Containing more than 1,600 photos, this historical and highly informative publication is destined to become a classic and a valuable resource on the warrior arts of the Philippines. Featuring indepth biographies, exclusive personal insights, and detailed combative applications, this exclusive collection by acclaimed Filipino martial arts expert, teacher, and writer Rey Galang presents the priceless legacy and cultural treasures of the manifold Filipino martial arts.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
A must!!!:
I can say without a shadow of a doubt that Rey Galang is now my favorite author on FMA subjects. In this book, just in "Masters of the Blade", he did a superb job of giving an excellent presentation of several chosen styles and their most respected exponents. This book is less "techically oriented" than the MOB book, i.e. there is more history and philosophy explined, as well as some methodology of training in various styles, while in the MOB book, every chapter featured an excellent training section too.... more info
Great historical perspective of FMA:
Having trained mostly in Japanese martial arts I was not very familiar with Filipino styles. This book gives a very good overview of both the different styles and the people instrumental in their development. Some of the photo sequences are better than others but don't expect to learn any FMA from this book. That is not an especially negative comment because you can not learn most martial arts from a book. Its strong point is that it may help you decide which style you would like to explore and give you... more info
