Ciriaco Cañete
Filipino martial artist
- Born
- 8 August 1919, San Fernando
- Died
- 5 February 2016, Cebu City
- Citizenship
- Philippines
- Sport
- aikido, martial arts
- Occupation
- martial artist, aikidoka
Ciriaco "Cacoy" Cañete (August 8, 1919 – February 5, 2016) was a Filipino martial artist of the Doce Pares Eskrima Club. He was the last surviving member of the club, which was founded in January 1932. He was also a 12th degree black belt. His version of the Doce Pares Eskrima system is known as Cacoy Doce Pares. In 1951 he developed a personal system of his named Eskrido.
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Facts from Wikidata Q5121886 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.