DOCE PARES MULTI-STYLE SYSTEM
Traditional Filipino Martial Arts. Complete Fighting Skills.
FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY – Sacramento
Train Doce Pares Eskrima at IBE Fitness & Martial Arts in the Sacramento area. The Multi-Style System provides a comprehensive approach to Filipino Martial Arts, developing skills across weapons, empty-hand applications, movement, and multiple ranges of combat.
WHAT IS DOCE PARES?
A Filipino Martial Arts system built on versatility and adaptability.
Doce Pares is a Filipino Martial Arts system founded in Cebu, Philippines, in 1932. The name Doce Pares, meaning “Twelve Pairs,” represents the group of martial artists who came together to preserve, develop, and share their knowledge of Eskrima.
The Doce Pares Multi-Style System founded by Supreme Grandmaster Dionisio “Diony” Cañete ODL brings together multiple methods of Filipino Martial Arts into a comprehensive system. Rather than focusing on a single weapon or range, practitioners develop skills using single stick, double stick, stick and dagger, empty-hand techniques, striking, defensive movement, and sparring.
At its core, the system develops timing, distance, coordination, speed, adaptability, and the ability to transition between weapons and empty-hand combat.
TRADITION • VERSATILITY • APPLICATION
WHAT YOU’LL TRAIN
SINGLE STICK
Develop striking mechanics, angles of attack, defensive movement, footwork, timing, and weapon control.
DOUBLE STICK
Build coordination, rhythm, offensive combinations, defensive patterns, and the ability to use both hands together.
ESPADA Y DAGA
Train the coordinated use of a longer weapon and dagger while developing range, positioning, timing, and control.
EMPTY-HAND APPLICATIONS
Apply FMA principles without a weapon through striking, defensive movement, limb control, and close-range skills.
SPARRING
Develop timing, reactions, distance management, decision-making, and adaptability through controlled live training.
PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Connect techniques and concepts through partner drills and progressively resistant training designed to develop functional skill.
ONE SYSTEM. MULTIPLE RANGES. ADAPTABLE SKILLS.
HOW TRAINING PROGRESSES
Build the foundation. Develop the skill. Learn to apply it.
Training in the Doce Pares Multi-Style System develops progressively. Students first establish strong fundamentals and then learn to use those skills with increasing levels of movement, timing, resistance, and application.
01
FUNDAMENTALS
Learn proper stance, footwork, striking mechanics, defensive movement, weapon handling, and core principles.
02
TECHNIQUE & PARTNER DRILLS
Develop coordination, timing, distance, combinations, counters, and reactions through structured partner training.
03
CONTROLLED RESISTANCE
Apply techniques against increasing movement and resistance, developing the ability to adapt rather than simply repeat a drill.
04
SPARRING & APPLICATION
Bring the pieces together through controlled sparring and application-based training that develops timing, decision-making, and confidence under pressure.
LEARN THE ART. UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPLES. MAKE IT YOUR OWN.
TRADITION & MODERN APPLICATION
Respect the roots. Train for today.
Doce Pares carries a rich tradition of Filipino Martial Arts while continuing to develop through generations of practitioners. At IBE Fitness & Martial Arts, we aim to preserve the techniques, principles, and cultural roots of the system while training students to understand how those skills can be applied through movement, resistance, and live practice.
Students don’t simply memorize techniques. They learn to understand distance, timing, angles, movement, control, and adaptability so they can make the principles of Eskrima functional across different training situations.
PRESERVE THE ART • DEVELOP THE FIGHTER • CONTINUE THE LEGACY
WHO CAN TRAIN?
beginners, experienced martial artists, competitors, fitness/self-defense students.
