Arnis, also known as Eskrima or Kali, is the national martial art of the Philippines that emphasizes weapon-based fighting techniques. There are many regional styles that developed using weapons common to the area, including sticks, knives, and swords. Arnis training involves stick fighting as well as empty hand techniques, joint locks, and grappling.
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Arnis, also known as Eskrima or Kali, is the national martial art of the Philippines that emphasizes weapon-based fighting techniques. There are many regional styles that developed using weapons common to the area, including sticks, knives, and swords. Arnis training involves stick fighting as well as empty hand techniques, joint locks, and grappling.
Arnis, also known as Eskrima or Kali, is the national martial art of the Philippines that emphasizes weapon-based fighting techniques. There are many regional styles that developed using weapons common to the area, including sticks, knives, and swords. Arnis training involves stick fighting as well as empty hand techniques, joint locks, and grappling.
the national sport and martial art of the Philippines.
• There are interchangeable umbrella terms for the traditional martial arts of the Philippines, which emphasize weapon-based fighting with sticks, knives, bladed weapons, and various improvised weapons, as well as "open hand" or techniques without weapons. • It is also known as: Estoque (Spanish for rapier) Estocada (Spanish for thrust or stab) Garrote (Spanish for club) In Luzon it may go by the name of Arnis de Mano. • The indigenous martial art that the Spanish encountered in 1610 was not yet called "Eskrima" at that time. • During those times, this martial art was known as: Paccalicali-t (pronounced as pakkali-kalî) to the Ibanags Didya (later changed to Kabaroan) to the Ilokanos Sitbatan or Kalirongan to Pangasinenses Sinawali ("to weave") to the Kapampangans Calis or Pananandata ("use of weapons") to the Tagalogs Pagaradman to the Ilonggos Kaliradman to the Cebuanos
Kuntaw and Silat are separate martial arts that are
also practised in the Philippine Archipelago. • Arnis also includes hand-to-hand combat, joint locks, grappling and weapon disarming techniques. • Although in general, emphasis is put on weapons for these arts, some systems put empty hands as the primary focus and some old school systems do not teach weapons at all. • For all intents and purposes, arnis, eskrima and kali all refer to the same family of Filipino weapon-based martial arts and fighting systems. • Both Arnis and Eskrima are loans from Spanish. • Arnis comes from arnés Old Spanish for "armor" (harness is an archaic English term for armor, which comes from the same roots as the Spanish term). • It is said to derive from the armor costumes used in Moro-moro stage plays where actors fought mock battles using wooden swords. Arnes is also an archaic Spanish term for weapon. • The execution of this doctrine is so infallible, that not only does it prove its superiority in contests with equal arms, but also when finding the opponent with the apparent advantage of showing up armed with two weapons, sword and dagger. For, even armed with those, experience shows the difficulty of resisting the single sword used in this way . • Baston is the most basic and common weapon in Arnis, baston or yantok. They are typically constructed from rattan, an inexpensive stem from a type of Southeast Asian vine. Hard and durable yet lightweight, it shreds only under the worst abuse and does not splinter like wood, making it a safer training tool. This aspect makes it useful in defense against blades. • Kamagong (ironwood or ebony) and bahi (heart of the palm) are sometimes used after being charred and hardened. These hardwoods are generally not used for sparring, however, as they are dense enough to cause serious injury, but traditional sparring does not include weapon to body contact. The participants are skilled enough to parry and counter strike, showing respect in not intentionally hitting the training partner. • In modern times, many Arnis practitioners have also come to wear head and hand protection while sparring with rattan sticks, or otherwise use padded bastons. Some modern schools also use sticks made out of aluminium or other metals, or modern high-impact plastics. Striking Techniques • The Philippines is an island nation rich in both culture and history. The Filipino martial art of Arnis/Kali/Escrima has contributed to both the history and diversity of the Philippines. There are an abundance of styles and systems of Arnis/Kali/Escrima that are taught throughout the world to this day, that have survived and developed throughout the different regions, families and teachers who have preserved what is sometimes called a “complete” martial art. • Arnis/Kali/Escrima was originally developed by the people native to the islands using simple impact and edged weapons such as kampilans, rattan, swords, daggers, spears and other assorted weaponry for combat and self defense. These weapons were also sometimes used as farm implements.