Part I.

Profile of the Respondents

Direction: Please fill in the needed information and check (√) the option that matches your answer to each
item.
A, Personal Data
Name (Optional): _____________________
Age: _______________________________
Gender: Male ( )
Female ( )
Section: _____________________________

Part II. Student’s Perception to the Cardinal Principles and Basic Skills of Arnis
Direction: Put a check (√) based on your level of agreement or disagreement to the following related
factors.

Strongly Agree – 5 Agree – 4 Slightly Agree – 3 Disagree – 2 Strongly Disagree – 1

A. Cardinal Principles of Arnis

Indicators Strongly Disagree Slightly Agree Strongly

Disagree Agree Agree
Having a sense of moral and
religious values in playing.
To respect people fairly and
without judgment
To stand what is right and
avoid wrongdoings toward
other people.
To have a sincere feeling of
happiness toward the
success of others.
To stay committed to what
is right despite the
persuasion of others.
To control my temper to
achieve success.
To exercise proper etiquette
and respect whether it be in
competition or life itself.
To have a gratitude in
everything.
To have a loyalty to the
people who helps or teach
you.
To be persistent enough to
discover and develop new
skills.

B. Basic Skills of Arnis

Indicators Strongly Disagree Slightly Agree Strongly

Disagree Agree Agree
To use stick to defend one’s
self.
To use stick to block the
attack.
To use stick for thrusting
and striking.
To use empty-hand to cover
and attacker’s attempts to
strike you.
To use empty-hand to cover
the weapon hand of the
opponent to control his
movement.
To use my voice in a
dangerous situation
To extend the weapon hand
making it easier to strike
any part of the opponent
between its shoulder and
hips.
To thrust the weapon hand
to the stomach and followed
by an upward motion that
will cut through the
opponent’s body.
To use elbow to strike to
cause damage to the rib
cage.
To use lower leg to deliver
a powerful strike which
throws off opponent’s
balance and immobilize
him.
 Part III. Perceive Awareness about the Development of Self Defense
A. Close-Combat

Indicators Strongly Disagree Slightly Agree Strongly

Disagree Agree Agree
As a student, I think Arnis
will help me
To remember to always
protect myself
To use elbow strikes as one
of the most common and
also fastest attacks we can
use in close combat
To use hands to control
movement and take
advantage of other tactics
To get quick attacks while
still causing damage to the
opponent
 To improve ability to guard
against an enemy that is up
in your face.

B. Hand-eye Coordination

Indicators Strongly Disagree Slightly Agree Strongly

Disagree Agree Agree
As a student, I think Arnis
will help me
To enhanced athleticism
To have an efficient
performance of daily
functions.
To use hands to control
movement and take
advantage of other tactics
To use the eyes' ability to
judge the distance between
two objects
To help dexterity through
strengthening and
increasing range of motion
in hands and fingers
 C. Reaction Time

Indicators Strongly Disagree Slightly Agree Strongly

Disagree Agree Agree
As a student, I think Arnis
will help me
To react quickly which
helps to detect, block, or
evade an attack.
To develops quicker
reflexes which allow you to
evade incoming attackers
To eliminate the threat of an
opponent’s weapon
To think fast and make my
body stronger as I move a
lot
To provide real-
life practicality for
defending yourself from
weapon attacks