DE-FANGING THE SNAKE: A Guide to Modern Arnis Disarms
by Dan AndersonAdobe Acrobat (January 2002)
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August 2005 Update!
Defanging
The Snake has been revised now span more than 200 pages. Revisions include
more
on countering disarm techniques outlining the different options your
opponent gives you when he
executes a
disarm. There is also a completely new appendix delineating the scientific
breakdown
of disarming techniques not included in the first edition.
From the author of the bestselling book "American
Freestyle Karate: A Guide to Sparring", comes the first martial
arts book in electronic format. Dan Anderson, a 6th Degree Senior Master
in Modern Arnis, has compiled and broken down over 80 disarms including
single stick, espada y daga (sword and dagger), reversals and empty
hand, into detailed instruction using over 800 Full Color photos. Also
included is a history of Modern Arnis and its founder Remy Presas. This
book is filled with instructions for anyone with and without experience
in Filipino martial Arts and is truly regarded as "The
book of basics."
"This book is a technical analysis
of exactly how to disarm any opponent. One of the things I observed
my instructor doing was that he could disarm by finesse rather than
rely on power. 20 years studying his art and him has shown me the secrets
to disarm anybody. This skill saved his life in the Philippines and
these secrets are now fully disclosed in this book" - Dan Anderson
Defanging The Snake is available in
Adobe Acrobat Reader format on CD-ROM or for Internet download. With
easy to follow, step-by-step instructons for each disarm you can learn
right from you computer or print off the pages you need for that day.
This Ebook also features thumbnail page views and bookmarks so you can
access any one of its 167 pages with ease.
April 2003 Update - Dan Anderson's first
book on the subject of Modern Arnis is now printed in hard copy form.
This is the answer for many requests for a book one could hold and make
notes in while studying this aspect of the Filipino art. Along with
the many cane disarms shown are a full presentation of the basics which
make up Remy A. Presas' art. Now is the time to get yours!
"The last request I received from my
teacher, Prof. Remy A. Presas was, "Danny, get involved."
I consider this book to be my tribute to my teacher" - Dan
Anderson.
A review by Loren W. Christensen -
There is a proliferation of martial arts
books on the market today, some quite excellent and some, well, not
so good. The elements that make a martial arts book excellent are
clarity of writing, quality of the photographs, and information that
fills a need.
As a veteran martial artist of 30 plus years,
and a former Top Ten tournament champion, Dan Anderson knows what
makes for a good book. He first showed this in American Freestyle
Karate, which after 20 years is still the definitive book on sparring,
and he shows it again in his newest release, Defanging the Snake:
A Guide to Modern Arnis Disarms.
Until now, books on arnis disarming have
been few in number and of poor quality. The very thing that readers
desperately need - picture quality -- has been consistently lacking.
Now, with the aid of digital photography,
the brilliance of personal computer screens, the skill of an excellent
photographer and masterfully posed subjects, Defanging the Snake brings
you perfect images, hundreds of them, so that you can see clearly
and exactly what you need to be doing with your feet, body, arms,
hands and stick as you execute the perfect disarm.
I've always had a personal philosophy that
if I can get just one, usable technique from a book or a seminar,
my money has been well spent. Dan Anderson gives you dozens and dozens
of techniques in this information-crammed text.
As an author of two dozen books, 13 of them
on the martial arts, I highly recommend Defanging the Snake: A
Guide to Modern Arnis Disarms.
Loren W. Christensen
LWC BOOKS
www.lwcbooks.com
A review by Jerome Barber, Ed.D. -
I have just completed reading Guro Dan Andersons
new e-book, De-fanging The Snake: A Guide to Modern Arnis Disarms.
It is a natural extension of the 1983 publication of Modern Arnis:
The Filipino Art of Stick Fighting, as authored by the late Professor
Remy Presas and published by Ohara Publications. Whereas the Ohara
publication was devoted to serving as a limited introduction to the
art of Modern Arnis, with 12 stick to stick and 7 empty hand against
a sword disarms shown, Mr. Andersons current book greatly expands
on the disarming theme found within that earlier book.
