So what is everyones roots in the Philippines

Federico

Federico

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For me my dad grew up mainly in Manila. His family move there from leyte (geez I did it again cant understand why i keep writing cebu instead of leyte) in the early forties. His family actually moved to leyte (i dont know why i keep writing cebu but I meant to write leyte though some of my Granfathers family did move to Cebu) from Samar around the the turn of the century. My mom is from a small village way in the mountains in Nueva Ecija. I have no idea how to spell the name of her village so I wont even try. So now everyone what are your roots.

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Hey, Federico--kumusta ka na? (How are you?)
To answer yr. question, my Dad's a Tagalog from Bulacan, who grew up in Manila...and my Mom's from Bicol, I believe the town is Camarines Sur...and my grandpa on my Mom's side is an Ilocano from Ilocos Norte...you
take care, dude!
 
Mabute (hmm my spelling has never been good so Im sorry if I misspealt). So you are part Illacano. Where does that dividing line stop for illacano. Cause when I was in Nueva ecija last everyone spoke illacano and not tagalog. Maybe Im thinking wrong. Not too familiar with the regional divides and all that. Just know my mom speaks illacano my dad speaks visayan and together they speak tagalog to eachother and then english to us kids. Ughhh, couldnt manage more than a couple languages myself badly, cant imagine fluently speaking more than three. But.. oh well I digress. Take care
Originally posted by bayani:
Hey, Federico--kumusta ka na? (How are you?)
To answer yr. question, my Dad's a Tagalog from Bulacan, who grew up in Manila...and my Mom's from Bicol, I believe the town is Camarines Sur...and my grandpa on my Mom's side is an Ilocano from Ilocos Norte...you
take care, dude!
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My Grandmother is from Pangasinan and is cousins with Floro Villabrille. My Grandfather was a friend of his, and thats how he met my Grandmother. They met in Kauai. My grandfather asked me once when I was young if I wanted him to teach me how to fight. He would train me to be a champion, he said. So stupid me goes and tells him that I am going to take Karate. Anyways, years and years later, when I am wearing my "escrima" hat with the jumping tiger on it, my grandfather tells me, "Oh, your father-in-law, he teach you escrima? You ever heard of Floro Villabrille?" So I jumped up all excited and got my book from my car, that I kept all the FMA articles that I had in. I felt so sick.

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Chad
Full Contact Stickfighting Hawaii
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I don't have any roots in the Phillipines.

I'm a drunk Polack.

Not that I wouldn't want to visit...

-Dave
 
Im sure theyd love you there Dave.
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I'm a first generation Fil-Am, my dad was one of the many filipinos who joined the Navy and so when he got a chance to get stationed back there, we moved there for 3 years. So yeah, even though I'm 1st gen, that doesn't mean I don't know anything about my roots (like some folks assume). In any case, my dad's from Baguio (Scout Barrio) and my mom was from there, too, but she ended up spending here junior high and high school yrs in San Francisco (her dad was in the Army). They're both Ilocano, and so I guess that makes me one, too. Interesting thing is, my mom is also half Igorot (her dad's side), and I still can't figure out if the Igorots are aboriginal or not. In any case, I guess that's what you'd call my roots. Nice to see there's a pretty nice-sized filipino community out there.
 
My dad's from Lipa City in Batangas (I guess that makes him a Batangueno), and my mom is from Manila. As for myself, born and bred up here in the GREAT WHITE NORTH! Guess that makes me a Filipino-Canadian, eh?
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Peace!

Jay
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Hmmm igorot is a generic name for the tribes in the cordillera mountain range. There are a bunch of different tribes that are called igorot such aas the ifuego, bontoc, etc... Anyways not too many filipinos like tribals, and they suffer alot of prejudice. This is specially true for the muslim tribes of the south, where they suffer extreme poverty and many problems with the government. Fierce warriors though. Theres a reason why these tribes never converted. Cant figure out my mom though. Her village has alot of tribals, but she claims that there is no such blood in her.
 
i consider myself a good old angeles city boy because that is where i grew up, between there and jala jala. my grandfather called himself from cebu because he grew up there since he was a teenager, but our family is from mindanao, i dont remember what group. as the only muslim family in our area we didnt talk about it much, because they really look down on you if you are.

here in the u.s. i consider myself a washington, dc boy, since that is where i lived most of my time here. even though i been here in california for almost two years i am still a redskins fan an bullets fan (i dont like the name "wizards"), and i love to box and ball just as much as i like martial arts fighting. oh, and regular fighting is just as much fun too >)

back to the philippines, i spent a lot of time in manila (i use to stay at the home of ernesto presas and his family and at the arjuken gym sometimes, by the way), but i dont like the atmosphere that much, they like foreign culture to much there.
 
Born in Chicago, raised in the Philippines. Dad's from Negros Occidental, Mom's from Laguna.

-Greg
 
Hey Fredrico,

My family is from Mabitac, Laguna.

Jay,

My cousins are from Lipa, Katigbak is the family name.

Yours in the Arts,
John
BAKBAKAN
 
Agreed Selwyn, but I just met this drop dead gorgeous beauty from Manila and am still recuperating(sp?-it's one of those words that I never use-can anyone correct me here-sorry) from the weekend. Anyway since this is supposed to be FMA related, she's going to tell her father to hit me with his kahoy. I told her thats how I like to lear. I hope her Dad's got a sense of humor.

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Chad
Full Contact Stickfighting Hawaii
www.fullcontacthi.com
 
Originally from the ManKayan-Suyoc region which was the capital of the highland Igorot tribes who repelled the Spanish over forty times as recorded by William Henry Scott, never giving ground. My relatives were in all the battles to liberate the islands from ever since. A book was written of my uncle's exploits in Negros during WW2 as a guerilla fighter and contact for MacArthur. Also a distant relative of boxing great Flash Elorde of which meeting the champ at an early age probably shaped my view of the sport of boxing.

--Rafael Kayanan--
 
Both my parents are from Mindinao.

My grandmother was a native from the Bukidnon tribe. My uncle is actually a real datu (not a martial arts one).

The Bollozos are from Camiguin (sp?) a small island 1.5 hours east of Cagayan De Oro. They left Bohol after the Dagahoy revolition.

Vince
 
Dad's from Pasig and mom's from Leyte. I was born in Manila and grew-up in Marikina.



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"There is absolutely no substitute for a genuine lack of preparation."
 
Funny thing, in my experience, if you get enough hyper-culturally aware Pinoys/Fil-Ams in a room together, and ask nicely who's packing, and what...odds are you're gonna see a heck of a lot of blades! Especially those copper, caribao-horn and carbon-steel "Batangas Specials"!
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Mind you, not everyone who's packing is an Eskrimador/Kali practicioner, but still...

Just a humble observation.

bayani

Bakbakan NA, proudly. Sometimes, almost belligerently...
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But, Pinoy 24/7/365!
 
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