On the coattails of the previous post, regardless of whether you care about ranks or not, all good training is based on firm foundations. Now, there are various aspects of what constitutes foundational materials and principles, especially when talking about loose terms such as Filipino Martial Arts, i.e. something that sounds relatively homogenous, but isn't so in practice.
Nevertheless, with enough digging and analysis, there are elements that most practitioners would possibly agree on. Here is a fairly good example of such work:
The Basics of Filipino Mart... by Dexter James
I hope you find it worthy of your time, whether you agree on all of its points or not. After all, it can be a good initial position to compare your own views with.
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