Silaram Martial Art of the Spanish Gypsy People.

Silaram presents itself as a unique and courageous work that documents, with unusual depth, the history, methodology, and relevance of the martial art of Silaram, a Spanish Gypsy tradition that has remained on the fringes of officialdom for centuries. The text is neither a novel nor a conventional essay, but a hybrid combination of technical treatise, historical chronicle, and cultural manifesto, which combines the voice of a master heir with the documentary rigor of extensive and passionate research. From the first pages, the identity and resistance that permeates the entire work are evident. Silaram is not presented solely as a set of combat techniques, but as the reflection of a lineage, a living memory, and a philosophy of life that resists oblivion. Guijarro's prose is direct, oral in tone, sometimes abrupt but always honest. Formally, the document is surprisingly comprehensive. The division into styles (cachaba, Gypsy knife, bare-knuckle boxing), the hierarchical levels of learning, the glossary at the end, and the appendix section provide the reader with a comprehensive understanding of the Silaram system.