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Some of Grandmaster Floro Villabrille's public full contact matches
were held in Hawaii during his fighting career between the years of
1933 and 1947. Most of his matches in Hawaii were open to the public
similar to boxing matches. These were organized and funded events
with paying spectators.
Grandmaster Villabrille was active in training full contact Kali
and Eskrima fighters for the Honolulu Civic Auditorium in the
1930's and 1940's.
Grandmaster Villabrille's first public full contact match in Hawaii was
in 1935 and was held at the old Honolulu Civic Auditorium. He fought
against a man named Veloriano Seqovia.
Villabrille's second public fight in Hawaii was in 1938 and was held on the
Island of Kauai in the Manila Hall. He fought against a man named:
Andrike Kihano.
Grandmaster Villabrille fought many additional full contact matches
in the old Honolulu Civic Auditorium. The most famous of his Hawaii
full contact public matches was a grudge match held in May of 1946 against a
man named: Francisco Ardona.
Grandmaster Villabrille retired from the ring undefeated in 1947.
In conclusion, I guess the stories,legends, and claims of all martial
artists are kind of fun to hear. I listen to them and then go on with my
life. These stories, legends, and claims whether fact or fiction do not have
any affect on my study, or practice of martial arts. The fact or fiction of
them does not contribute to my personal growth in the martial arts or even
as person in general. In my humble opinion, they are just kind of fun and
they add to the colorful history and legend of the martial arts. Try to
lighten up a bit and enjoy your life because we will probably never be able
to come into agreement over heresay or folk legends.
I just do understand why so many people waste so much time and energy
arguing about things that cannot possibly make any difference.
In short who cares or why care? No body will ever be able to convince
the other of their version of the truth... The TRUTH is as we each see it
and live it. Very unique and personal.
People have been fighting about who is right or wrong according to their own
standards or point of view for thousands of years... All that this has ever
proven is how childish we can all be over points that only matter to us. In
fact, how many people in history have been hurt and or killed over such
bickering??? Too many I assure you.
Maybe if we spend more time studying and practicing we could improve
our own understanding and expression instead of bickering over things
that none of us truly knows for sure. After all, none of us were actually
there... Think about it, we are fighting over hearsay.
Peace be with you,
Guro Harrell
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