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Volume 5 September - October 2016 Number 5
SIKARAN DEFENSIVE TACICS FOR THE FIRE-FIGHTER
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Sikaran Style Defensive Tactics for Firefighters
By: Aramis Aristhedes A. Balde, MPA, 5th
DBB, WSBP Reg. no. 2420
Faced with the challenge to train fire recruits and regular firefighters-
rescuers-emergency-medical responders on self-defense, this author refuses
to deviate from the concepts and philosophies of Sikaran by creating a system
of circular defense, in which the player has to maintain his place in order to
win victorious over any adversary, liken to the Sikaran sphere of dominance
or ‘pitak’ played by the farmers in Baras, Rizal the home of Sikaran.
Sikaran Historian and expert Elpidio Seletaria Jr 8th DBB more appropriately described the
‘sphere-of-dominance’ in the Official Website of Seletaria Sikaran Arnis
http://www.sikaranarnis.com/whatissikaran.html. He wrote “traditionally, Sikaran was being played by
the farmers during the dry season while they were getting the field ready for plowing. Within the
perimeter of a rice paddy called ‘pitak’ they would form a circle about twenty-five foot circumference.
Anyone driven out of the pitak through kicking lost the match and the last man standing inside would be
the winner.” In this circular defense version, a firefighter’s pitak is a perimeter of about 3 feet or less and
he or she has to defend the right to stay inside the circle through patulak (body push), pawalis (leg sweep)
, pasalok (scooping techniques) and sipang mababa (low kicks) to survive an attack at the fire scene.
Guided by Grandmaster Meliton C. Geronimo’s, evolutionary progression of the centuries-old art
of Sikaran, this set of circular-defense requires the usual being light on your feet, fast, changing angles
with a realistic sense of the fight - but with more arms and body techniques with less focus on striking
and more on manipulation of the balance and integrating throws into the system that consists mainly of
tripping the opponents.
The ‘system’ was originally designed for firefighters who, weighted by their fire coats, fire boots,
fire helmets , gloves and troublesome fire boots, that customarily are sizes bigger than the wearer’s foot
restricts their movement to being sluggishly slow and other times clumsy. The new defense system was
introduced in 2009 to fire recruits in Bicol, and since has been adapted as a practical defense for
firefighters to include those non-responding fire personnel exempted by age, gender and physical
conditions from extraneous activities. In 2015 the system became more relevant and sought after when
the responding firefighters of the March 18, 2015 Malabon fire incident were clubbed and knifed by the
by-standers-residents that compelled the Secretary of the Interior and Local Government HON. MAR
ROXAS to pronounce that we cannot afford to sacrifice the personal safety and security of our
responders. Below is an excerpt from the Manila Times, written by Jing Villamente:
2 die in Malabon fire; Firemen attacked, March 18, 2015 9:41 pm
A seven-hour fire killed two residents and burned over 200 houses to the ground rendering 500 families
homeless in Malabon City on Tuesday. Arson probers said the fire started at around 8:20pm at a house in
Barangay Tonsuya, Malabon City. The conflagration spread rapidly through houses built with light
materials. Fatalities were identified as Virginia Ytac, 62 who was left inside their burning home trying to
save some valuables while the body of a certain Lolo Erespe, 80, was recovered inside a drum. Bureau of
Fire Protection-National Capital Region (BFP-NCR) director Sr. Supt. Sergio Soriano Jr. said that four
firemen were injured, among them Eden Santos, who took a blow to the head from a fire hose while
another fireman, Michael Tubalinal, was smacked across the forehead by residents who attacked him. A
still undetermined number of firefighters were injured, some allegedly stabbed after some irate residents
allegedly assaulted them at the height of the fire. Meanwhile, Interior and Local Government Secretary
Manuel “Mar” Roxas II on Wednesday ordered the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) and
the Bureau of Fire Protection-National Capital Region (BFP-NCR) to immediately launch a joint
investigation on the alleged attack by fire victims on firemen. “These are individuals who put their own
lives on the line in the name of duty,” Roxas said. According to reports, four firefighters were injured while
they were extinguishing the fire. Two of them were Eden Santos, who received a blow to the head from a
fire hose, and Michael Tubalinal, who was smacked across the forehead. Residents also reportedly threw
rocks at the fire volunteers. “Indeed, we cannot afford to sacrifice the personal safety and security of our
volunteers,” Roxas said.
