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Arnis is the national martial art of the Philippines that focuses on weapon-based fighting using knives, sticks, and other weapons. It developed as a combat sport to defend oneself through hand-to-hand combat, grappling, and weapon disarming. Players use sticks called baston to score points against their opponent within a designated playing area over two one-minute rounds, aiming strikes above the thighs. Scoring is based on the quantity and effectiveness of strikes as well as controlling the ring area.

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Arnis!

Arnis is the national martial art of the Philippines that focuses on weapon-based fighting using knives, sticks, and other weapons. It developed as a combat sport to defend oneself through hand-to-hand combat, grappling, and weapon disarming. Players use sticks called baston to score points against their opponent within a designated playing area over two one-minute rounds, aiming strikes above the thighs. Scoring is based on the quantity and effectiveness of strikes as well as controlling the ring area.

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ARNIS

HISTORY
Arnis is the official national sport and the martial art 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. Arnis is a combat sport to defend oneself
from attacks using hand to hand combat, grappling and weapon
disarming in weapon-based fights.
Objectives:
The sport Arnis is played between two fighters with a main objective of
earning more points by legally attacking the opponent with the help of
stick. It is said that Arnis develops self-discipline and control because this
sport is a simple martial art and it is all about defending oneself by using
sticks.

Participants
For individual category event in Arnis, one player is selected
per team and for team category, three players are selected per
team.
Impact weapons usually consist of Baston and is the most basic and
EQUIPMENTS common weapon in Arnis. Traditional common materials used for
wooden Bastons are usually rattan, kamagong, and bahi wood.
Arnis Equipment
Playing Area

The playing area is a square measuring 26.24 feet (8 meters) on one side with 6.56 feet
(2 meters) of minimum free zone drawn outside it. All the lines of the playing surface are
1.97 inch (5.08 cm) in width and four lines mark the boundary of the playing area. The
two lines of 3.28 feet (1 meter) long and 6.56 feet (2 meters) aside mark the
horizontal match line. When the horizontal match line runs perpendicular to the official’s
table it is drawn 9.84 feet (3 meters) from the boundary lines whereas 11.48 feet (3.5
meters) from the boundary line if drawn parallel to the official’s table.
Gameplay

While playing this sport, the two fighters need to


be fully equipped with the protective gears and
are allowed to hit their opponents only above
their thighs in two round matches at one minute
per round with thirty seconds of rest between
rounds. Arnis has a four second rule that restricts
the participants from making the same strike
more than twice in succession. Moreover, if a rule
is broken then the officials give a warning sign
before disqualification. At the end of the game
the fighter with highest points wins.
1. Left Temple Strike 7. Right Chest Thrust
2. Right Temple Strike 8. Right Knee Attack
3. Left Shoulder Strike 9. Left Knee Attack
4. Right Shoulder Strike 10. Left Eye Thrust
5. Stomach Thrust 11. Right Eye Thrust
6. Left Chest Thrust 12. Head or Crown Strike

Striking Techniques
Scoring
All matches are scored by 3 judges on the “10 Point must”
system. Scoring is based on Quantity of strikes,
Effectiveness of Strikes and Ring Generalship (time spent
staying within the ring). In single stick competition,
disarms shall be scored as part of the match as a
mandatory point deduction and if 3 disarms take place this
would result in a Technical Knockout (“TKO”) whereas in
double stick competition, a fighter point will not be
deducted if disarmed and will continue to fight with one
weapon until the end of the round. If a fighter loses both
the weapons, then he / she will automatically lose the
match.
Basic footwork in Arnis:

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