Master Guru Melecio O. Balberde
He started learning Arnis in 1977 under the tutelage of his instructor and very close friend, Andrew Obon, a half-Filipino and half-Malaysian national. He studied Arnis with him for a period of 7 years. Andrew was an expert in Balintawak Arnis style and a black belt in the Art of Tang Soo Do. They both studied hand to hand combat and knife defense under a very proficient instructor, Carmelino Reliesiba in Barrio Obrero, Iloilo City for more than a year. Read Full Info
Guro Lino B. Baldevarona
Lino B. Baldevarona is a faculty member of Western Visayas College of Science and Technology (WVCST) formerly known as ISAT (Iloilo School of Arts and Trade). He taught Fashion and Apparel subjects and defensive sports. He has authored a book entitled ‘Learn and Play Pencak Silat’, an unpublished manual for defensive sport subjects.
Baldevarona, who hails from Aripdip, San Rafael, Iloilo, in the Visayas, is an education graduate and has taught Arnis, Pencak Silat and Aikido in different colleges and universities in Iloilo as well as PNP and other military officers in the Visayas. He has been teaching self-defense for women in a prestigious gym in the City of Iloilo. Read Full Info
