How call a Kali, Arnis practicing?
Kali, Escrima, and Arnis are the terms for the fighting arts of the Philippines. Kali is a Southern Term, Escrima more Central, and Arnis is from the North. The differences in culture from region to region bred a great diversity in style that we as students now have the ability of enjoy as diversity of application. Kali is the mother art of the modern Filipino Martial Arts but when Filipino society was under Spanish colonial control, all martial arts were banned. Elements of Kali were hidden in folk plays and native dance. Later under Spanish influence, the native art became known as eskrima, estocada, arnis de mano or arnis. As a student progresses in the ASP system the ideas of motion do transfer from weapon to weapon including single and double stick, stick and dagger and single dagger drills. The Spanish occupation lasted for more than 400 years and influenced the art a lot with the Spanish fencing. Kali is also known by names such as Eskrima or Arnis. Because of all the different
