Faculty of the UP CHK Dept of Physical Education. Advocating research on Filipino movement culture, especially Philippine martial arts and manners of defense, indigenous games, Filipino concepts of physical activities, health, fitness and wellness

Philosophy of Sports and Physical Education, Sports in Society and Culture, Student Teaching in Physical Education, Research Methods

Publications

• Jennings, G., González de la Fuente, E. G. de la F., & Peneyra, R. (2025). La décolonialité comme nouveau paradigme pour étudier les arts martiaux [Introducing Decoloniality as a New Paradigm for Martial Arts Studies]. In O. Bernard (Ed.), Arts martiaux et cultures : Évolution des pratiques et nouvelles formes sociales [ Martial arts and cultures: evolution of practices and new social forms]. Laval University Press. https://www.pulaval.com/livres/arts-martiaux-et-cultures-evolution-des-pratiques-et-nouvelles-formes-sociales?fbclid=IwY2xjawJitgBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHnnKl3X0k83LaES2O2yiG63Af0EM19gWGX1WFDIQVMZjWM3v36HN2FBMqMTd_aem_MpuydSnJdSXtD6SseMrJMw

• Peneyra, R. U., & Jocano Jr, F. P. (2025). Tracing Historical and Kinetic Connections between Filipino and European Martial Arts. In A. R. Rodriguez-Sanchez, J. Piedra, & G. Jennings (Eds.), Martial arts in Latin societies (pp. 23–34). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032648620

• Jocano, F. P. Jr., & Peneyra, R. U. (2021). Martial arts of the Philippines: Promoting identifies and negotiating unity in diversity. In S. Ryu (Ed.), Southeast Asian Martial Arts: A Unique and Complex Cultural Phenomenon. Republic of Korea: International Centre of Martial Arts for Youth Development and Engagement. Retrieved from http://unescoicm.org/eng/library/bookreport.php?ptype=view&idx=8156&page=1&code=bookreport_eng

Presentations

• Aseron, M., & Peneyra, R. U. (2023, October 26). From home to home: Situating Mamanwa in Biliran [Paper presentation]. 2nd International Mamanwa Dialogue Symposium, St. Paul University, Surigao City.

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Email: rupeneyra@up.edu.ph

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9513-2326

Research Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UVHJqWEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao