Help Guro Victor’s family with the funeral and medical costs.
The Story
On March 14th 2018, we unexpectedly lost a son, brother, uncle, teacher, and friend in Victor Gendrano Jr. Victor, who many of us called “Guro,” the Filipino term for teacher, was a positive influence in so many lives and a man who had great passion for teaching and sharing his culture from the Philippines through martial arts. Guro Victor was always one of the first to help new students at the Inosanto Academy of Martial Arts. Guro Vic was recently diagnosed with colon cancer and passed shortly after. We would like to reach out to our extended martial arts family and friends to help Guro Victor’s family with the funeral and medical costs.
Guro Victor will be greatly missed and will remain in our hearts and memories for the rest of our lives.
Padayon sa emung paglakaw.
Sumalangit nawa ang Iyong kaluluwa.
May your soul Rest In Peace Guro Vic!
Rest In Peace Guro Victor Gendrano Jr
Guro Victor Gendrano Jr started training in 1980 at Guro Dan Inosanto’s first school, Kali Academy. Guro Richard Bustillo was the instructor of the class & the curriculum covered FMA, JKD, boxing & kickboxing. At some point, Victor decided to concentrate on FMA & started training in Guro Dan’s class. In 1994, he became an instructor under Guro Dan & started teaching at the Inosanto Academy. He still teaches & trains at the school to this day.
Victor is the founder & chief instructor of his organization, Filipino Martial Heritage. The purpose of this organization is to promote Filipino culture through the propagation of the Filipino Martial Arts. He holds an annual FMA training camp in Cebu which is taught by him & local grandmasters.
For the past few years, he has been co-organizing a stick & blade tournament in Los Angeles. He handles the blade section which uses padded swords & shields. Steve del Castillo handles the stick section which has featured live stick & padded sticks.
https://www.facebook.com/Victor-Gendrano-Jr-Filipino-Martial-Heritage-128181700593001/
http://filipinomartialheritage.tumblr.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtVWxmoqgM_onKmaJwkaWdg
https://www.instagram.com/filipino_martial_heritage/
Guro Victor Gendrano Jr. with Mandirigma.org members.
