The Human Weapon: Eskrima Labai

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Eskrima (or Escrima), a fighting style indigenous to the Philippines, is believed to have evolved from Chinese, Malaysian and Indonesian martial arts forms brought to the islands by South China Sea traders around the 2nd century. It is a mostly weapons-based fighting style that combines punches, kicks, takedowns and joint lock techniques with stick and sword or knife fighting techniques. Eskrima was first introduced to the non-Filipino world in 1521, when Spanish explorers led by Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the South China Sea to stake their claim on the Philippine islands. Soon after the invasion, Magellan himself was killed on the small island of Mactan by native resisters armed with hardened sticks and led by the islands chief, Lapu-Lapu.

Spain eventually gained control of the Philippines and outlawed all indigenous martial arts. Over the next several centuries, many fighters continued their practice in secret, by disguising Eskrima techniques in what they pretended were ceremonial dance-like rituals. The ban was lifted after 1898, when the United States won control of the Philippines from Spain, but an air of secrecy remained around Eskrima and its practitioners. During World War II, Filipino fighters used the stick-and-sword techniques to resist Japanese invaders, compensating for a lack of firearms with powerful, swift movements of their sticks and knives.

By the 1970s, however, organizations such as the Doce Pares association and the World Eskrima Kali Arnis Federation (WEKAF) had managed to turn Eskrima from a martial art used primarily for killing into a sport, with organized competitions and generally sanctioned rules and regulations. Eskrima techniques are still employed by the Filipino army, especially in its struggle against guerrilla members of the militant Islamic organization Abu Sayyaf, related to Al Qaeda.

Adapted from the Spanish word esgrima (fencing), Eskrima is variously referred to as Arnis (from the Spanish word for harness) and Kali. Unlike other martial arts, each strike in Eskrima is designed to be used three different ways: empty-handed; with a knife; or with a baston, or stick, often made of a lightweight bamboo-like wood called rattan. Eskrima fighters can use single-stick, double-stick and stick-and-dagger techniques. Some key moves in Eskrima include tapi-tapi, a system of defensive checks and counter-attacks, and labai, a violent takedown where a fighter checks his opponent, locks his opponents elbow over his arm, and uses leg thrust and momentum to throw the other fighter to the ground.


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[GaolisVideoLog]

@AmonRea "that looks like one of the aikido techniques"

The unarmed Arnis techniques, as well as Aikido both derive from sword fighting. That's one reason why they share the almost the same throws and levers. However, the nature in Japan is different from SEA, that's why the Arnis rechniques are more compact and rely more on strength.

Apart from that, humans have the same anatomy everywhere. So, you'll see the same techniques in all fighting systems. Just diff. arrangement or focus

[KlausYTY]

@AmonRea Yeah Jujinage or crossthrow.

[SchWaT3nMaG3n]

@Pinkchapman i´m a super saiyan. dude i would care :D

[Pinkchapman]

@SchWaT3nMaG3n ok..... they sneak behind you and put you in choke hold. got 15 seconds to do something. O wait! theres 2 of them. so your screwed.

[TheSilatiger]

also in silat and hapkido

[SchWaT3nMaG3n]

i would shoot these guys with a glock.

done.

[roooGhan]

@neilsenable who cares if you don't know how to pronounce?

we don't even care about you.... we're just proud that (if your an american and some other country in the world like Russia & Germany) are using the Filipino Combat Fighting techniques to train their Military.

Not to mention that even Hollywood movies like Bourne series are using it in their fight scenes.

[DavidTimothyLovegod]

In the documentary before the animation the Eskrima master switches the second hand grip from a sward grip to a scabbard grip. This is a subtle but important point. If you don't understand why there is no way to try to explain, but observe what happens when you try to roll out of any other grip configuration. One hand is always lost, so control is lost. Both hands are only retained here because the arm remain crossed and so the uncrossing force of the arms is lost from the throw.

[SgtMayopants]

lol, i tried this one my bro. . . somehow i was the one that landed on my back. :/

[darkyperv34]

lol i Remember this move!! I use to love it in The game. True crime, streets of L.A

[AZKAL1297]

Eskrimia martial arts originates from Philippines



[ledgen95]

light grey guy: "yea bitch!"