ARNIS

• Arnis


  Philippine traditional martial art
• Arnis


  • Originally named "kali"
  • Also known as "arnis de mano", "estokada", "estoque", and "fraile"
• Arnis training


  Used pieces of wood called "bahi" or "kamagong" or bamboo-like materials known as "rattan" or "oway"
• The fighting system was renamed arnis, derived from the word "arnes"


  1973
• Regional names for arnis

  • Among the tagalog "pananandata"
  • Pangasinan natives called it kalingoran
  • Ilocanos used didya or kabaraon
  • Ibanags named it pagkalikali
  • Pampaguenos used the term sinawali
  • Visayan natives utilized the term kaliradman or pagaradman and later on esgrima or eskrima
• Eskrima


  Derived from the Spanish word meaning a game between two combatants with the used of blunt instruments
• General Fabian Ver formed the National Arnis Association of the Philippines (NARAPHIL)


  1975
• Arnis Philippines (ARPHI) formed with the same objective as NARAPHIL


  July of 1986
• Modern Arnis


  A Filipino fighting art as a self-defense system created by Remy Amador Presas to be an injury-free training method and effective self-defense system
• Arnis is the National Sport after Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed Republic Act. No. 9850 in 2009
• The Act mandated the Department of Education to include arnis as a Physical Education course
• What is the objective of NARAPHIL?

  unite all arnis groups in the Philippines
• 4Ps of ARPHI


  promote, preserve, propagate, and regain popularity of arnis