The Human Weapon: Eskrima Palamut

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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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[WorldMilitia]

@McTasticle real martial arts wasnt designed for a ring fight, but a war

[WorldMilitia]

@alphie10 I agree with you 1000%. But, you must consider, that when these arts were first created, they were designed for war. Killing.

[latragokali]

Learn the basics of Kali. Search for Latrago Kali

[OrganizationXRoxas]

hey what is this system

[25151206]

@McTasticle To disable them and protect yourself from their further attacks.

[Ezi0AuditoreDiFirenz]

if you use this combo...you could transit to wing chun punches at the neck or the back or side of the head and end the game

[aa3gunner]

Jason Bourne

[HugeAntenna88]

when in fighting the heart pumps fast to shoot more oxygen to the brain. when an opponent received this lightning attack the circulation will be disrupted. the effect cannot really be determined but some people die because of hemorrhagic stroke few hours after they receive it.

[HugeAntenna88]

Don't under estimate this move may be without weapon this look like just tapping our opponent's sub mandibular area. But giving enough pressure can burst the carotid artery. Lot of people had payed their lives already caused they just take the attack simple.

[vxSetsunaxv]

Hey!! Where i live, theres a fighting style that uses this technique. I don't think its called Eskrima, but what they do is block the hand, and uses both hands, slide up the arm blocked, and hit the neck in the same place shown above. Their hands are clasped together as if u were praying. This stunned sum1 for at least 2 seconds. Like literally, he couldn't do anything for 3 seconds. Just saying

[alphie10]

@WorldMilitia yeahh