlando Boy Fernandez (middle), with Master Armando D. Liban on his right.
Grandmaster Nap on Basics
Grandmaster Nap on Basics and the Importance of Basics in a Martial Arts System. Recorded April 2013.
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