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Arnis – Philippines National Sport
Even before Ferdinand Magellan made it to the Philippines in April 1521, martial
arts and combat had already made it to the islands. In fact, Magellan was soon
slain by a Filipino sword under chief Raja LapuLapu during battle. Martial arts in
the Philippines has evolved from traditional indigenous fighters and other various
fighting methods transplanted to the islands into a popular combat sport today.
Known for their heavy use of weaponry, the Philippines formed their own fighting
styles and techniques practiced throughout the world for various combat training.

https://theculturetrip.com/asia/philippines/articles/arnis-the-philippines-national-
sport-and-martial-art/
Arnis is otherwise known as eskrima, kali and garrote, and by even more names
in different Filipino regional languages. Although Spanish influence had a
pacifying effect on Filipino martial culture, the original warrior ethos has persisted
and remains on the fringes of the art. Arnis “death-matches” were outlawed as
late as 1945 yet, as Mark V. Wiley explains in Filipino Martial Culture, they still
take place in private today.

https://www.topendsports.com/sport/list/arnis.htm
Arnis is the national martial art sport of Philippines. It is also known as Eskrima
and Kali. This sport actually emphasizes weapon based fighting which is done
using knives, bladed weapons, sticks and various improvised weapons. It also
includes hand to hand combat, grappling and weapon disarming methods.
http://fmapulse.com/fma-corner/arnis-pushed-national-sport/
Members of Filipino Martial Arts, led by Harbour Centre owner Mikee Romero,
have thrown their full support behind the bill filed by Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri to
make arnis the country’s national sport.
Romero and Zubiri, both avid arnis practitioners, are rallying strong support for
arnis to be the country’s answer to Thailand’s muay thai, Japan’s karatedo and
Korea’s taekwondo.Zubiri recently filed Senate Bill 1424 that hopes to make the
bill move on to its third reading in the senate and get a corresponding approval
from the House of Representatives before hopefully the bill turns into law late this
year.
Romero, meanwhile, is calling for a national Filipino Martial Arts congress this
year to revive interest in local martial arts, especially in arnis.
https://www.rappler.com/sports/specials/palarong-pambansa/2012/4293-arnis-a-
proudly-pinoy-sport
The other theory goes farther back in history than the first. It is suggested that we
actually got arnis from our Southeast Asian neighbours – specifically during the
Madjapahit and Shri-Vajayan empires. This suggestion is due to linguistic
similarities of the other names of arnis. Some accounts also describe a martial
art practiced during the said periods that is similar to arnis.
However, because of the new culture brought by our colonizers, arnis was
overshadowed and almost went out of the spotlight. Luckily, with the rise of
martial arts as a popular sport during the 1980s, arnis was able to recapture the
interest not of the Filipinos, but also of the whole world in general
https://www.combatscience.net/history-of-arnis/
The terms Arnis, Kali and Escrima are all used to refer to the Filipino martial arts.
There has been some confusion as to what word refers to which part of the
martial art. It is believed that Arnis, Kali, and Escrima are all a part of the same
art and depending on the location, dialect and type of training taught. Also, any of
the three names may apply to a certain part of training. One interpretation is that
Kali is the mother art of Arnis and Escrima. Arnis focuses on the knife, including
dagger, sword, and any other form of bladed weapon. Escrima is based on the
baston or stick. It has also become very popular in the sport aspect of full contact
stick fighting.

https://www.scribd.com/doc/47567457/HISTORY-OF-ARNIS
The History of Arnis dates back before the colonization of the Spaniards, during
those periods itwas called Kali and the techniques of the art is focused on bladed
weapons fighting. Kali waswidely practiced throughout the archipelago; both
nobleman and commoners were enthusiast and practitioners of the said art. Also
during those days Kali is being taught in a school like traininggrounds, which was
called Bothoan along with military tactics, Alibata (Native Alphabet), andherbal
medicines
https://stickfightingsport.com/brief-arnis-history/
Arnis is originally an art that was practiced by the commoner or peasant class.
Because of this, most practitioners of the system lacked the necessary education
to create any form of written record or documentation. While the same can be
stated of numerous martial arts, this is particularly true for Arnis martial arts since
nearly all of its Arnis history is merely anecdotal, promotional, or oral.
http://www.gottalightmyfire.com/blog/gunas/a-brief-history-of-arnis
Initially employing sticks and bow and arrows for combat, the native Filipino were
first introduced to the long bladed weapon by the migrating Malays in 200B.C.
From this initial encounter, the Filipinos began utilizing the long blade not only for
its effectiveness as a farming tool, but for combat as well. This devised method of
knife fighting was known as kalis (later reduced to kali); a combative art
specializing in all manners of bladed weaponry.
Passed down only to certain Filipino classes, similar to that of the Samurai in
Japan, kali was a highly effective weaponized fighting system that helped aid the
Filipino people in many defences against foreign invaders. Historically, it can be
said that in 1521, during the landing of Ferdinand Magellan in Cebu, the
greatest kali warrior of the time, Raja (chief) Lapu Lapu, displayed the true
effectiveness of kali when he struck down Magellan with two fatal blows — one to
the knee and one to the neck — warding off the impending Spanish invasion.
The arnis masters passed down their styles and techniques along their family line
to keep their skills alive. The art of stick fighting lived through the centuries and it
became very evident during the American occupation, particularly in the
Balangiga incident in Eastern Samar.
https://www.reference.com/sports-active-lifestyle/brief-history-arnis-
6d9f12dd52d4b20c
According to historical documents Company C, 9th U.S. Infantry ("Manchus")
Regiment, were on station duty in Balangiga in 1901. To fraternize with the
locals, they engaged with them through baseball games and drinking local wine.
In return, the locals entertained their occupiers with arnis stick-fighting
demonstrations.