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  2. Filipino martial arts - Wikipedia

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    Filipino martial arts (FMA) (Filipino: Sining panlaban ng Pilipinas) refer to ancient and newer modified fighting methods devised in the Philippines. It incorporates elements from both Western and Eastern Martial Arts; the most popular forms of which are known as Arnis, Eskrima, and Kali. The intrinsic need for self-preservation was the genesis ...

  3. Arnis - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Yaw-Yan - Wikipedia

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    Yaw-Yan, also called Sayaw ng Kamatayan (English: Dance of Death), [1] is a Filipino martial art developed by Napoleon A. Fernandez and based on older Filipino martial arts. [2] Since its inception in the 1970s, it has dominated the kickboxing scene in the Philippines and has proven very effective against other stand-up fighting arts [citation ...

  5. Arnis in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Arnis is a Filipino martial art and is the legally recognized national sport in the Philippines. The precise origin of Arnis is unknown due to a lack of proper documentation. [1] It is speculated that it arose from native Filipinos in Luzon and the Visayas to circumvent a weapons ban imposed by the Spaniards during the Spanish colonial era.

  6. Modern Arnis - Wikipedia

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    It is derived principally from the traditional Presas family style of the Bolo (machete) and the stick-dueling art of Balintawak Eskrima, with influences from other Filipino and Japanese martial arts. [1] Arnis is the Philippines' national martial art and sport, [2] after President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed the Republic Act. No. 9850 in ...

  7. Category:Philippine martial arts - Wikipedia

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    Philippine martial arts organizations (4 P) Pages in category "Philippine martial arts" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.

  8. Dumog - Wikipedia

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    Dumog is the Filipino style of wrestling while standing upright and refers to the grappling aspect of Filipino martial arts.The word dumog is most commonly used in Mindanao and the Visayas, while the word buno is used in Luzon, specifically in the Southern Tagalog-speaking provinces as far south as Mindoro.

  9. Balintawak Eskrima - Wikipedia

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    Balintawak Street in Colon Street, Cebu City, Philippines. Balintawak Eskrima or Balintawak Arnis is a Filipino martial art created by Grandmaster Venancio "Anciong" Bacon in the 1950s to enhance and preserve the combative nature of arnis which he felt was being watered down by other styles of Philippine martial arts.

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