Every episode, co-hosts Ryan Weir and Pete Goddard spin the Wheel of History - landing on a random country, time period, and topic - and embark on a quest to unearth the most fascinating, bizarre, and unexpected stories from the past to prove that History Happened Everywhere!
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Thursday Nov 02, 2023
Thursday Nov 02, 2023
This week Pete enters the HHE Podcast dojo to discover Martial Arts in the Philippines during the period of the Chinese Civil War. Discover the fast and furious fighters of Eskrima, learn about the rough-and-ready origins of their art and the sometimes-fatal fights that came with it, and find out how today’s art is a rather more civilised affair.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:08 Orientation to the Philippines
15:15 History of the Philippines
27:34 The History of the Chinese Civil War
29:21 What are Martial Arts?
33:55 Escrima
42:55 The Formalisation of Escrima
58:25 The Derzolator
00:11 Outro
Links:
- Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (https://t.ly/GzYuf)
- National Anthem of the Philippines (https://t.ly/U-FDK)
- Documentary on Eskrima: Eskrimadors (https://t.ly/0nXPS)
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