Hihi

• Sports are usually competitive physical activities or games that aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators.
• Left Hand: Strikes the left temple of the opponent or sparring partner.
• Right Hand: Extended at the back holding the cane pointing upwards.
• Individual Sport is a sport in which participants compete as individuals.
• Dual Sport is a sport that require two (2) players on each side.
• Team Sport is a sport which involves three (3) or more players working together towards a shared objective.
• A team sport is an activity in which individuals are organized into opposing teams which compete to win.
• Sport Injuries can be caused by accidents or acts of violence, and may occur at home, work, or play.
• Injuries can be due to impact from blunt objects or from objects that penetrate the body.
• Stages of Sport Injuries include 1st degree (mild, least severe, a couple days to heal if treated properly), 2nd degree (moderate but more severe, physiotherapy may be needed), 3rd degree (most severe, surgery, physiotherapy, up to 12 months to recover).
• Categories of Sport Injuries include Acute (usually associated with a sudden, traumatic event such as clashing into another player during a game or fall from a bike) and Chronic (caused by repeated overuse of muscle group or joints).
• The body should not be too low or extended otherwise it will be hard to maneuver.
• The parts of the body indicated below are parts of the body of your opponent.
• Both toes are pointing in front, the waist and the body are facing forward.
• Common Sport Injuries include Sprain (damage to joints and are also classed as soft tissue injuries), Strain (soft tissue injuries and can happen when a muscle is twisted or wrenched), Torn Cartilage (a soft tissue injury that occurs when a joint is twisted excessively, usually when changing direction or pivoting at speed), Dislocation (hard tissue injury that occurs when a joint is moved outside of its designed range), Fracture (hard tissue injuries that occur when an excessive impact or force is put on the bone).
• 12 Blocking Techniques are: Left temple, right temple, left elbow, right elbow, left knee, right knee, left eye, right eye, left chest, right chest, left shoulder, right shoulder.
• Punong Lakan Garitony Nicolas is known as “The Father of Modern Sinawali.”
• Sports are usually competitive physical activities or games that aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators.
• The crisscrossing movements of sinawali weapons fighting mimic the pattern of these mats.
• If the left foot moves to the side it becomes Left Foot Side Stance, if the right foot moves to the side it becomes Right Foot Side Stance.
• In Single Sinawali, the Right Hand strikes the left temple of the opponent or sparring partner.
• Distribute the weight or center of gravity to both legs.
• The Left Hand in Single Sinawali is placed across the body with stick pointing at the back.
• In Double Sinawali, the Right Hand holds the cane across the neck.
• Left Hand: Strikes the left temple of the opponent or sparring partner.
• Right Hand: Extended at the back holding the cane pointing upwards.
• The Left Hand in Double Sinawali strikes the left knee of the opponent or sparring partner.
• Sinawali is the double-cane method of fighting in arnis.
• The name sinawali came from the Tagalog word “sawali,” a woven split bamboo mats used as walls of nipa huts.
• 12 Striking Points are: Left temple, right temple, left elbow, right elbow, left knee, right knee, left eye, right eye, left chest, right chest, left shoulder, right shoulder.
• Side Stances are commonly used for strike deflection and evasion techniques.
• Moving foot will be perpendicular to the ground while the other leg is extended thereby creating a position like that of a side kick.
• Single Sinawali has 4 Striking Points: Left temple, right knee, right temple, left knee.
• Double Sinawali has 6 Striking Points: Left temple, left knee, right temple, right temple, right knee, left temple.
• Individual Sport is a sport in which participants compete as individuals.
• Dual Sport is a sport that require two (2) players on each side.
• The salutation or “saludo” is a courtesy given by both fighters, where the stick is held down open, legs face each other, leg is closed by moving the left leg close to the right 45 degree angle, lifted to the chest where the butt is resting on the chest, and the top of the stick is pointing up.
• Arnis is a Filipino martial art that can be performed individually or with a partner using a single stick or a pair of sticks for striking and blocking; can also be used for self-defense.
• The attention stance is standing with feet forming a 45 degrees angle, heels close, knees straight, waist and body facing forward, shoulders dropped to the side, and hands at waist level.
• The ready stance is standing with feet apart parallel to the shoulder, toes pointing forward, knees straight, waist and body facing forward, hands on waist level, and sticks held on both sides.