Doce Pares Eskrima was first introduced to Australia in Alice Springs by Grandmaster Martin Gardiner in 1985. A Tang Soo Do instructor and practitioner of Modern Arnis, Grandmaster Gardiner was keen to expand his knowledge of Eskrima. He was introduced to the art by his Tang Soo Do instructor Dr. Frank Scalercio. Grandmaster Gardiner who had studied Modern Arnis, had heard of Supreme Grandmaster Canete and in 1985 he travelled to Cebu to meet him and learn his style first hand.
In 1989, five of Martin Gardiner’s students won their divisions at the1st World Championships in Cebu. At the next World Championships held in Manila in January 1992 six Australians, all from the Alice Springs group were Champions. Currently Cacoy Doce Pares in Australia is headed by Chief Instructor of the International Combative Martial Arts Academy, Grandmaster Vincent Palumbo, 10th Grade Blackbelt and World Champion Eskrimador.
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