This unique system of circular defense is practicable for firefighters as a defense style even while
in full gear. A basic firefighter gear, consisting of a helmet, pants, a coat, gloves, boots and an air pack,
weighs 45 pounds. Once this gear gets wet, it adds even more weight. During firefighting operations, a
firefighter has both arms and hand on the nozzle or axe, of which one-hand acting as third arm for quick
adjustments of balance. Thus, once faced with an aggressor, the ‘third-arm’ comes into play, blocking,
parrying at the same time shutting-off the nozzle and dropping it while turning away from the line of
attack or ducking under the blow to perform ‘losig’ (inner forearm strikes) and ‘papatid’ (tripping)
techniques and finishes it with a ‘sipang tadyak’ (thrust kicks) and ‘sipang tapyak’(stamping kicks).
The firefighters ‘pitak’ is a mere two - three feet circumference, that only a quick judgment of the
aggressors foot and body position thru a smoky visor and the appropriate evasive move can perfectly
make him or her victorious.
Basic hold release pamamaraan ng pagkawala and pagbali ng hugpungan (joint reversal
techniques) were also introduced as basic techniques to anticipate arm grab, lapel grab and bear hugs of
angry residents who wish to take the fire hose from the firefighters. Outside leg sweeps and ankle sweeps
or pawalis are major papatid or tripping techniques, while elbow bends and wrist-twists with bargaining
positions are major techniques in application of ‘tantamount-force’ required by Article 11-Justifying
Circumstances of the Criminal Law to be qualified as self-defense. Pushing or patulak and body-bumps
or patulak sa pamamagitan ng balakang are skills to create space for pasalok (scooping techniques),
sipang mababa (low-kicks) to the ‘lulod’ (shin bone), tuhod (knee) and hita or thighs. Sikaran is known
for its almost exclusive focus in kicking, with 90% use of legs, and 10% using the hands for blocking -
thus even in this close-quarter-battle like defense, Sikaran’s distinctive kicking style is ever present,
minus the famous ‘biakid’ (cycle spinning back kick) due to the impracticality of fire boots as a footwear
to engage an enemy.
The Sikaran discipline and values during training were witnessed by Kapisanang Sikaran Ng
Bicol Regional Director, Romy Paje, 9th DRWB, Alfredo Nierva, 7
th DBB and Xavier Paje, 6
th DBB ,
them as evaluators during the skills assessment of the 130 firefighters last June 9-10 & 16-17, 2016 held
at the ANST Building, F. Aquende Drive, Legazpi City.
The reason to propagate:
Once introduced to the Art of Sikaran with its sense of history one can realistically feel a
sense-of-belonging, it becomes the center of all things as a-way-of life. From the psychology of
sharing, the propagation of the art of Sikaran as the only Filipino Martial Art is to bring that
valuable and self-preserving content to others, and to define ‘Sikaranistas’ to give people a better
sense of what we care about and create meaning not just conceptual but practical reality.
As an art, Sikaran must continue moving not mere decorative to awe people but
'communicative' as a tool to enhance abilities to create images and communicate ideas for social
engagement. This circular defense concept taken from the Sikaran sphere of dominance
propagates the art of ‘sikad’ in self-defense of firefighters and their unique vulnerable situation at
the fire ground.
About The Author
Author is the founder and Chief Instructor of the Bicol University (BU) Karate Club, which evolved
into the BU Sikaran Club in 1983, which later on became the Black Armor Sikaran Club. He was a 1st Dan
BB in Kuntaw Ng Pilipinas under BU Teacher Kyud Jaymalin, then tournament team leader of Kyud Val
Garcia in 1983-84. He was also an Aikido practitioner and a guest instructor with the Bicol Amateur
Kickboxing Association (BAKBA) under Mr. Lubiano 6th DBB. He was considered the youngest
instructor in 1983 at the age of 21 and was a guest instructor with the YMCA Sikaran Club, founded by
Charlie Neo 8th DBB, under Roberto Gaza 8th DBB. His students earned praises from Grandmaster
Meliton C. Geronimo’s team sometime in the 1990’s during the Kata Seminar conducted by the Grandmaster himself hosted by
Kapisanang Sikaran Ng Bikol, held at the Black Armor Sikaran Club dojo, Francisco Munoz Memorial Academy , (now STI
College) Multi-purpose hall located at Rizal St, Legazpi City. He was a one-time substitute defense instructor for PCI
Granadillos 8th DBB Criminology Students at Bicol College. In 2000, a Shodan (1st DBB) in Judo under Sensei Garcera of the
Albay Reservist Judo Club, he co-founded the Taurus Judo Club (TauJuDoc) with Senior Superintendent Jose De Guzman Jr,
under the supervision of PAJA President Jaylo.
