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Our company is Iloilo Tinagan School of Martial Arts, Inc. We
are called to promote and
to work for peace and justice for the service of the society,
especially the youth. Thus, keeping
them away from illegal vices which are very rampant and
dangerous these days.
Our main goal is to turn the youth into fine and disciplined
young individuals.
We act as an advocacy group on the personal and social benefits
of Martial Arts.
The Corporation promotes the selection and training of potential
Ilonggo Athletes
among the Youth.
Our dream is to
form well-disciplined
and high-calliber
Tinagan Martial Artists
and to promote social
transformation by: Showing respect
for human dignity;
Sharing theirpersonal gifts and skill at
the service of the
community;
Being one inpromoting JUSTICE,PEACE and SOLIDARITY in the
society;
Keeping away the youth from harmful vices through sports;
Fostering the value of self-disciplined, teamwork and excellent of
a healthy and
alert citizenry.
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It started with a dream then it turned into passion. Now, it
has
become a reality and the first ever to be in the
Philippines.
The Iloilo Tinagan School of Martial Arts teaches a variety of
martial
art disciplines to its students. We are the first in the country
to offer several
disciplines as opposed to the usual martial arts center that
only caters to
one type of discipline.
We teach Karatedo, Wushu
Sanda, Taiji, Mixed Martial Arts,Boxing and Modern Arnis.
It is inspiring to know
that our school has made out-
of-school youth into fine and
disciplined young individuals
who brought glory to our
country by besting several other
martial artists around the globe.
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Iloilo Tinagan School of Martial Arts Inc.
(ITSMAI) as founded by Arnold Tinagan in 1982 and
it is celebrating its 32nd year on May 2014. In 1996,
his wife, Girlie Delotavo-Tinagan, became the
manager when the school was still in YMCA in
Iznart St, Iloilo City. She worked to legalize the
papers to make their business into a corporation
with 15 board members. In 1982, the name was Iloilo Tinagan
Martial Arts Club Inc. with
15 board members. They later changed the name to Iloilo Tinagan
School of Martial
Arts, Inc. (ITSMAI), which is now located at 3rf Floor Lin Pok
Sy Building, Ortiz St, Iloilo
City.
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Other than being the founder of the martial arts school, Mr.
Tinagan is also the coordinator and
organizer of the Wushu Federation of the Philippines in the
Visayas and Mindanao, as well as the
coordinator of Muay Thai in Western Visayas.
His wife, Girlie D. Tinagan, is the
commissioner of International Modern Arnis
Federation in Iloilo City and Province. She
also trains junior women and seniors while
her husband supervises in the over-all aspect
of maintaining the gym.
As they
say, the fruit
doesnt fall far
from the tree,
and as expected,
their son, Gerald Tinagan, married to a Black Belter in
Karate,
Michelle Dawn Tinagan, joined in the family business of
handling the Martial Arts School. He is currently the owner
and President of the Iloilo Tinagan School of Martial Arts
in
Iloilo.
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The school has produced countless of talented young individuals
who have won global
recognition while raising the banner of the Philippines.
Tournaments in different countries, the SEAGames, and even in the
Olympics - the school has been proud of the achievements of its
students for
winning in such momentous
events and bringing honor
to the country.
The school also
caters to foreign students.
Most of them are
Australians who seek for
trainers so that when they
go back to their countrythey can impart to their
students what they have
learned in martial arts.
The school has a
branch in Saudi, and their
students, now teach the
different disciplines in other
countries such as in Canada,
Libya and in Africa. The
school offers lifetime
memberships and part of it
is to gather students who
are getting a degree until
they achieve a black belt or
until they reach a world
record or even just a
national record in sports
tournaments. The school
does not accept instructors
who are not their members or students before to maintain their
legacy.
Children starting at the age of five years-old can already begin
training under the Iloilo Tinagan
School of Martial Arts. Parents choose to enroll their children
into school in order for them to learn good
communication with others, self-respect and respect for others.
As an extra-curricular activity, learning
martial arts can be beneficial for learning self-defense as well
as learning to discipline ones self.
