Balisong, iron butterfly : being the life and times of a fighting man (the years 1947-1951)

“[pdf image scan with OCR layer. Contains watermark on each page. ]INTRODUCTION BY CACOY "BOY" HERNANDEZLet me introduce myself and this book. Please don't expect schoolbook writing - I just write what I know. A lot of fancy people say Balisong is a warrior's art, OK, but therewasn't no Samurai where Balisong was born. Sure we didn't have nofancy stances, no special clothes. We just have Balisong and ourselves. We got not time to make up some ritual - just fight. Let me tell you, a lot of fat cats talking now about Balisong onlybeing good against Balisong, no good against leather jacket. In Philli-pines, we no wear leather jacket - but if some smart boy do, we alwaysgot machete! If you lose weapon pick up another, do something, don't becry baby and give in easy - That's not a man's way- No way!People say we always fighting- sure- it's our way. You city folks withbig house, air conditioning and shiny car can pay for guys to protect you. "Insure your interests" I hear them say. But in Phillipines, we don't got that, that's why I agree with MasterBimba - What a fighter. Just after the war, he back down to nobody, Never!-Anyway, he say if you got to fight- you got to win. Don't neverstep back. You got to know the other guy's mind or man, he's just going tocream you - that's why when I see these guys in white pyjamas sayingthey going to teach self-defence - I got to laugh!The man wasn't born who fight for real by rules- Not if he got anysense he don't.”