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Rizal's Cook Remembers A Good Man
Rizal's Cook Remembers A Good Man
What sort of anti-American diatribe could Sotto extract from a cook? Ah, this cook, named Asing, was not just any cook. He was in the employ of the ophthalmic surgeon Dr. Jose Rizal, who was exiled in Hong Kong from 1891-1892, and his family.
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Published at 2019-01-06 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Documentary, History, People
Tags: Jose Rizal
Jose Rizal, Martial Arts Warrior
Jose Rizal, Martial Arts Warrior
Jose Rizal was born a frail, sickly child. To compensate for his small size, he devoted himself to a regimen of exercise and body-building. He had a private pastime he called higante(giant), in which he would stand on tiptoe and stretch his body, legs and arms. He studied arnis de mano (stickfighting), dumog (wrestling), suntukan (boxing) and fencing (foil and rapier), which became lifelong disciplines to him.
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Published at 2018-03-15 by Puerto Parrot
Categories: Stories
Tags: Jose Rizal, Martial Art, War