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• Open Leg Stance 


  Stand straight while legs are wide apart. This stance is commonly used when standing at ease before the start of training or tournament.
• Straddle Stance


  This is like the open leg stance, but the feet are further apart with the knees bent while the stick is in a fighting stance position.
• Cat Stance


  This is done where one foot is placed at the back while arms and hands are in a fighting stance position.
• Striking Techniques Involved in Arnis

  • Left Temple
  • Right Temple
  • Left Arm
  • Right Arm
  • Abdomen
  • Right Chest
  • Left Chest
  • Left Leg/Knee
  • Right Leg/Knee
  • Thrust to Left Eye
  • Thrust to Right Eye
  • Strike to Head or Crown
• Arnis


  The system of Filipino martial arts founded by the late Remy Presas as a self-defense system
• Arnis


  • Remy Presas' goal was to create an injury-free training method as well as an effective self-defense system in order to preserve the older Arnis systems
  • The term Modern Arnis was used by Remy Presas' younger brother Ernesto Presas to describe his style of Filipino martial arts
  • Derived principally from the traditional Presas family style of the Bolo(Machete) and the stick-dueling art of Balintawak Eskrima, with influences from other Filipino and Japanese martial arts
• Arnis is the Philippines' national martial art or sport, after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed the Republic Act No. 9850 in 2009
• The act mandates the Department of Education to include the sport as a Physical Education course. Arnis will be included among the priority sports in Palarong Pambansa (National Games) beginning 2010
• Remgio Amador Presas


  Founder of Modern Arnis, brother of Ernesto Presas
• Remgio Amador Presas born in Hinigaran, Negros Occidental


  December 19, 1936
• Remgio Amador Presas died (brain cancer) in Victoria, Canada


  August 28, 2001
• Occupation


  Teacher and Martial artist
• Primary weapon in Arnis

  Rattan stick, called a cane or baston (baton), usually about 28 inches (71 cm) in length
• Arnis training


  • Use of weapons from the very beginning
  • Both single and double stick techniques are taught, with an emphasis on the former
  • Unarmed defenses against the stick and against bladed weapons are a part of the curriculum
• Arnis belt ranks


  • Isa
  • Dalawa
  • Tatlo
  • Apat
  • Lima
  • Anim
  • Pito
  • Walo
  • Siyam
  • Sampu
  • Labing-isa (in some organizations)
• Lakan


  Rank title for men in Arnis
• Dayang


  Rank title for women in Arnis
• Additional Arnis titles


  • Datu
  • Commissioner
  • Master of Tapi-Tapi
  • Senior Master
  • Punong Guro
• Guro


  Title typically given to all Lakans and Dayangs
• Sinawali


  The activity of 'weaving', applied to the art of Philippine martial art Eskrima with reference to a set of two-person, two-weapon exercises
• Sinawali training


  • Develops skills including: body positioning and distance, rotation of the body and proper turning radius, recognition of one's center of gravity, eye-hand coordination, target perception and recognition, increased ambidexterity, recognition and performance of rhythmic structures for upper body movement, and muscular developments important to the art, especially the wrist and forearm regions
• Single Sinawali


  1. Swing the cane to strike the opponent's temple

  2. Withdraw the cane

  3. Swing it down to strike the opponent's knee

  4. Withdraw the cane and place it above your shoulder
• Advance Single Sinawali


  1. Strike opponent's right temple with right cane

  2. Withdraw right hand passing the left shoulder to strike opponent's knee

  3. Withdraw right hand and position it above the left shoulder to strike opponent's temple
• Double Sinawali


  1. Begin with the right hand up and the left hand tucked under the right shoulder

  2. Strike the opponent's temple with the right hand

  3. As you retract the right hand to the left shoulder strike the opponent's knee with the left hand

  4. As you strike a backhand to the opponent's temple with the right hand, retract the left hand to the left shoulder
• X Sinawali


  1. Right strike up

  2. Left strike up Right pit

  3. Right strike up Left shoulder

  4. Left strike down Right up to side of head
• Advance Double Sinawali


  1. Position the left cane under the right armpit and the right cane above the right shoulder

  2. Strike the opponent's temple with the right cane and position it above the left shoulder afterwards

  3. Strike the left cane downards then position it below the left armpit

  4. Swing the right cane forward. Withdraw it and place it above the left shoulder then swing the left cane to strike knee

  5. Withdraw the left cane and place it above the left shoulder then swing the right cane to strike temple
• Reverse Sinawali


  1. Start with both canes above the right shoulder

  2. Swing the right cane to strike the knee. Withdraw it and place it under the left armpit

  3. Swing the left cane to strike the knee. Withdraw the left hand and position it above the left shoulder. At the same time, swing the right cane to strike the knee

  4. Withdraw the right cane and position it above the left shoulder. At the same time, swing the left cane to strike the knee

  5. Withdraw the left cane and place it under the right armpit. At the same time, swing the right cane to strike the knee

  6. Withdraw the right hand and position it above right shoulder. At the same time, swing the left cane to strike the knee
• Twelve Strikes


  • Right temple strike
  • Left hand strike
  • Right shoulder strike
  • Left shoulder strike
  • Thrust to the stomach
  • Right chest attack
  • Left chest attack
  • Left knee attack
  • Right knee attack
  • Right eye attack
  • Left eye attack
  • Crown Strike
• Courtesy Bow or Pugay


  1. Place the weapon hand

  2. Bow by bending at the waist
• Attention or Formal Stance


  1. Stand at attention with your feet close to each other at 45 degrees

  2. Hold the stick at both ends in front of the body
• Open Leg Stance


  Stand straight while legs are wide apart
• Straddle Stance


  Feet are further apart with the knees bent while the stick is in a fighting stance position
• Cat Stance


  One foot is placed at the back while arms and hands are in a fighting stance position
• Striking techniques involved in arnis

  • Left temple
  • Right temple
  • Left arm
  • Right arm
  • Abdomen
  • Right chest
  • Left chest
  • Right knee/leg
  • Left knee/leg
  • Thrust to left eye
  • Thrust to right eye
  • Strike to head or crown