TYPES OF COMBATIVE SPORTS

 FENCING - Sport with two opponents who attempt to touch each other with weapons (épée, foil
or saber) on a specific part of the body.

A. Fencing is one of only four sports to be included in every modern Olympic Games, since the
first in 1896. Fencing was also a sport in the original Olympic Games in ancient Greece.
B. Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympic Games, was a fencer.
C. Fencing is conducted on a 14m x 2m "strip" or "piste" to replicate combat in confined quarters
such as a castle hallway. The end of the fencing strip represents the line drawn in the earth by
dualists’ seconds: to retreat behind this line during the duel indicated cowardice and loss of honor.

 JUDO - Sport of Japanese origin that is practiced with bare hands and consists of unbalancing the
opponent with holds; Judo means "the gentle way".

A. Judo is one of the few competitive sports that the visually impaired athlete can participate in
fully without major accommodations.
B. Dr. Jigoro Kano is the father of Judo.
C. Judo history began as a form of Japanese jiujutsu, which the Samurai practiced and continually
improved. After Commodore Perry invaded Japan in the 1850s, the Samurai ways became lost
and many jiujutsu practices disappeared, giving birth to the world of Judo.

 SUMO WRESTLING - Japanese wrestling that is linked to Shintoism; it is practiced by very large
corpulent wrestlers who try to make the opponent touch the ground or throw him out of the
contest area.

A. The sumo’s hair is oiled and combed into the shape of a ginkgo leaf. Apparently this hairstyle
also provides some cushioning for their heads in the case of a fall.
B. Eye gouging, hair pulling, choking, hitting with closed fists and kicking the chest or abdomen
are all off limits, as is taking hold of the part of the mawashi that covers the groin area.
C. The rikishi (wrestler) who touches the ground in the circle, with any part of his body other than
his feet, including his hair, loses the bout. Alternately, the rikishi who puts any part of his foot or
body on the ground outside the circle loses the match.
 ORIGINS OF ARNIS: TIMELINE JOHNLLOYD O. NAGERA
BS Psychology 2-2Petition

Arnis is the Philippines' national martial art and sport, 2009

thru Republic Act. No. 9850.

Arnis Philippines (ARPHI) was established after the

1986 former ceased.

National Arnis Association of the Philippines 1975

(NARAPHIL) was formed.

Arnis was established within the physical education

1969 system of the Philippines as a viable means for
military practice and maintaining cultural identity.

The word kali was completely replaced by the new

term, Arnis (or Eskrima), a modification of the term 1873
arnes

Spanish became overly concerned with the potential

for revolt by the Filipino people; resulting in the ban
1764
of all practice and performance of kali with bladed
weapons.

The Filipino Martial Arts exploded in the years 1635-

1644 during the term of Governor General Sebastian 1635
Hurtado including Kali (Arnis).

Kali had transitioned from a purely martial system to

1564 becoming a performance art, with choreographed
arrangement designed to impress royalty.

Equipped with nothing more than bladed weapons

(kali) and their fearsome arnis abilities, Filipino 1521
islanders defeated Ferdinand Magellan’s armored suit

Arnis was developed by the indigenous populations of

Before
the Philippines, who used an assorted range of
1500s weaponry for combat and self-defense.