List of Arnis systems and practitioners
This is a list of notable Arnis systems and practitioners.
Practiced in the Philippines
Systems which directly originated from the Philippines and have practitioners residing in the Philippines.
- Balintawak Eskrima - Founded in 1952 by Venancio "Anciong" Bacon after internal dispute amongst some of the original founders of the original Doce Pares club.
- Bakbakan International - Founded by Antonio Diego, Rey Galang, Christopher Ricketts, senior students of Tatang Ilustrisimo.[1]
- De Campo Uno-Dos-Tres Orihinal (De Campo 1-2-3) – founded by Jose Caballero.[2]
- Doce Pares Eskrima - Originally encompassed 12 styles and was founded by the Saavedra and Cañete families in 1932. There are now several Doce Pares groups headed by various members of the Cañete family.
- Eskrido - Founded by Ciriaco "Cacoy" Cañete, the last living founder and the highest ranking master of Doce Pares Eskrima.
- Garimot Arnis - Led by Gat Puno Abon "Garimot" Baet.
- Kalis Ilustrisimo - Founded by Antonio "Tatang" Ilustrisimo; important as the ancestor of many current eskrima systems.[1][2]
- Kombatan - founded by Ernesto Presas, brother of Remy Presas.[3]
- Lameco Eskrima - Founded by Edgar Sulite. The name comes from the three ranges of the system, Largo (Spanish for "long"), Medio ("medium"), and Corto ("short"). It is a composite of many systems with heavy influence from De Campo 1-2-3 and Kali Illustrisimo.
- Modern Arnis - Founded by Remy Presas, which has roots in the Presas family and Balintawak system. It is revolutionary for having pioneered a system that made teaching of Arnis easier for students as old-school systems were often very painful for the student, thus making it hard to attract students and keep the arts alive.[3][4]
- Pekiti Tirsia Kali - Founded by Conrado Tortal and carried on by Leo Tortal Gaje, inheritor of the family system of the Tortal clan. The name means "to cut into pieces at close range", although it includes techniques for all ranges. One of the most recognized blade-oriented systems. It is the system used by the Philippine Marine Corps Force Recon Battalion.
- San Miguel Eskrima - As one of the founders (together with the famous Doring and Ensong Saavedra) of the Labangon Fencing Club in 1920 and later the Doce Pares Club in 1932, Filemon "Momoy" Cañete created the blade based San Miguel Eskrima as his personal expression of the Doce Pares art and methodology.
- Lightning Scientific Arnis International (LSAI)[5] - Founded by Benjamin Luna Lema in 1937. Lightning Scientific Arnis is a system that revolves around the concept of Tercia Serrada Cadenilla y Espada y Daga which is a method of intercepting and redirecting attacks and blind-siding the opponent by going to the off-side and blanketing him with a barrage of continuous strikes.
International Systems
Systems which were consolidated and codified overseas, or where practitioners are no longer residing in the Philippines, but abroad.
Filipino-American
- Arnis Balite - founded by Pundador Manuel Aguillon in Zambales, currently carried on by Punong Guro Steven K. Dowd, publisher of FMA Informative. Aside from practicing Arnis, Aguillon was a boxer who was said to move so fast that he was nicknamed "Kid Balite", after the Balete tree which is said to be the dwelling place of ghosts and spirits in Philippine folklore.[6][7][8][9]
- Bahala Na Escrima - Founded by Leo Giron,[10] named after The Bahala Na (Come what may) Intelligence Company which he was a part of in World War II. Giron and his company were the eyes and ears of Gen. Douglas MacArthur[11] and were infiltrated into the island of Luzon where they fought hand-to-hand against katana-wielding Japanese troops.
- Dog Brothers - a group notorious for their Gatherings, which feature full-contact stick fighting and minimal protection.
- Inosanto Kali - developed by Dan Inosanto from various other styles; he does not call it a system in its own right, but rather a blend of systems from John Lacoste and others.
- Latigo y Daga - Whip and dagger method founded by Tom Meadows.
- Sayoc Kali - founded by Baltazar "Bo" Sayoc, the system promotes the "all blade, all the time" methodology of Filipino Martial Arts. The family system is now led by Christopher Sayoc.
Europe
- Guba Doce Pares - is a system headed by Danny Guba, based in London UK
See also
References
- 1 2 Diego, Antonio; Ricketts, Christopher (1999). the Secrets of Kalis Ilustrisimo. Tuttle Publishing.
- 1 2 Macachor, Celestino; Nepangue, Ned (2007). Cebuano Eskrima: Beyond the Myth. United States of America: Xlibris. ISBN 978-1-4257-4621-6.
- 1 2 Presas, Ernesto A. (1996). Filipino Modern Mano-Mano, Presas Style.
- ↑ Presas, Remy Amador (1994). Makabagong Arnis de Mano: Sining ng Pilipino ng Pagtanggol sa Sarili. National Book Store, Inc.
- ↑ "Lightning Scientific Arnis". Filipino Martial Arts Pulse: Kali, Eskrima, Arnis.
- ↑ "Arnis Balite: Pundador Manuel Molina Aguillon Sr.". Arnis Balite.
- ↑ Dowd, Steven K. (2010). Arnis Balite: The Filipino Art of Hand, Foot & Stick Fighting The Basics and Fundamentals. Maharlika Enterprizes.
- ↑ Dowd, Steven K. (2004). Arnis Balite: The Filipino Art of Hand, Foot & Stick Fighting as taught by Pundador Manuel M. Aguillon. Maharlika Enterprizes.
- ↑ Dowd, Steven K. (2001). Arnis Balite: The Basics of Huli Luson "Trap-Capture-Attack". Maharlika Enterprizes.
- ↑ Perry Gil S. Mallari (June 16, 2009). "The Warrior and Mercenary Culture of the Macabebes". FMA Pulse.
- ↑ "Bahala Na or Come What May". Military.com Unit Pages.
External links
- FMA Informative - Propagating the Filipino Martial Arts and Culture of the Philippines
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