ARNIS

Escrima, Kali or Arnis

Kali means:
Ka - Kamot (mean "Hands")
Li - Lihok (mean "Movements")

Arnis came from the term arnes of old spanish that means
"Armor."
Escrima came from the spanish word esgrima that means
"Fencing."

HISTORY
Dates back before the colonization of the Spaniards
The techniques of the art is focused on bladed
weapons fighting.
Kali was widely practiced throughout the
archipelago
Ferdinand Magellan was defeated by a native
warrior chief named Lapu-lapu this was the
recorded incident which Kali was used against
foreign invaders.

HISTORY
The Spaniards claimed the Archipelago and
named it Philippines in honor of the King
Philip of Spain.
This was the start of the dark age of Kali

HISTORY
- Practiced Kali secretly.
- It was also during these period when the natives were able
to develop the stick fighting techniques of the art.
- In 1873 the fighting system was renamed Arnis
- Some of the heroes of the Philippine revolution were also
practitioners of Arnis namely Andres Bonifacio, the
spouses Diego and Gabriela Silang, and the young General
Gregorio Del Pilar and even Dr. Jose Rizal.

HISTORY
- After the war , Major Favian Ver also
noted enthusiast and practitioners of
Arnis formed the National Arnis
Association of the Philippines
(NARAPHIL) with the objective to unite
all Arnis group in the Philippines.
- July of 1986 Arnis Philippines (ARPHI)
was established