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Arnis, also known as kali or eskrima/escrima, is the national martial art of the Philippines. [3] These three terms are, sometimes, interchangeable in referring to traditional martial arts of the Philippines ("Filipino Martial Arts", or FMA), which emphasize weapon-based fighting with sticks, knives, bladed weapons, and various improvised weapons, as well as "open hand" techniques without weapons.
] Native martial arts that were possibly forerunners to the modern Arnis de Mano started to exist by the 14th century. Arnis is characterized as sabre play that uses a pair of rattan canes or short wooden canes. Ancient Filipinos were considered skilled in dagger and the broad-sword before the Spanish colonization of the Philippines [citation ...
Doce Pares (Spanish for Twelve Peers) is a Filipino martial art and a form of Arnis, Kali and Eskrima, that focuses primarily on stick fighting, knife fighting and hand-to-hand combat but also covers grappling and other weapons as well. [1]
Arnis Balite - founded by Pundador Manuel Aguillon in Zambales, currently carried on by Punong Guro Steven K. Dowd, publisher of FMA Informative.Aside from practicing Arnis, Aguillon was a boxer who was said to move so fast that he was nicknamed "Kid Balite", after the Balete tree which is said to be the dwelling place of ghosts and spirits in Philippine folklore.
Arnis or Kali would be influenced by the Europeans as well, incorporating old Fencing terms in Spanish. [2] Alternatively it could date back in the pre-Spanish era, influenced by the neighboring Srivijaya and Majapahit empires based on linguistics analysis of the various other names of Arnis. [1] Doce Pares
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The fighting style of the character Teyla Emmagan from Stargate: Atlantis is based on arnis. In Mortal Kombat Conquest, Sultan Uddin showcased Eskrima Serrada as the character Noob Saibot. In Leverage, retrieval specialist Eliot Spencer's fighting style is based primarily on arnis and panantukan.