00:00Will Yauyan still be a work of art in this day and age, especially with the continuous evolution of martial arts?
00:06That's what Master Ray Yap will explain in the story of Arijane Flores.
00:16Yauyan is a type of martial art that spread right here in the Philippines.
00:20The name of this discipline is related to the dance of death.
00:25This combat sport was first invented in the 1960s and in the course of decades.
00:31Yauyan also accompanied the change of times.
00:34That's why in Master Ray Yap's dojo, which is one of the fields of the so-called sport,
00:39not only does Yauyan teach students but also modern mixed martial arts.
00:45According to Master Yap, the use of Yauyan is effective when it comes to MMA.
00:51It's also like a cell phone.
00:53Back then, it was just called a text.
00:55Martial arts is also like that.
00:57It evolves.
00:58Mixed martial arts emerged in 1993.
01:02There was already ground fighting.
01:04There was ground fighting, there was standing, there was ground fighting, and there was wrestling.
01:08As a mixed martial arts, MMA, you need to know wrestling, how to take down your opponent.
01:15And when you take down your opponent, you also need to know ground fighting.
01:21Master Yap also enjoys the way Yauyan teaches.
01:25He has a lot of students who are willing to join the competition
01:28even if it's just to lose weight and strengthen their pursuit in the beginning.
01:33A lot of people enroll here.
01:35They just want to learn self-defense.
01:39Others just want to lose weight.
01:42But you know, what's fun is that they also evolve.
01:46When they learn and they get used to it,
01:49what happens is they also want to fight.
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