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“I once asked Punong Guro Sulite how a warrior was created. This is how he responded: “We teach, encourage, guide, and train a man of great potential and of the right character. After he has realized his fullest potential, we then introduce him to the harsh realities of combat and allow the combative equation itself to become his teacher. As each fight that he wages chisels away everything not of a warrior, anything weak or uncharacteristic of a warrior will be burned away by the scorching hot flame that is combative truth. What survives and is left standing tall and strong after this process is a warrior in every meaning of the word.”
― David Gould, Lameco Eskrima: The Legacy of Edgar G. Sulite