ARNIS [PE] 1ST YEAR 1ST SEM

filipino martial arts was solely developed primarily as protection for oneself that grew to share to the family and
at the same time be of service to the community.

it was used during the pre-hispanic times using farm implements, be it agricultural or aquatic in nature.

today, fma or the filipino martial arts is more than just a self-protection system, but more of a gift to bridge
communities of protection around the globe.

The indigenous style of fighting collectively known as filipino martial arts or fma was originally used to defend
tribes from attacks by other plants or to set the local disputes.

it focused on the use of bladed weapons and was taught to every member of a family, both men and women.

this is before the philippines was colonized by spain, and under whom the practice was banned.

But filipinos continued to secretly train by using sticks instead of blades and hiding the forms and moves in other
artistic expressions.

you would see that fma movements could be seen in certain cultural dances in the country, taught very young
children.

you would see that there is music, there is costumes.

the maglalatik wherein coconut shells are positioned in the bodies, that would symbolize strike points and slash
points for attacks.

you would see paired pandangos using the lights, where in evasive tactics and this arms would be seen.

the very popular tinikling that we have evading and putting in the footwork strategies on the beat of a bamboo
could be seen and this is very much filipino, and very act into the culture.

today fma has become a stable fighting system among the military and law enforcement units not only in the
philippines but also in countries like russia, moldova, and kyrgyzstan to name a few.

You'll also find it being used as a form of self-defense as exercise and even in action scenes in hollywood movies
with the knife. (entertainment)

There are two different groups fma has gained a reputation of being a deadly style because of the use of bladed
weapons, but the art is only as lethal as a practitioner wants it to be.
filipino martial arts is considered as the most deadliest fighting art in the world.

however i'd rather use the term the most flexible fighting art in the world because it can be as deadly as you
want it to be or it can be as light as you want it to be.

say for example if we're teaching women who just wanted to stay fit and learn how to defend themselves that
can be used as a means of exercise.

however when we're teaching the military, now that's a different story.

this becomes lethal.

as filipinos migrated the skills of fma have gone with them and been shared around the world.

in times of peace the filipino martial arts for fma is a tool to create friendships and build bridges.

the training is very relevant for the reason that it teaches one to respect oneself in relation to your environment
and to respect your fellow human beings

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The History of Arnis dates back before the colonization of the Spaniards, during those periods it was called Kali
and the techniques of the art is focused on bladed weapons fighting.

📍Kali was widely practiced throughout the archipelago; both nobleman and commoners were enthusiasts and
practitioners of the said art.

Also during those days Kali is being taught in a schoollike training ground which was called Bothoan along with
military tactics, Alibata (Native Alphabet) and herbal medicines.

📍On the dawn of April 27, 1521 the Portuguese navigator and warrior named Ferdinand Magellan was
defeated by a native warrior chief named Lapu-Lapu.

This was the recorded incident in which Kali was used against foreign invaders.

Forty years after that event, on April of 1564 another warrior navigator from Spain named Miguel De Legaspi
landed in Abuyog Leyte, Philippines.
He was aware of the unfortunate fate of Magellan so took a nonhostile approach to avoid battle with the native.

📍He befriend the warrior chief Malitik. It is at this point he witnessed the deadly fighting skills of the natives
through a demo to entertain them. Afterward he traveled to the nearby island of Sugbo and met another
warrior chief named Tupas. He took a non-hostile approach again to avoid confrontation. For the second time he
witnessed the formidable fighting techniques of the natives through a

demonstration.

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

📍Modern Arnis is the system of Filipino fighting arts founded by Remy Presas as a self-defense system. His goal
was to create an injury-free training method as well as an effective self-defense system in order to preserve the
older Arnis systems.

📍The term Modern Arnis was used by Remy Presas' younger brother Ernesto Presas to describe his style of
Filipino martial arts; since 1999 Ernesto Presas has called his system Kombatan.

📍It is derived principally from the traditional Presas family style of the Bolo (machete) and the stick-dueling art
of Balintawak Eskrima, with influences from other Filipino and Japanese martial arts.

📍12 Basic Strikes in Arnis;

1. Left Temple

2. Right Temple

3. Left Shoulder

4. Right Shoulder

5. Stomach Thrust

6. Left Chest

7. Right Chest

8. Right knee

9. Left knee

10. Left Eye

11. Right Eye

12. Crown

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forehand strike a strike performed from your dominant side to your target's vital point

backhand strike a striker form from your non-dominant side to your target's vital point

OPEN LEG STANCE

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12 zone striking system -

these are the 12 vital body parts that can be attacked. these are left and right temple left and right shoulder,
stomach left and right side of the chest, the knees the eyes and the crown of the head

strike number one - open leg stance step your right foot forward while raising your right arm placing it at the
right side of your head with stick at the right back side of your head execute a forehand strike hitting your
opponent's left temple. in one continuous movement, draw your right arm back placing at the left side of your
head with stiff place in your left back side.

strike number two - last position of strike number one, execute backhand strike, hitting your opponent's stripe
temple. in one continuous movement throw back your right arm placing it back to the right side of your head,
which sticks place at the right back side of your head

strike number three - from last position of strike number two, execute a forehand strike hitting your opponent's
left shoulder. in one continuous movement draw back your right arm placing it back to the left side of your head
stick at the left back side of your head

number four - from last position of strike number three execute a backhand strike hitting your

opponent's right shoulder in one continuous movement draw back your right arm

placing it to the right side of your body with stick place horizontally to the floor and pointing to your opponent

strike number five - from last position of strike number four execute a forehand trust hitting your opponent's
stomach draw back your right arm and place it to the right side of your head
stick this horizontally to the floor and pointing to your opponent

strike number six - from last position of strike number five execute a forward thrust hitting your opponent's left
chest. in one continuous movement draw back your right arm placing your fist in front of your left shoulder and
stick is pointing to your opponent

strike number seven execute a back thrust hitting your opponent's right chest and in one continuous movement,
move back your right arm and place it up to the last position of strike number six

strike number eight from last position of strike number seven execute downward backhand strike to hit the right
knee of your opponent in one continuous movement do back your

right arm placing it back to the right side of your head which sticks place at the right back side of your head

strike number 9 from last position of strike number 8, execute a downward forehand strike to

hit the left knee of your opponent in one continuous movement throw back your right arm placing it back to the
right side of your head with stick pointing to your opponent

strike number 10 - from last position of execute a forehand thrust hitting your opponent's left eye draw back
your right arm and place your fist in front of your left shoulder stick pointing to your opponent

number 11 from last position of strike number 10 execute a backhand thrust hitting your

opponent's right eye and in one continuous movement draw back your right arm and place at the right side of
your head with stick pointing at the back

strike number 12 from the last position of strike number 11, execute forehand strike hitting the crown of the
head in one continuous movement draw your

right arm back like in attention stance prepare to perform courtesy