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Eskrima

Arnis
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Also known as Kali
Eskrima
Escrima
Focus Stick fighting
Knife fighting
Sword fighting
Hardness Weaponry
Country of origin Philippines
Famous practitioners Remy Presas
Dan Inosanto
Bruce Lee
Jeff Imada
Cacoy Canete
Ron Balicki
Forest Whitaker
Erik Paulson
Riaz Amin
Daniel "Danny" Guba
Jeremy Renner
Olympic sport No

Arnis, also known as Kali or Eskrima, is the national sport and martial art of the Philippines. The three are roughly interchangeable umbrella terms for the traditional martial arts of the Philippines ("Filipino Martial Arts," or FMA) that emphasize weapon-based fighting with sticks, knives, bladed weapons and various improvised weapons. It is also known as Estoque (Spanish for rapier), Estocada (Spanish for thrust or stab) and Garrote (Spanish for club). In Luzon they may go by the name of Arnis de Mano.

The indigenous martial art that the Spanish encountered in 1610 was not yet called "Arnis" at that time. During those times, this martial art was known as Paccalicali-t to the Ibanags,Didya (later changed to Kabaroan) to the Ilocanos, Sitbatan or Kalirongan to Pangasinenses, Sinawali to the Kapampangans ("to weave"), Calis or Pananandata (use of weapons) to the Tagalogs, Pagaradman to the Ilonggos and Kaliradman to the Cebuanos. Kuntaw and Silat are separate martial arts that are also practiced 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.


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