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DEFINITION OF ARNIS 1. Arnis is the official national sport and the martial art of the Philippines. It is also known as "Kali" or "Eskrima" and is a form of martial arts that focuses on weapon-based fighting with knives, sticks, bladed weapons and some improvised weapons. The sport also includes hand to hand combat, grappling, joint locks and weapon disarming techniques. 2. Arnis is a martial art characterized by the use of “swinging and twirling movements, accompanied by striking, thrusting and parrying techniques for defense and offense.” Having been handed down from generation to generation for centuries, the discipline hones the skill, speed, accuracy and agility of its practitioners. 3. Arnis is a deadly form of Original Filipino self-defense, which basically uses the garote; usually rattan sticks as the main weapon and as extension of the hands to maximize reach and power. The bare hand (which is usually the left) is used as necessary support to the right hand in the absence of another stick or dagger. In other cases or styles, two sticks or swords are used. Otherwise empty hands may also be used as effectively as when there are weapons. COMPRESSED DEFINITION OF ARNIS Arnis, also known as Eskrima or Kali, is a combat sport to defend oneself from attacks using sticks, bladed weapons, hand to hand combat, grappling, weapon disarming in weapon-based fights.

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