COMBATIVE AND MARTIAL ARTS lesson 2 arnis.pdf

COMBATIVE SPORTS

1. LESSON 2

2. HISTORY AND ORIGIN OF ARNIS:
•Spaniards encountered local Filipino martial arts
during the colonial period.
•In the early years, Eskrima was well regarded by
the Spaniards, but by 1596, it was banned as it
was thought to be too dangerous.
•By 1764, the practice was entirely forbidden.
•Spanish attempted to destroy the Philippine
culture by burning books and banning the use of
the native alphabet, Baybayin.
•However, Filipinos found a way to keep their
culture alive by incorporating Kali movements into
the religious Moro-Moro dances and weaving
Baybayin into artistic needlework

3. DEFINITION OF ARNIS
•Also known as Eskrima, Kali, Garrote and other
names invarious regional languages.
•A stick made of rattan, bahi, yantok, yakal or
kamagong, used in Philippine stick fighting.
•It is an Indigeneous Filipino martial arts and
sports characterized by the use of swinging and
twirling movements, accompanied by striking,
thrusting and parrying techniques for defense and
offense.
•Usually done with the use of 1 or 2 sticks or any
similar implements or with bare hands and feet
also used for striking, blocking, locking and
grappling, with the use of the same principle as
that with the canes.

4. SIGNIFICANCE OF ARNIS:
•It can be used as self-defense.
•You can use your stick as a
weapon.
•Arnis teaches us discipline and
self-control.
•It provides a full body workout.
•It gives you a healthy lifestyle.
•It gives you positive
encouragement and respect for
values in martial arts.

5. THREE TERMS OF ARNIS:
•Kali is the oldest term of arnis.
•It originated from the southern part of the
Philippines where the locals speak the
native dialect, Cebuano.
•Kali comes from the name itself
“Ka” stands for kamot which
means “hand,” and “Li” stands
for lihok, which means
“movement.”
•A Kali practitioner is known as a Kallista.
•Eskrima originated from the central part of
the Philippines.
•The name comes from a Spanish term
“esgrima,” which means “fencing.”

6. THREE TERMS OF ARNIS:
•Eskrima involved the use of sticks as
weapons.
•Eskrimador (male) or eskrimadora
(female) for those who call their art
eskrima.
•The third form, Arnis, came about
because of this attempt to keep Filipino
culture alive.
•The Spaniards were impressed by the
Kali-infused dances and skillful
movement of the hands.

7. LEGAL BASIS: Republic Act No. 9850 “AN ACT DECLARING
ARNIS AS THE NATIONAL
MARTIAL ART AND SPORT OF THE PHILIPPINES
- It is the policy of the State to inculcate
patriotism, nationalism and appreciation of the
role of national
heroes and symbols in the historical development
of the country.
The baston (Spanish and Filipino for "cane") is one
of the primary weapons of Arnis and Filipino
martial arts. It is also known as yantok, olisi, palo,
pamalo, garrote, caña, cane, arnis stick, eskrima
stick or simply, stick.

8. KINDS OF WEAPONS
1. Wooden stick/yantok
The cane (stick) made of wood or
rattan should measure not less
than 60cm. (24 inches) and not
more than 90cm. (36 inches.)

9. KINDS OF WEAPONS
2. Wooden Replica of a Bladed Weapon
The wooden replica should
measure not less than 60cm. (24
inches) and
not more than 90cm. (36 inches) in
full length and should be ethnic
Filipino in origin.

10. KINDS OF WEAPONS
3. Metallic/wooden Unbladed Replica of a Bladed Weapon
The metallic replica should measure not
less than 60cm. (24 inches) and not
more
than 90cm. (36 inches) in full length and
should be ethnic Filipino in origin.

11. KINDS OF WEAPONS
4. Metallic/wooden Unbladed of a replica of a bladed sword dagger
The metallic replica of the sword
should measures not more than
60cm. in
length and the dagger should
measure not less than 20cm. and
not more than
31cm. and should be Filipino in
origin.