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Yo-Yo [c] - In the Philippines around 1500, the Yo-Yo was a weapon. It consisted of a four pound stone attached to a rope about 20 feet long. Tribesmen used it in two ways. When hunting, they stood off to one side, held one end of the rope and threw the rock towards the legs of an animal.
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 ...
A near variant to the nunchaku called tabak-toyok exists in the northern Philippines, [10] which was used to thresh rice or soybeans. Alternative theories are that it was originally developed from an Okinawan horse bit ( muge ) or from a wooden clapper called hyoshiki [ 11 ] carried by the village night watch, made of two blocks of wood joined ...
24–48 in (61–122 cm) Blade type. Single-edged, curved bladed, blunt or pointed tipped. The panabas, also known as nawi, is a large, curved sword used by certain ethnic groups in the southern Philippines. It can range in size from 2 to 4 feet (61 to 122 cm) and can be held with one or both hands, delivering a deep, meat cleaver-like cut. [1]
A tomahawk is a type of single-handed axe used by the many Indigenous peoples and nations of North America. It traditionally resembles a hatchet with a straight shaft. [1][2] In pre-colonial times the head was made of stone, bone, or antler, and European settlers later introduced heads of iron and steel. The term came into the English language ...
A battle axe (also battle-axe, battle ax, or battle-ax) is an axe specifically designed for combat. Battle axes were specialized versions of utility axes. Many were suitable for use in one hand, while others were larger and were deployed two-handed. Axes designed for warfare ranged in weight from just over 0.5 to 3 kg (1 to 7 lb), and in length ...
The Dane axe or long axe (including Danish axe and English long axe) is a type of European early medieval period two-handed battle axe with a very long shaft, around 0.9–1.2 metres (2 ft 11 in – 3 ft 11 in) at the low end to 1.5–1.7 metres (4 ft 11 in – 5 ft 7 in) or more at the long end.
1,149 120 2. 651 units of KM-450 trucks were purchased by AFP in 2007 (603 for Army, the rest shared by General Headquarters and Philippine Air Force), and 137 units in December 2010. [ 44 ][ 45 ] 190 more were delivered in 2013. 60 units of KM-451 were purchased by AFP in 2012, of which 48 went to the Army.