Pinoy Martial Arts Session - Arnis-Eskrima System

[Arie]

Originally Posted by RHB

martial art or hitting each other with sticks? have to see it I guess.

stick fight seems a filipino martial arts

and it made me wonder how handy it is since likely the first thing ,a filipino that wants to hurt you, picks up is a bolo. Seen that it recently on television they showed filipino 'martial arts' another was knife fighting.

Isn't there a filipino martial arts based on bolo's? Or is that sort of; whoever scores the first hit has certainly won?

considering that the best surving stragegy is to run like hell at one point evolution should produce great filipino sprinting champions

[aying]

Originally Posted by Arie

stick fight seems a filipino martial arts...

not "seems", IT is a fact, Arie.. that stick fighting or Arnis IS a Filipino Martial Art...

And so with the "yo-yo" being used as a weapon. It was supposedly invented in China..but the early Filipinos used it for hunting.....


And yes, Ike Xavier Villaflores does teach Muay Thai and Arnis... and he is very good at it....

[Pedro]

Even Bruce Lee and Steven Segal have used Arnis techniques in their movies, but I guess you have to be a martial arts fan to know that. Great to hear that the tradition is being taught in Duma. It is one of Pinoy "arts" I hope my children are able to pick up on and enjoy.