About the Founder of Jendo
by: Teresita Intalan Biscaro Grandmaster Jonathan Makiling
A.k.a. as
Grandmaster Jonathan "June" Makiling Abaya Grandmaster Jonathan Makiling known to his friends, students and
collegues in martial arts as Grandmaster Jonathan "June" Makiling Abaya was born on November 16, 1957 at the North General Hospital, Manila. He is the second eldest son of the six children of
Maria Adoraida Makiling Abaya y Martinez, of Umingan Pangasinan. He grew up with his late step-father Victorio P. Abaya of Candon Ilocos Sur. Grandmaster was not fortunate to see his father. He and his
mother were separated from his father when he was still a child.
Grandmaster Abaya grew up in a crowded neighborhood in Mandaluyong, full of gangs, trouble makers and ex-convicts. Mandaluyong
then, now a city, way back in the 60's up to the 80's was still a municipality with a very low income and poor police services.
Living in Mandaluyong those days is very risky, three months for a
kid like Abaya then, was the longest number of days not to caught up with troubles in the street. There are many drunkards hanging around. Abaya's step-father who was a former amateur boxer kept on telling
him to always stay at home and not to mess around with troubnle maker kids who might one day caught him in the middle of a big trouble and end up eigther on the hospital or inside the jail.
When
Abaya was a kid, he is very obedient. He always stays at home after school. But this does not kept him from being caught with troubles. Oftentimes, young Abaya comes home from school with black-eyes and
swollen nose and lips. Abaya, those days suffered many abuses from his fellow kids. He experienced being punched and being bullied. These bad experiences made young Abaya to decide to take up self-defense
lessons.
His first martial arts lessons was under Master Angellano of San Jose, Mandaluyong through the introduction of his grade two elementary school teacher who was aware of all the abuses he
suffered from his fellow kids. He studied non-classical soft-style self-defense, possibly kung fu or modiefied kung fu under Angellano from 1968 up to the mid of 1973. In July of that same year Grandmaster
Abaya's family transferred residence from Coronado Hulo to F. Blumentritt. Although not too far from his former residence, this separated him his martial arts teacher, Master Angellano. After several months
of separation from his martial arts teacher, young Abaya met many street challenges. This made him wonder on whether he or his martial arts lessons could make him survive any street encounters. He then
started to doubt his previous traning and found himself suddenly formulating additional movements on his arsenal of martial arts techniques which eventually became his own martial arts system now known as
the JENDO Filipino Martial Arts.
In October 1 of 1973, Grandmaster Abaya started to introduce his own system of martial arts. Among his first student are his high school classmates at
Jose Rizal College in Mandaluyong, named Jameson Bautista and Albert Jimenez and his step-brother Victorio and step-sister Ma. Theresa who is now residing at Tokyo, Japan. Later that year, a college student
also from the Jose Rizal College named Macario Pastidio join the training.
In December of that same year, Grandmaster Abaya joined Dragon Judo-Karate Club to study a Japanese form of martial
arts under the late Police Major - Master Johnny Moris Arsol, a Judo and Karate instructor who later on shifted to Tae Kwon Do practice and then became the Founding Chairman and President of the Philippine International
Korean Tae Kwon Do Federation - Jido Kwan Association.
Grandmaster Abaya's introduction to Arnis training was in 1979, under a Military Major named Celedonio Del Castillo. He studied under
Major Castillo, the "Castillo Baton System" and the CDC (Civil Disturbance Control), an Anti-Riot Training Course. His second Arnis training was with Arnis Kali Escrima Grandmaster Jose "Joe" Mena, the founder and originator of the Arnis Doblete Rapilon. He studied under Grandmaster Mena together with Engr. Jose Dion D. Diaz who is at present the Deputy
General Manager for Infrastructure of the Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA) and President of the Philippine Indigenous Games and Sports Savers Association of the Philippines the Doblete Rapilon style of
Arnis.
In May 18 year 2000, both Grandmaster Abaya and Engr. Diaz graduated from Mena and received the highest successor's rank in the Arnis Doblete Rapilon family, the 10th Degree Red Belt.
After Grandmaster Mena's passing away last May 16, 2005, Grandmaster Abaya and Engr. Ddiaz became the successors of the highest position in the hiarchy of the Arnis Doblete Rapilon. Grandmaster
Abaya also reasearched and studied other forms of martial arts styles like kung fu and kickboxing. In 1995, he joined Master Alexander Co's martial arts school, the Philippine Chinese Tsing Hua Ngo-cho Kung
Fu Training Center to study Ngo-cho Kung fu under the late Master Ang Hua Kun
. and the Philippine Chinese Kook Kong Athletic Association under Co Chipo to study Chinese Dragon and Lion Dance, then also on that same year, he affiliated
with the Kickboxing Association of the Philippines.
Grandmaster Abaya, now, aside from Jendo, is the originator of the two fast-rising martial arts sports competition in the Philippines, the
Jendo Full Contact Sports known as the Abaya Full Contact Sports or the AFC Sports which was approved the Philippines Sports Commission (PSC) and registered.with the Securities and Excgange Commission (SEC)
in 1996 and the PANG-OR. It is a stick-fighting sports that involves kicking and punching. Pang-or is an Ilocano-Filipino term for stick. These two fighting sports are managed by the Philippine Full Contact
Self Defense Federation, Inc. which he himself founded in 1996 as a subsidiary organization of his organization the Philippine Jendo Association, Inc..
