PASCUA, ANGEL ERRINE GRACE B.

BSAC 1 SET 2
CODE: 4557

Week 2
Fundamental Skills In Arnis

Guide Question :
* Using a Table, Sight the differences and Similarities of the two combative
sports (Kendo in Japan and Arnis in Philippines)(30pts)
- Origin
- Equipments Used
- Different Skills

KENDO (Japan) Similarities ARNIS

(Philippines)
 Kendo is one of the  They teach  Arnis, also
most popular forms weapons first, known as
of Japanese martial after which Eskrima and Kali
arts. Meaning "way come the is the National
of the sword empty-hand Sport and
techniques. Martial Art of
the Philippines.
 This sport focuses  Sticks are an  It is an umbrella
on swordsmanship extension of the term that refers
competitions in hands; without to a class of
which practitioners the hands, there Filipino martial
attempt to strike can be no sticks. arts that
their opponent emphasize
using wooden weapon-based
practice swords. fighting with
sticks, blades
and improvised
weapons.
 It Evolved from  Stick fighting is  Eskrima and
Kenjutsu suitable and Arnis are the
beneficial for most common
everyone. among the
many names
 often used in
the Philippines
today to refer to
these arts.
 Kendo Competitions  The only martial  Fundamental
Have 3 Referees arts that can Skills in Arnis
complement any
other fighting Kind of Stances
style.
• Ready Stance
• Attention
Stance
• Forward
Stance
• Oblique Stance
• Straddle
Stance
• Side Back
Stance
 World Kendo  Both involve  The origin of Arn
Championships are well-rounded is can be traced
Held Every 3 Years physical back to native
techniques in fighting
fighting. techniques
during conflicts
among the
various
Prehispanic
Filipino tribes or
kingdoms,
though the
current form has
Spanish
influence from
old fencing
which originated 
in Spain in the
15th century.
 An All-Japan Kendo  Both uses a  Though the
Federation was bamboo sword. style has
formed following flourished within
the end of the the educational
occupation in 1952, system of
and an today's
 International Kendo contemporary
Federation was Philippines,
founded in 1970. many
practitioners of
the original art
of Arnis have
derived their
own expressions
of the style —
from
Balintawak, to
Tapi Tapi, to
Doce Pares —
though made
most-popular,
combatively, by
the Cañete
family in Cebu.
 Kendo matches  A martial art  Arnis was known
take place in an form which as Kali by the
area 9 to 11 metres requires great native people up
(about 30 to 36 skill, tenacity until 1873 when
feet) square. and sharpness is it was renamed
only valuable if while under
you have proper Spanish rule.
etiquettes.  Kali is the origin
and can be
translated to
long knife or
sword.
 Contestants wear  Both value  Eskrima is
the respecting your derived from a
traditional uwagi (ja opponent and Spanish word
cket), hakama (long not making any that means
divided remark or fencing and
skirt), dō (chest negative Arnis is also
protector), tare (wa gesture. derived from a
ist Spanish word
protector), men (m that means
ask), armor.
and kote (padded
gloves).
 The equipment   The
used in kendo primary weapon 
consists of a is the rattan
face mask (helm; stick, called a
helmet) secured to cane or baston
the head by two (baton), which
cords, a chest varies in size,
guard (breastplate; but is usually
cuirass), about 28 inches
padded gloves (gau (71cm) in
ntlets) and a waist length.
and hip guard
(gladiator skirt).