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Introduction

• Dr. Jose Rizal was not just a guy with a mission for his country, he is alsous with different hobbies and talents.

• In this presentation you will see the side of rizal that will show what a Ndo for fun and recreation.


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Fencing

• While in Madrid, Rizal practiced fencing andpistol shooting.

• Rizal became master of the foil, saber anddueling sword, and acquired a legendaryreputation for grace and technique.

• Rizal’s mastery of sword and as a marksman wasput to the test when he challenged AntonioLuna on a duel.

• "My hands are shaking because I have just had afencing bout; you know I want to be a

swordsman." Jose Rizal, age 18, to Enrique Lete,November 27, 1879.

Jose Rizal (middle) with Juan Luna


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Chess

• He played chess and bear several Germans andEuropean friends and acquaintances.

• In 1877, soon after first meeting SegundaKatigbak, he played parlor or azotea chesssomewhere in Trozo. His play was bad — he had just learned the guy with Segunda was herfiancé; he had been asked to do a sketch of herbecause his talent for drawing was well known,but the sketch he came up with was wretched;every time she glanced at him he would blush — and he lost the game.

Rizal’s Chess Set


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Marksman

• Rizal was an ardent pistol shooter, a passion he shared with the German framen. In fact Rizal’s friend and companion Jose Alejandrino called it an

‘addiction.’

• Rizal's guns, "the smith" and Wesson number 3 revolver, or popularly known the Magnificent, can be found at the AFP Museum at Camp Aguinaldo inQuezon City.

• Rizal made this assessment of his skill: Shooting slow fire at 25 meters, cockinfor each shot and firing one-handed in the traditional duelist’s stance, he

reported he could place 20 consecutive shots into 20 cm, roughly 8 inchessquare. This is very good shooting, especially since we do not know the gunRizal used, the caliber nor make. As reference, the black 10-point bull’s-eyethe official American slow fire pistol target, shot at 25 yards, is 5 _ inches. Athighest skill levels this target is shot with customized pistols with adjustable si


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Judo

• Rizal was the first Southeast Asian ever to master the art of japanese sport.

• He even put up some GYMs in the cities of Calamba and Dapitan, which bof various judo grassroots there.

• This is the reason why up to this day, youth from Zamboanga, especially thocontinued to be source of top-caliber judokas, who earned slots in the nati


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Music

• According to Mrs. Asuncion Bantug, Rizal’s grandniece, “among the arts, mfirst love.”

• However, music did not come easily to him. His contemporary, Dr. Galicanorecalled that “He even found it hard to hum or whistle a simple melody . Whthe melody turned out to be so out of tune.” But determined to excel in muhow to play the flute and practiced hard. He also took up solfeggio, pianoculture.

• Rizal was not deemed as an excellent flutist or singer but he went on with h

inclinations by composing his own songs. Most of the songs were his poems music. His popular novels, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo also containpassages and references concerning music.


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References

http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/jose-rizal-martial-arts-warrior

http://www.bakitwhy.com/articles/jose-rizal-warrior

http://www.istorya.net/forums/content/rizal-duels-martial-arts-more-than-just-your-ordinary-natio

http://www.joserizal.ph/ch01.html

http://www.philstar.com/arts-and-culture/695225/rizal-sportsman

http://philboxing.com/news/story-79091.html

http://www.himig.com.ph/features/48-rizal-as-musician

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