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TAPADO <Hiligaynon (Philippine dialect in Negros Occidental. Tapado, noun. refers to a modern form of cane fighting which was developed in Negros Occidental, an island in the Philippines sometime in the sixties. The main aim of this form of Filipino martial arts is very simple - the finish the fight the soonest time possible. It uses a fighting stick which is longer and heavier than the arnis cane. In contrast to the often polished and intricately designed arnis sticks, the tapado cane is often fashioned out of resilient materials - from either trunks or branches of tula-tula, kalamunding or coffee trees. In a sparring session, a tapado cane has a lifetime of more or less ten strikes at the most. So it is not necessary to be given much decor and care.

The original martial art form was a creation of Grandmaster Romeo "Nono" Mamar of Taloc, Bago City in Negros Occidental. A martial arts enthusiast who has been exposed to the different types of arnis techniques and artistry, Mamar often gets hit with the rattan weapon. He then fashioned a stick longer than the one used in arnis and combined the sinamak and oido styles of arnis fights to give birth to TAPADO. Much later, Mike Vasquez, a prodigy of Mamar introduced modifications because he believes that there should never be half-hearted blows. Each blow can deliver blood, numbness or paralysis. Higher tapado techniques includes Lampus Pigado (Poor Man's Strike), Simbal (Cymbal), May Kilid (With side) and Wala Angolo (No Angle).

Tapado, adverb. The word “tapado” however, comes from the Hiligaynon dialect word TAPAT which colloquially used, means “He's dead.” Used to describe a fight aftermath, the word means, the adversary is “done”. If you say that something is over and done with, you mean that it is completely finished and you do not have to think about it any more. In the same vein, tapado means the enemy can no longer fight. Arnis fighters avoid the challenges of tapado because they have recognized the advantages of the longer stick and the damage its power can inflict. (The Fundamentals of Tapado Arnis Long Stick Art of Fighting by Mike Vasquez )www.modifiedmartialarts.com