Martial Arts Timeline in Negros Island

February 27, 2010 - The 3rd Hon. Mayor Beboy Yap Jr. & Hon. BM Nene de la Cruz Wushu Sanshou “Tournament of Negros Champions” held by the Escalante School of Martial Arts (Thunder Kick Martial Arts Club-Escalante Chapter) under Founder/Chief instructor Jesus “Jess” J. Flores at the Escalante City Public Plaza, Escalante City

February 21, 2010 - Negrosanon systems of Arnis, among them Original Filipino Tapado and Lapu-Lapu Viñas Arnis, featured at MAG TV Na, Amiga! as a segment of their episode on Don Salvador Benedicto (DSB) and its Kali-Kalihan Festival over at ABS-CBN. Explaination and demonstrations given by 1st Generation Inheritor Grandmaster Benefredo “Bebing: M. Lobrido of the Original Filipino Tapado and President of the Original Filipino Tapado Long Stick Fighting Association (OFTLSFA), Inc. and Founder/Master James U. Sy Jr., Chapter Head Lafayette A. Diamante, RN, and Instructor Lorema “Bing” H. Tacsagon of the Conceptual Martial Arts Society (CMAS), Inc.