Introduction to Arnis and Fundamental Skills Flashcards
______, as a martial arts, was spawned in Philippine soil.
Arnis
Arnis was know in the ancient Philippine as ____
Kali
Where does the word Kali originated from?
It is an “Ancient Malayan” word which implies a large bladed weapon longer than a Knife.
True or False:
Arnis is an art that was practiced primarily for self-defense by the pre-Spanish Filipinos who were noted for their friendly nature and legendary hospitality.
True
True or False:
Early Filipinos became an exert fighting with their hands, either bare or with stick and a bladed weapon.
True
Kali must have ben derived from _________ which is native fencing in Indonesia.
Tjakalele
According to the Scanty Records, who and how many landed and reign on the island of Panay in the 13th Century?
Ten Bornean Datus
According to the Scanty Records, where did the Ten Bornean Datus landed in the 13th Century?
Island of Panay
According to the Scanty Records, in what century did the Ten Bornean Datus landed in the Island of Panay?
13th Century
According to the Scanty Records, Kali was taught to children in a school called _____
Bothoan
Who migrated to the Philippines about 200 B.C.?
The Malays
When did the Malays migrated to the Philippines?
200 B.C.
What did the Malays bought when they migrated to the Philippines?
Long Knife
True or False:
The Malays migration enriched the early Filipinos arsenal in the fighting arts either the use of sticks and bows and arrows or bladed weapons and daggers
True
True or False:
Inter-regional contact and influence brought about by trade and travel linked the Muslim fighting art with Kalis, the forerunner of Arnis of the Tagalogs in the north,
True
It is the term that was shortened to Kali for Convenience.
Kalis
It is a fighting art that uses a long-bladed weapon or knife, stick, or cane, and dagger
Kali
This is the best known and the most systematic fighting art in the Philipiines
Arnis de mano
It is a perfected art after a long historical development from the Kali System designed to train the students to defend themselves against armed or unarmed attacks.
Arnis de mano
From which system did the Arni de Mano developed from?
The Kali System
What are the Three Forms of play in Arnis?
- Espada y Daga (Sword and Dagger)
- Solo Baston (Single-Stick)
- Sinawali (Criss-Cross Fashion)
In this Form of play in Arnis, a long wooden sword and a short wooden dagger are used.
Espada y Daga (Sword and Dagger)
In this Form of play in Arnis, a single long muton or baton is used
Solo Baston (Single-Stick)
In this Form of play in Arnis, a native term applied because the intricate movements of the two muton resemble the weave of a Sinawali
Sinawali (Criss-Corss Fashion)
What is used in Espada y Daga?
Sword and Dagger
What is used in Solo Baston?
A Single Wooden Stick or Rattan Cane
What is used in Sinawali?
A Double Wooden Stick
True or False:
The Bamboo splits weave pattern used in walling and matting.
True
This is a close-combat affair that must develop skills in parrying and striking with utmost dexterity.
Arnis
Arnis emphasizes the use of what?
The Stick and Hand-Arm Movement
What are the Three traditional training methods of Arnis?
- Muestrasion or Pandalag
- Sangga at Patama or Sombre Tabak
- Larga Muton or Labanang Totohanan
This traditional training method teaches the artistic execution of swinging movement and stroking for offense and defense in repetitive drills.
Muestrasion or Pandalag
This traditional training method shows striking, thrusting, and parrying in a prearranged manner is taught.
Sangga at Patama or Sombre Tabak
This traditional training method shows that two trainees engage in free practice trying to outmaneuver each other using all skills.
Larga Muton or Labanang totohanan
What is the other name of Muestrasion?
Pandalag
What is the other name of Sangga at Patama?
Sombre Tabak
What is the other name of Larga Muton?
Labanang Totohanan
Who arrived in 1521 that met in battle with a group of islanders, led by Raja Lapu Lapu?
Ferdinand Magellan
When did Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the Philippines that was met with a group of isalanders?
1521
Who led the group of islanders that battle with Ferdinand Magellan’s Force?
Raja Lapu-Lapu
True or False:
Did Raja Lapu-Lapu defeated Magellan?
True
How did Lapu-Lapu defeated Magellan? What is he using?
Lapu-Lapu defeated Magellan using a bladed weapon due to Magellan’s armored and musket bearing conquistadors were overpowered.
When did the Spanish return in the Philippines?
1570s
This was a standard fighting technique in the hand-to-hand combat of the Filipinos when they reverted against Spain.
Kali
Using this weapons, the katipuneros engaged the Spanish soldiers in savage skirmishes. What are the weapons?
Itak or Bolo
History states that Bonifacio brandished a weapon, what is that weapons?
Bolo
This is a standard weapon in Kali in Bonifacio’s Cry of Balintawak.
Bolo
He studied Kali or Arnis before he left for Europe.
Dr. Jose Rizal
Before Dr. Jose Rizal left a continent he studied Arnis, what is the continent?
Europe
They also studied Arnis even before the start of the Revolution, who are they?
Gen. Gregorio del Pilar and Gen. Antonio Luna
What year did the acceptance of Arnis became widespread?
1896
He started a school for the study of Arnis and foil fencing. The decline of Kali and the Emergence of the Word Arnis.
Jose de Azas
True or False:
Kali was declined in popularity when the Spanish authorities discouraged and eventually banned the practice of the art.
True
The Spaniards must have considered the Art of Kali _____ or _______
Lethal or Dangerous
There is a socio-religious play introduced by the friars dramatizing the __________.
Christian Spaniards over the Muslim Moors of Granada, Spain
Filipino again had a chance to practice the art of Kali and it was revived due to?
The play called for the use of fighting techniques using a sword or a similar bladed weapon with the introduction of Moro-Moro
In the play, Spanish soldiers fighting for Christianity were supposed to wear ______
Arnes
Arnes is a Spanish word for the English ______
Harness
What is a Harness?
A colorful trappings worn by medieval soldiers.
True or False:
From the word arnes came the present Arnis.
True