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is the Philippine indigenous martial art ,most popularly known as stick-fighting
ARNIS
Arnis is popular throughout the world as
Kali or Eskrima, or Filipino Martial Art ( FMA).
arnis has three popular modes:
Solo baston ( single stick), doble baston (two sticks ) espada y daga ( Spanish term for sword and dagger).
n addition, , other fighting modes exist such as
mano mano (empty hand),
daga ( single dagger) and daga y daga( two daggers)
Other groups practice the longer staffs such as the
bangkaw or tapado , as well as the spear.
ARNIS is characterized by three aspects :
self-defense system, cultural aspect and sport aspect
As the guiding tenet in all martial arts is efficiency in simplicity, techniques are designed to achieve ease in execution so as to become more effective
self-defense system
the forms aspect is used in exhibitions and choreography . This side of arnis is more flashy and movements are more flowery, but most moves are not practical in an actual fight.
cultural aspect