
WHAT IS GUAZABARA?
TAINO COMBAT SKILLS
THE AFRICAN INFLUENCE
JIBARO MACHETE FIGHTERS
GUAZABARA FAQ'S
There is nothing more difficult to plan,
more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than the creation
of a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit
by the preservation of the old system and merely lukewarm defenders in
those who would gain by the new one.
– Machiavelli – 1513

It should be noted that
much of the Guazabara information contained in this website
is oral history; and, as such, the history of Guazabara and other Native
American fighting styles from the Caribbean, The America's (North &
South) and Mexico are still clouded in mystery. This is written
only to give the reader some basic understanding of Guazabara. For
simplicity we have only discussed
on this web-site the pre-Spanish Taino Macana and the Jibaro Machete.

World
Guazabara Federation is the governing body of Guazabara, a fighting art
and path with its roots deeply imbedded in Taino Warrior traditions.

World Guazabara Federation should
not be confused with a Taino Tribe and Federation members are not tribal
members unless they have been formally accepted or adopted into
one of our tribes. Taino
heritage is governed by blood, not man's law.


Desi & Rico Guazabara
Training at Home

Maestro & Bill Guralnick

Jason & Bill


The Garabato (Puerto Rican Hooking Stick)




Guazabara Training (Guazabara's David
& Meghan)

Guazabara Efrain Valentin Promoted !!

Guazabara Ronald Grist Promoted to Senior
Apprentice

Guazabara Sparring. "You Can't Swim without
Getting in the Water".

Ooops!
Efrain Loses his knife


Guazabara Rank Structure