PE

• Arnis


  A self-defense system and combative sport founded by Remy Presas and improved by his younger brother
• Arnis is the national martial art as approved by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2009
• Philippine martial arts


  • Use of weapons like bolos and arnis
• Arnis primary weapon


  Rattan stick called a cane or baston, usually about 28 inches in length
• 10 to 11 belts can be attained in Arnis training
• Persons who fight and are involved in the Arnis

  Arnisadors
• Attention stance


  • Stand with feet at 45 degrees angle, heels close together
• Open-leg stance


  • Stand with legs spread apart about shoulder width
• Back stance


  • Stand with one foot backward with rear-foot toes pointing outward and front-foot toes pointing forward
• Forward stance


  • Move one leg forward at a distance about twice the width of shoulder and about 30 degrees to the side and bend front leg at the knee with cane in the center of and in fighting form
• Oblique forward stance


  • Executed by stepping either foot obliquely forward and obliquely to the left or to the right