NARAPHIL Founder and Filipino Author, Professor Romeo C. Mascardo, published the first official training textbook, "ARNIS: For Physical Education. A Guide to P.E. Instructors and Students," in 1975.
In this book, he states:
"NARAPHIL will mold members' good personality and help lifelong determination to perfection of his or her character. The characteristic of this is service. It implies humility in its simplest form."
"No matter how indifferent a person is, he or she must be respected. At best, try all attempts not to seperate these two, to have good martial arts experience. When frustrations undo out best to respect others, our love for Arnis is needed to keep us going."