Mr. Anderson, has presented the most definitive
written exploration and explanation of the art of stick disarming
from within the Modern Arnis perspective that I have yet come across
in my training within the art. For those of us who have had the privilege
of training with the late Professor Presas, in the late 1970s
through the mid 1990s, the bulk of the disarming material presented
by Mr. Anderson is both familiar and comforting. We have already seen
it and yet it allows us to see so much more, through a different
set of eyes. This stuff is vintage Remy Presas, it is the art
that this man made famous and it is the magic, the slight
of hand trickery that first amazed us and attracted us to Modern Arnis.
The disarms are not the bread and butter of Modern Arnis, they are
really the deliciously scented, eye appealing, taste busting sensational
desserts within the art, that made us all want to know how to do it
for ourselves.
While Mr. Anderson, can not capture the full
aura and magic of Professor Presas at a seminar, in his hey-day, on
the printed page, he has certainly shown us the essential elements
that are necessary for one to master in order to understand how to
do the disarms which are part of the total Modern Arnis system.
The disarms are presented in a clear, concise
and detailed manner. Each disarm presented is one that I have seen
Professor teaching and in that sense there were no surprises. The
explanation of each disarm is depicted in both text and photographs.
None of the explanations violate the principles of mechanical motion
and is actually quite simple in application. In short, Mr. Anderson,
has written a definitive how to book. He has also loaded
his neat, orderly e-book with good number of logically sequenced photos,
devoid of the annoying missing segments, that so often plague most
magazine articles. The written text, photos and captions are geared
toward providing the reader with a solid, factual explanation about
how and why each disarm presented actually works. Within the text
and photos, Mr. Anderson, demonstrates the principles of leverage,
push-pull, snaking, striking and strength utilizations within the
concept of Modern Arnis disarming. He uses single stick, double stick,
stick and dagger and empty hand techniques within his text arsenal
of tricks. I particularly enjoyed his examples of left handed vs.
right handed stick confrontation and how one would proceed to gain
a disarm in that situation. Those explanations alone confirm and as
well as validate the IEAA teaching practices from my 1991 notes after
a long involved training session with Professor Presas.
All in all, I am happy to report that De-fanging
The Snake: A Guide to Modern Arnis Disarms, is an excellent book,
because the author has taken care to notice and report the details,
he has stayed focused on his task, thus meeting his stated objective
of teaching the reader about Modern Arnis disarms. I believe that
this book is an essential item for those people who want to know about
disarming in general and Modern Arnis disarming in particular.
Jerome Barber, Ed.D.
Principal Instructor, Independent Escrima/ Arnis Associates
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When I read your books I can hear the
Professor's Voice... Thank You
Sincerely,
Chris
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A
good background to Modern Arnis and lots of simple disarms.
I intend to add it to my merchandise page, with your permission.
- Bill Lowery
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Greetings
Mr. Anderson,
I recently
purchased your Modern Arnis Disarms book, "Defanging the
Snake".I have been impressed with your presentation of
the material in a clear and consise manner. Finally, a martial
arts book that delivers worthwhile material in a meaningful
way. Thank you for taking the time and focusing your energy
so that your teacher will live on for many generations yet to
come in part due to your efforts. I am looking forward to your
upcoming works.
Peace be
with you,
Mark Harrell
PS: I have
studied and taught Villabrille Kali and the Serrada Eskrima
systems for more than
twenty years and unfortunately neither system had much to offer
in the way of disarms. That
journey was left up to me to take on my own... Your teachers
books on Modern Arnis and now
your book have contributed to my knowledge and on going research.
Thank you
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Dear
Dan,
Sorry for the delay in replying, just finished reading the book,
I thoroughly enjoyed it. The material itself is excellent be
the presentation is the real selling point of the book.The progression
in technique is something I haven't seen in any other Arnis
books.
Keep up the good work,
John Hoey
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