Inside NARAPHIL

NARAPHIL President in action ..........

In 1982, the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development (MYSD) Region III Office launched a massive promotion of arnis for the entire Region III with the establishment of the different school-based clubs and the creation of the NARAPHIL regional chapter and subsequent election of their regional officers. A mass demonstration of arnis culminated the affair with Gen. Fabian C. Ver as the Inducting Officer and Guest of Honor. Seven regional chapters were created subsequently following the region III format. They were Region I, II, IV, V, VII, IX and XII.

It is a very rare opportunity and honor for most of the inductees to see their president in action since he was a very busy person in his position then as AFP Chief of Staff. He was successful enough to unite the different arnis clubs and groups in the country, which no personality has ever done.

His only vision was to unite all groups and clubs into the umbrella of NARAPHIL but not to curtail their own styles and practices. He further stressed to help them preserved their own styles and help NARAPHIL for the propagation and promotion of arnis through the archipelago and abroad.

"Regional Sports Meet"
San Fernando, Pampanga
(September 1982)

Gen. Fabian Ver conferring with Dir. Romeo Mascardo
before the beginning of the arnis activities at the Pampanga
Regional Sports Meet.

NARAPHIL Executive Director - Dir. Romeo Mascardo together with some
of the Regional Sports Officials before the arrival of the Guest of Honor -

Gen. Fabian Ver.