Arnis Weapons

Tactical knife techniques in Arnis simulates the use of one short weapon such as Balaraw (dagger), kutsilyo (knife), Balisong (butterfly knife), and Dulo-Dulo (Palm stick). Balaraw is an interesting aspect of Panandata (weaponry) as it focuses on the use of every part of an edge weapon such a the punya (tip), Punyo (butt) as well as the edge (talim), blunt and side of the knife.

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Solo Baston also called as solo olisi, simulates a combative system utilizing one Long weapon such as stick (for blunt weapon) and swords (for edged weapon) that focuses on the use of the weapon hand especially in Long range while it goes in tandem with the live hand (that is usually trained by Espada y Daga) for medium to close range.

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Espada y Daga (sword and dagger) is a system that simulates the use of one Long and one short weapon as well as shield and weapon combinations and is unique to Filipino Martial Arts due to its combination of long and short weapon, which teaches the partitioner to transition from Long to mid or mid to short ranges and vice versa. This can be achieved by using footwork that can transcend all three ranges (largo, Medio, corto).

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