Doce Pares

Doce Pares (Spanish for Twelve Peers) is a Filipino martial art and a form of Arnis, Kali and Eskrima, that focuses primarily on stick fighting, knife fighting and hand-to-hand combat but also covers grappling and other weapons as well. In reality, the stick is merely considered an extension of the hand, and is meant to represent almost any weapon, from sticks to swords to knives to anything else you can place in your hand and use as a weapon in the modern context. Doce Pares was founded in 1932.

Doce Pares
FocusStick fighting
Knife fighting
Hand-to-Hand Combat
Country of origin Philippines
CreatorLorenzo Saavedra
Eulogio Cañete
Filemon Cañete
Famous practitionersCiriaco "Cacoy" Cañete
Dionisio "Diony" Cañete
Daniel "Danny" Guba
Percival "Val" Pableo
Celso Mabalhin
ParenthoodEskrima
Olympic sportNo

Following the death of Ciriaco Cañete in February 2016 and Dionisio Cañete in August 2021 there is only one surviving Doce Pares Supreme Grandmaster, Danny Guba.

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