WHAT IS ARNIS?

a martial art and a sport

traditionally practiced in the
Philippines and characterized by the
use of sticks, bladed weapons, and
bare hands in combat.
 ARNIS, as a martial arts, was
spawned in the Philippines soil.
 It was known as in ancient
Philippines as Kali, an ancient
Malayan word which means implies
a large bladed weapon longer than
a knife
ARNIS is a COMBAT
SPORT to defend oneself
from attacks using hand to hand
combat, grappling and weapon disarming in
weapon-based fights.
ARNIS
HISTORY
 Arnisis the official
national sport and
the martial art of
the Philippines.
 Arnis was declared and approved as the
“Philippine National Martial Arts and
Sports” on December 11, 2009
 This is also known as
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9850, an act declaring
Arnis as the national martial arts and sports
of the Philippines
it is also known as "Kali" or "Eskrima".
These two terms are used for the
traditional martial art of the Philippines
(“Filipino Martial Arts”, or “FMA”) that
focuses on weapon-based fighting with
knives, sticks, bladed weapons and some
improvised weapons.
 Senator Juan Miguel
Zubiri is the
principal author of
RA 9850 which
declares Arnis as the
national martial art
and sport of the
Philippines.
 He also holds
the rank of a
black belt in
Arnis and has
been a WEKAF
World
Champion.
 He currently holds the
position of President and
Chairman of the
PHILIPPINE ESKRIMA
KALI ARNIS
FEDERATION, an
organization that aims to
uplift the status of Arnis
through inclusion in
international events such
as the South East Asian
Games.
 REMY AMADOR PRESAS was
the founder of Modern Arnis.
 Born in Negros Occidental, Philippines, he
moved to the United States in 1974, where he
taught his art via seminars and camps. In 1982
he was inducted into the Black Belt Hall of
Fame as Instructor of the Year.
 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.
What is the main
weapon of Arnis?
BASTON
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.
ARNIS PADDED STICKS
 KALI-is term used in Visayas and
Mindanao
 ESKRIMA- Involves a lunging forward
- From the Spanish word
ESGRIMIR meaning, to brandish
a sword.
 The
word Arnis got originated from the old
Spanish term, arnés,
meant “armor”and Eskrima is
a Filipinization of the Spanish
word, esgrima for fencing.
 Whereas the name ‘Kali’ was derived from
the pre-Hispanic
Filipano term ‘Kalis’ which
meant Blades and Fencing.
 Historystates that Bonifacio
brandished a bolo, a standard
weapon in kali in his famous "Cry of
Balintawak." However, kali declined
in popularity as early as 1596 when
the Spanish
authorities discouraged the
practice of the art (it was eventually
banned in 1764).
ARNIS
BASIC
STANCE
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STRIKE
AREAS IN
ARNIS /
12 BASIC
STRIKES IN
ARNIS
 SINAWALI
 Sinawali drills are some of the most
fundamental to Filipino Martial Arts (FMA)
and kali. Literally meaning
"weaving," sinawali drills are done with
two escrima, one in either hand.
SINAWALI
 The name refers to the patterns the
sticks make as they move, weaving in and
out and over and under each other's
paths.
 This play is characterized by the criss-
crossing movement of the canes.
Thetraditional Sinawali has
merely three methods
namely: single sinawali,
double sinawali, and
redonda,