Yaw-Yan (from Filipino Sayaw ng Kamatayan, lit. "Dance of Death"), is a Filipino martial art developed by Napoleon A. Fernandez and based on older Filipino martial arts. Since its inception in the 1970s, it has dominated the kickboxing scene in the Philippines and has proven very effective against other stand-up fighting arts.
Yaw-Yan (from Filipino Sayaw ng Kamatayan, lit. "Dance of Death"), is a Filipino martial art developed by Napoleon A. Fernandez and based on older Filipino martial arts. Since its inception in the 1970s, it has dominated the kickboxing scene in the Philippines and has proven very effective against other stand-up fighting arts.
Yaw-Yan closely resembles Muay Thai, but differs in the hip-torquing motion as well as the downward-cutting nature of its kicks, the arm strikes resembling bolo knife movements, Randy A. Fernandez being bolo instruction specialist, and the emphasis on delivering attacks from long range (while Muay Thai focuses more on clinching).
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