Another figure of importance in the
history of Grandmaster Abaya's martial arts career, is the Kalaki Arnis Master - Maestro Sioc Y. Glaraga. Maestro Glaraga is Grandmaster Abaya's Instructor in Arnis concepts and principles. Maestro Sioc had
contributed so in the Abaya system of Arnis and Jendo. He is Grandmaster Abaya's best friend teacher in Filipino martial arts history and Philosophy.
Last September 13, 2005, Grandmaster
Abaya, received his from Mastro Glaraga a recognition as Grandmaster, Founder and
Originator of Jendo.ine
At present GM abaya is still residing in Mandaluyong City teaching Jendo, Arnis , Bangkaw (long pole), wooden
dummy, Pang-or and Full Contact Sport. He holds the rank of 10th Degree Red Belt and the position of President and Chairman of the Board of the Philippine Jendo Association (PJA), Inc., the Founder and
National Chairman of the Philippine Full Contact Self-Defense Federation (PFCSDF), Inc., the Board of Director and National Secretary General of the Philippine Indigenous Games and Sports Savers Association,
Inc. (PIGSSAI) and Founding Chairman of the World Martial Arts Council of Elders (WMACE).
For anybody who wants to communicate with him personally, please feel free to contact him through his
email address at philjendo@yahoo.com or at contact numbers (632) 717-2782 and 63917-366-7061. _______________________________
History and Development of Jendo Martial
Arts
and the Philippine Jendo Association by: Teresita I. Biscaro Jendo was first introduced in 1973 in the city of
Mandaluyong located in the northern part of the Philippines, on the island of Luzon.
It was formulated by its Filipino originator - Jonathan Makiling known to many as Grandmaster Jonathan
'June" M. Abaya. Single-handedly, Grandmaster abaya developed and created an original Filipino style of martial Arts based on his own philosophical concept and principles called "Tri-Force"
With a strong determination, Grandmaster abaya persevered and continuously researched and studied various martial arts principles, concepts and forms, which ultimately evolved into what is now known as Jendo.
Just like many other martial arts style and organization, the formation and the growth of Philippine Jendo Association started as a dream of one man, Grandmaster Jonathan Abaya, a dream which
held a piece of martial arts history in the world.
1980 saw the enthusiastic and frienzied effort of Grandmaster Abaya to introduce this new style he developed by establishing one association
after another. Having formed his own association, Grandmaster Abaya met several setbacks in spreading Jendo. The main factor for the resistance to its acceptance then was that Jendo was still relatively new
style in the ears of the popular masses in the Philippines. In addition to this, karate was at its highest peak of popularity and success.
Nevertheless, he continued his determination to spread
this non-classical sysytem of martial arts by organizing in 1985 the Jendo Martial arts Club in Mandaluyong.
The first formal school of Jendo was established in October 1, 1986 under the name
"Circuit Martial Arts Exponents." located at Lorenza Building in General Kalentong, Street Mandaluyong City. Two (2) years after, the school name was changed to Jendo Martial Arts and Fitness
System. From its first location, due to several factors and events, the school moves from one home to another. e
Grandmaster Abaya's continuous dedication to martial arts for more than 36 years has
given him good reputations, rewards and recognitions. In October 1, 1992, he was appointed by the then Mandaluyong City Mayor, now Philippine Commission on Elections Chairman Ben Abalos Sr. as Chief of Arts,
Recreations and Welfare Services.
In September 5, 1995, Grandmaster Abaya affiliated with the Kickboxing Association of the Philippines, and then also on that same year, December 12, 1995, he
joined the Tsing Hua Ngo Cho Kung Fu to practice Ngo-Cho kung fu under Master Ang Hua Kun.
In September 23, 1996 Grandmaster Abaya organized the Philippine Full Contact Self Defense Federation,
Inc. Then in December 23, of 1998, he affiliated with the Philippine Indigenous Games and Sports Savers Association Inc., a Philippine Tourism Authority based organization dedicated to the preservation and
development of Filipino traditional sports, games and martial arts.
In January of 2000, during the administraion of the then Philippine Sports Commission Chairman Carlos "Butch"
Tuazon, Grandmaster Abaya was appointed National Technical Director for Arnis Event in the Philippine National Games dubbed then as the National Palaro ng Bayan
held at General Santos City. He was the principal author of the tournament rules used in the said arnis event.
Grandmaster abaya was a recipient of Hall of Fame Award
in the Biloxy City Mississippi 2002 Universal Martial Arts Hall of Fame Awarding Ceremony for propagating Filipino Martial Arts. He was also nominated two times in the United States Martial Arts Hall
of Fame.
In 2003, he was appointed and served for two years in his Barangay (Highway Hills) as Consultant and then later on elected as President and Overall Chairman of the Barangay Sports
Advisory Council.
He was also recognized and certified 10th Degree Red Belt Grandmaster by many international organization and institutions like the World Organizer of Martial Arts, the
World Organization of Mixed Martial Arts, the Dong-Koo Yudo Kwan, International Grandmaster Society, World Escrido Federation, Modern Arnis Mano-Mano Filipino Marial Ars, International League of Martial Arts
Masters, International Sokeship Council, World Head and Founders Society of International Styles and the International Combat Martial Arts Federation. Grandmaster Abaya and the Philippine Jendo Association
is the 51, 210th Charter Member of the World Self Defense Federation.
Today, after having established it's foothold in the world of martial art history,
Jendo can now lay claim to be the original PRIDE OF THE PHILPPINES and the place of its origin the CITY OF MANDALUYONG, having been conceptualized, developed and created.
Thus Jendo is BORN! |
