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Hope you are not bored with this series of fencing pictures. Location Paris outs...

Hope you are not bored with this series of fencing pictures. Location Paris outside Juliana Gorricho's home. Rizal (middle) with the painter Juan Luna (left) and Valentin Ventura (right) who financed the publication of El Filibusterismo. Bored lady watching from the steps with a child is Paz Pardo de Tavera, ill-fated wife of Luna. Please comment on the fencing equipment and feel free to share a link to this photo.


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In the Sala de Armas of the Luna brothers on Calle Alix [now Legarda], Sampaloc....

In the Sala de Armas of the Luna brothers on Calle Alix [now Legarda], Sampaloc. Antonio Luna is in the middle of two students displaying their moves. Fencers please share info on what they are doing. You are welcome to share this photo.


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Last weeks post showing the Luna brothers fencing generated interesting comments...

Last weeks post showing the Luna brothers fencing generated interesting comments about the poses, fencing-style, and even photo retouching on a foot that is misplaced. Fencers please share what you know from this picture of Juan Luna and Rizal fencing in Paris.


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Sorry for the late posting of my Inquirer column today.http://opinion.inquirer....

Sorry for the late posting of my Inquirer column today.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/77489/falling-in-love-with-words


Falling in love with words
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When people ask why I teach history, my quick answer is that I did not like the way I was taught as a student.

Facebook made it impossible to follow my annual routine of hiding on my birthday...

Facebook made it impossible to follow my annual routine of hiding on my birthday. Your greetings and best wishes made growing old one more year more bearable. Thank you.


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My Inquirer column today.http://opinion.inquirer.net/77441/dra......

My Inquirer column today.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/77441/draco-rizali-the-winged-dragon


���Draco rizali,��� the winged dragon
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Jose Rizal���s huge correspondence���954 letters to and from him���were published chronologically in six volumes by T.M. Kalaw before World War II. The letters were reorganized and supplemented in 1961 by the Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission that grouped these into correspondence with: family mem���

Jose Rizal was a thoughtful friend. From Calamba, in 1887, he sent Ferdinand Bl...

Jose Rizal was a thoughtful friend. From Calamba, in 1887, he sent Ferdinand Blumentritt, a heavy smoker, six cigarettes; kamuning, cinnamon, and sampaguita flowers; and his home-made wood lighter. Rizal's cover letter contains pictures and instructions on how to use it. (Please share).


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Decades ago when this building on Buendia was named, PDAF meant something positi...

Decades ago when this building on Buendia was named, PDAF meant something positive related to "alternative futures" today it spells corruption and plunder. I hope the guilty become history in jail.

Planking on the steps of the Rizal Library last summer. The steps have the title...

Planking on the steps of the Rizal Library last summer. The steps have the titles of works by Ateneo alumni. It starts with Rizal and ends with Rizal without the Overcoat. To prevent me from doing this again the titles have been repositioned. I only fit on the landing not on a single step!


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At the time the Luna brothers, Antonio (chemist) and Juan (painter), were arrest...

At the time the Luna brothers, Antonio (chemist) and Juan (painter), were arrested as suspects in the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution in 1896 they ran a fencing school (Sala de Armas) on Calle Alix (now Legarda) in Sampaloc. Will lecture on these two hot-heads in the Ayala Museum on Saturday August @3pm. See you there! Please share.


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