This Sikaran guided Defense Tactics for Firefighters, changes the name Black Armor Sikaran to DEFTAC Sikaran in honor of
the concept and root of its beginnings. Author is presently the Bureau of Fire Protection, 5 Regional Chief Intelligence and
Investigation Branch / Public Information Service. Email : [email protected], 0933 155 2791.
Tiger Fist Sikaran 2015 Competition Report:
The purpose of this Tiger Fist Sikaran 2015 competition report is to communicate the progress of
our young Sikaran club as we strive to improve ourselves in the disciplines of Sikaran while
learning from others, so we can become strong participants in the future.
Last year, on November 21, 2015, the Tiger Fist
Sikaran club launched the Sikaran Tourney, as we
called "fairing events" held at the Valley Cathedral
Children's Home located in Labac, Naic, Cavite,
Philippines.
The purpose of this event was to give the members of
the Tiger
Fist
Sikaran
club (who are children from the Valley Cathedral
Children's Home) the opportunity to test their skills
and have close camaraderie with other Sikaran
clubs here in the Philippines. The interaction
which happened among all the participants was
rewarding and will enhance the exciting journey in
the coming years.
The following Sikaran clubs were invited to participate in the fairing matches; Sikaran Marikina with
Coach Giner Burabod, Sikaran Baras with Coach Emily Samillano along with Coach Pats Geronimo,
Sikaran Tanauan with Coach Sherwin Vilaga, and last but not least Sikaran Taguig with Coach Edgar
Mingo.
The events consisted of two minute bouts using the
knock down system rules. There was a total of 16
fairing matches with just one bout at a time. The winner
of the match was awarded a gold medal and the loser
received the bronze medal.
A total of 10
gold medals
were awarded
to various
participants
from the
visiting clubs
of Markina, Taguig, Tanauan, and Baras Rizal while six gold
medals were awarded to students from the Tiger Fist Sikaran,
Naic. Carlo Quilantang (Tiger fist) faired against Edmon
Bartolata of Baras Rizal and Raphael Phoenix G. Dela Cruz
(Tiger Fist) against Earvin Bartolata. Carlo and Raphael won the main event for the men's categories of
the light weight division and were given the Tiger Fist "best fighter" certificate.
Flag Ceremony and Parading
Tiger Fist Drill Presentation
Carl Quilantang (right) vs. Edmon Bartolata
Raphael Dela Cruz (right) vs .Earvin Bartolata
In addition, the Jr. class (12-13 years old) was won by Tiger Fist students David Cruz and John Mark
Villanueva. There were 16 bronze medals given as consolation prizes for those who lost the fairing
match.
The events were administered by the
following Sikaranista Leaders: Badjao
Geronimo, nephew of our Pantas Meliton S.
Geronimo Jr., Emily Samillano, Sherwin
Vilaga, Pats Geronimo, Giner Burabod and
Edgar Mingo. To further promote Sikaran
in the area, Tiger Fist Coach Nanding Garay
invited the following guests to attend the
special event; Hon. Mayor Jun Dualan of
Naic, Cavite who sent one of his councilman
as a proxy, Pastor Pete Dagasdas, Director of Valley Cathedral Ministries and his wife Lita
Dagasdas, Executive Director of the Valley Cathedral Children's Home, Former Mayor of Ternate
Lamberto D. Bambao and several other local officials. Other attendees included Lyn Paz (Social
Worker at Valley Cathedral Children's
Home), Dave and Madeleine Carter, Tim
and Becky Adams, and Don and Molly
McAlvany who are missionaries from the
US and Canada.
All of the gold medals, bronze medals and
official Sikaran certificates were generously
donated by Pantas Meliton S. Geronimo Jr.
with the full support back up by his sister
Janeth Geronimo.
A closing statement from Coach Nanding Garay (Coach of Tiger Fist Sikaran Club):
I first want to express my sincere thanks to Pantas Meliton S. Geronimo Jr., Janet
Geronimo, and the Leaders and staff at GHQ along with all the visiting Sikaran Coaches and
their students that made this event possible. I believe the occasion was both beneficial and
enjoyable for all.
As a final word, we want to express our commitment to the World Sikaran Brotherhood
of the Philippines to propagate the Sikaran Way with professionalism, virtue, and with the
graceful skill of martial arts that we have been taught by the Grand Master to the benefit of those
in our club, our community, our country and to the Sikaran Brotherhood as a whole.
Coach Nanding Garay
President and Chief Instructor
5th DBB
Award Presentation
Announcements by the Leaders
BALANGKAS NG Ika- 2 SIKARAN
WITH APPLICATION OF TECHNIQUE
NOTE: For the sake of clarity we have made front angle shots from this technique to technique No. 26
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