It takes time to articulate and put into writing the principles and techniques of one’s martial art. Miyamoto Musashi, Japan’s greatest swordsman and author of Go Rin No Sho (The Book of Five Rings) did so at the ripe age of 60.

Such was the case with Filipino martial arts (FMA) luminary Ireneo Olavides, who at 74, penned his magnum opus titled Out of the Shadows, Eskrima De Campo: History, Philosophy and Basic Techniques. Olavides is the patriarch of the Eskrima De Campo JDC-IO clan. The acronym JDC-IO (sometimes pronounced “jadecio”) stands for Jose Diaz Caballero, Olavides’ late teacher while IO is his initials.

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