Hawaii Karate Museum, Halford E. Jones Filipino Martial Arts Collection

Halford E. Jones Filipino Martial Arts Collection

The Hawaii Karate Museum is very proud to feature materials on the Filipino Martial Arts donated by Halford E. Jones. Here in Hawaii, there is considerable cross training among the various arts. Many Kenpo Karate instructors, for example, also studied Escrima. Many Okinawan Karate instructors also studied, lived and were even born in the Philippines. The Halford E. Jones Filipino Martial Arts Collection gives us a glimpse into the diverse martial arts of the Philippines.
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About Halford E. Jones. Halford E. Jones considers himself a martial arts enthusiast, a sometimes practitioner of martial arts, and an occasional writer on the subject. He has been fortunate enought to meet some of 'THE FATHERS': The Father of American Karate, The Father of Philippine Karate, the Father of Malaysian Karate, the Father of American Kenpo, and the Father of Modern Arnis, whom everyone should know, he says, if they have done their homework. Aside from that, Jones started his formal lessons in Judo in 1959 at a YMCA in Morristown, New Jersey, and when, time permitted, during his term of military service, where he found out about Karate and Aikido. Prior to all this, everything had been impromptu and sporadic, from childhood upwards.
In 1963, he caught a gllimpse of Karate, Aikido, Kendo, Jiujitsu, Sumo, etc. while spending three months in Hawaii, mostly on the Big Island, and then went to the Philippines until 1965, after which he traveled to Hong Kong, Cambodia, Burma, India, Egypt, Jordan (Jersusalem), Lebanon, Greece, Italy, and Spain. He returned to the Philippines for another two years (1966 to 1968), then returned to the US after visiting Japan, and then returned to the Philippines in 1972, shortly after martial law had been declared by President Marcos. He remained there for about eight years and returned to the US in 1981. Since that time, he has taken three trips back.
Over the years, Jones has kept up a fair amount of correspondence with various martial artists and groups around the world and was Executive Editor for Filipino Martial Arts Magazine. He also had contributed numerous articles to many of the various martial arts magazines in the US.

Filipino Martial Arts Magazine Volume 1, No. 1, February 1998, through Volume 6, No. 2, 2004. Donated by Halford E. Jones	Volume 1, No. 1 Feb 1998	Volume 1, No. 2 March/April 1998	Volume 1, No. 3 May/June 1998
	Volume 1, No. 4 July/August 1998	Volume 1, No. 5 Sept/Oct 1998	Volume 1, No. 6 Nov/Dec 1998
	Volume 2, No. 1 1999	Volume 2, No. 2 1999	Volume 2, No. 3 1999
	Volume 2, No. 4 2000	Volume 2, No. 5 2000	Volume 2, No. 6 2001
	Volume 3, No. 1 2001	Volume 3, No. 2 2001	Volume 4, No. 1 2002
	Volume 4, No. 2 2002	Volume 4, No. 3 2002	Volume 4, No. 4 2002
	Volume 5, No. 1 2003	Volume 5, No. 2 2003	Volume 6, No. 1 2004
	Volume 6, No. 2 2004

Books:

Ladies Special Self-Defense. Karate & Judo Ladies Special, by S. J. Jorgensen. Original copyright 1930. Revised 1969 edition. (The term "Karate" was probably added to the 1969 edition.) 30 pages.

Hand-To-Hand Combat. U.S. Navy. Original publishing date: 1943. Reprint date 2003. 229 pages.

Yubiwaza (Finger Techniques), by Yoshie Imanami. National Clearance Bureau. 1961. 15 pages.

Defend Yourself: The First Book on Ketsugo, by Hank Roberts. 1961. Magnum Publications, New York. 66 pages.

Bruce Lee's Modern Gung Fu - Karate, by James Y. Lee. Reprinted in the Philipines by Latino H. Gonzales. 1963. 237 pages.

The Kashi-No-Bo Technique, by Claude St. Denise. Key Publishing Company. 64 pages. 1964.

Honor Blackman's Book of Self-Defense, by Honor Blackman. Originally published 1965. 1967 edition. Penguin Books. 134 pages

Clubs in Self Defense and Mob Control, by John E. Anketell. Monadnock Lifetime Products, Inc. 1968. 24 pages.

Defend Yourself! A Complete Karate Manual, by David Chapnick. A Signet Book. 1968. 144 pages.

Ed Parker's Guide to the Nunchaku, by Ed Parker. 1975. Second Printing, 1980. 150 pages.

Kubotan: New Police Technique, by Takayuki Kubota. Monadnock Lifetime Products, Inc. 1978. 30 pages.

Kung-Fu Nunchaku for Self-Defense in Pictures, by H. C. Chao. Unitrade Company Ltd. 1979. 85 pages.

Karate Ace, by Les Purificacion. 1976. 32 pages.

Baton (Night Stick): Police Self Defense Techniques, by Nick Cerio and Stanley Mitchell. 1986 (estimated). 46 pages.

Police Karate, by Scott R. Bartels and Royal J. West. 1981. Desert Publications. 188 pages.

Introduction to Nick Cerio's Kenpo, by Nick Cerio. Nick Cerio's Kenpo, Inc. 1991. 29 pages.

The Martial Arts Almanac, by Ngo Vinh-Hoi. 1997. RGA Publishing Group, Inc. 87 pages.

The Filipino Sword Cane, by Halford E. Jones. 2001. 37 pages

Magazines:

Judo, Volume VIII, No. 4. January 1964.
MA Training, Volume 24, No. 4. July 1997. Secrets of the Filipino Arnis Masters: These Traditional Excercises Will Build Tough, Strong Forearms, by Halford E. Jones.

World of Martial Arts, September/October 1997. Putting a New "Twist" in Your Martial Arts Grip Training: The Filipino Bullworker, by Halford E. Jones.

World of Martial Arts, November/December 1997. Not of this Earth: The Filipino Kris is a Weapon of Celestial Origin and Dramatic Defense, by Halford E. Jones.

Taekwondo Times, Volume 17, No. 9. December 1997. Dos Manos: Twin Sticks of Arnis Lanada, by Halford E. Jones.

Karate International, Volume 8, No. 5. April/May 1998. The Doce Pares of Arnis Lanada: The Twelve Deadly Strikes, by Halford E. Jones.

MA Training, Volume 25, No. 4. July 1998. Training Secrets of the Kung Fu Master, by Halford E. Jones.

Taekwondo Times, Volume 18, No. 5. September 1998. The Thumb Is My Sword: Pentjak-Silat, by Halford E. Jones.

Taekwondo Times, Volume 19, No. 4. July 1999. Thrust You Can Trust! The Classical Espada Y Daga Techniques of Arnis Lanada, by Halford E. Jones.

Taekwondo Times, Volume 20, No. 3. May 2000. Filipino Paddling Palms and Pounding Paddles, by Halford E. Jones.

Taekwondo Times, Volume 21, No. 4. July 2001. The Pestle, the Broom and the Bullworker, by Halford E. Jones.

Taekwondo Times, Volume 22, No. 3. March 2002. Brutal Death Garote Match Tactics of the Visayas, by Halford E. Jones.

Taekwondo Times, Volume 22, No. 6. November 2002. Stick of Death: The Filipino Sword Cane, by Halford E. Jones.

Taekwondo Times, Volume 24, No. 1. January 2004. The Kublan Ninja Warriors of the Philippines, by Halford E. Jones.

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