Martial Arts Weapons Training : History of the Escrima in the Martial Arts

[miguelgdadu]

oh my god.... your hands are too distant from the the lower tip.... it should be 2 inches..... or else you will be easily disarmed.....

-Doce Pares' student

[jasonthedragon73]

My friend,I hate to be picky but..That aint how you hold em..your hands are too far up. You want to have about 2 inches of the butt beneath your hand.Not the 6 you were showing.Also at the beginning you loosely twirled the stick between your fingers..Eskrima requires a solid grip else it's too easy to get them knocked out of your hand..Please,if you are going to show the world your skills,do it correctly..I feel qualified to speak on the subject as I've studied eskrima in the Phillippines.Thanks

[thojboi87]

I would kick this guys ass, dumb white fucker

[cstellmach]

they're Kali sticks, escrimas are longer!!!

[jamesinct]

lmao read some books by Dan Inosanto , then get back 2 me.

[billterm77]

no histroy

[chinellas]

hmp...thanks for wasting my time...

[KiIIroyWuzHere]

Like Anyone here really needed to learn about the history of sticks.

[JKL09KL]

tss i think u got all infos from wikipedia xD or? go in China and learn about the Original Martial Arts x]

[miguelgdadu]

@JKL09KL lol....its not from china though.... its from Philippines....

[KylaYong22]

@miguelgdadu It's originated in Cebu, when Magellan came, eskrimadors were the ones fighting the Spaniards

[miguelgdadu]

@KylaYong22 Yep... btw are you a doce pares student too? from phil. HeHeHE:)

[KylaYong22]

@miguelgdadu yeah, I'm an eskrimadora from Bacolod city, I'm also a red belt in 태권도

[miguelgdadu]

@KylaYong22 parehas ra diay ta... Lol :D sa cebu ko.... doce pares HQ... XD

[butheads4]

wow your just a dumb ass who probably made your own black belt and learnd this infromatin about weaapons from a handycap go die in ahole fagot

[Maodifi]

just another piece of shit.

[marcosfenrir]

First, where's the History? All that was said was a very basic overview of the weapon, not the History behind it. Most importantly, THE FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS DON'T HAVE NOR THEY EVER DID HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH NINJUTSU! Being a Black Belt in Kobudo doesn't makes anyone an expert on a totally different martial art from a totally different country.

[ndsboy888]

hes fat.. no fat guys can learn martial arts without lossing weigh.... he thinks he knows martial arts.. nah..

[anonymous133711]

@ndsboy888 actually everyone can learn martial arts.... ofc he could learn martial arts but the thing is... hw u use it

[futonking]

It's sad to see our martial art's "history" (our sacrifices, knowledge and art) and its evolution explained like this.

No history of who we are as people, why the art transferred from blades to sticks. Foundation and understanding behind the art is key to your progress and growth as an FMA student.

I'm all for the preservation, expansion of our art and have been a long time practitioner. But it's sad to see that people see this video as "expert" reference to our beautiful but deadly art

[Syfa]

With slightly over a minute for an explanation afforded to him by the producers of the video, it would have been hard to do *any* martial arts tool justice.

[atong99]

i'm not satisfied with the history summary... but the the purpose.. hmmm not bad!

[akainoryu64]

you are Ridiculous !!!

[renoboy666]

I hate to be critical, but this video clip is practically useless. It sounds like the sort of demo/lecture you would give to 85-year-old women down at the local senior citizens hall. If you're going to talk about escrima sticks, how about some history of the Filipino martial arts or a demo of two or three common FMA techniques or counters?

[spar00champ]

wow did i post that comment i dont think that was me i dot even remember

[DrewOchsner]

I really don't want to sound like an ass, but in all seriousness, where did you earn your black belt? What style did you train in? With all due respect it almost seems like you read a book or two and went and ordered a whole dojo (belts weapons and everything) from a century catalog.

Also,Where did you learn to use escrimas. I don't really see hardly any Arnis or Kali fundamentals in your escrima fighting.

[hush181]

don't you know the escrima stick is an okinawan weapon, like deeeeeuuuuh captian obvouis

(im laughing here okay)

i'm watching this guy's clips and really feeling that i really want to slap him dead and i mean bitch/pimp slap him dead

[spar00champ]

there was no history about the escrima sticks.

all it was was how it can be used.i bet you dont even know where it came from.

next time when you say "that is a simple history" say some history before you say that.

[wangbuh300]

it originally came from the philippines YEAH!!

[AirBurglar]

Probably because sticks have been used for fighting since people have been able to hold them. Or monkeys, if you've seen "2001: A Space Oddysee" where they use the "escrima" bones, lol. Actually, I think that should be the official history of escrima sticks. ;)

[anonymous133711]

@spar00champ actually there is... it came from the philippines tho escrima(ma) was not really performed using 2 sticks instead 2 sword(kampilan, kalis and etc) long story short it was forbidden by the spaniards so they improvised it with sticks as u see there are no written book about the techniques because the moves were passed on by mouths of the guro <-- i think its a filipino word fr master or something.... well thats all i know

learned it when i studied escrima

[salamani]

You can also use it like a hanbo.