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Elwin

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I saw something on Kali on TLC the other night and was looking for some more info. Can anyone explain the differences between kali, escrima, and arnis? They showed some knife training on the show, and it looked very fast and mean. Was that one of the above named systems or something different? I've trained in MA before, but FMA is pretty much a mystery to me.
Thanks for any info.
 
on TLC? the learning channel? what is the name of the show?

eskrima and arnis are the same thing. depends to the teacher what he wants to call it. the martial art is weapon based, and the 30 inches stick, small blades, staff and spear, and different kinds of sword. the empty hand teachnique is not very much like boxing or karate, but the techniques are design to break you opponents bones and joints, destroy his veins and nerves, or crush his windpipe, and take away his weapon. your not going to find another fighting art like it.

kali is what philippine martial art is called in the US.

other fighting arts of the philippines are yaw yan, silat, kuntaw, buno, sikaran, and local styles of filipino karate and filipino kung fu. you will make a good choice if you study the philippine arts.
 
I haven't seen the show, but heard that it featured Marc "Crafty Dog" Denny and Rick Tucci. The subject matter was something like "The World's Ten Most Deadly Martial Arts".
 
Yea, it was the worlds top 10 martial arts, although I have no idea about the criteria for ranking. I am currently studying a system decended from Dr. Hatsumi, also featured on the show. There is some knife content, but not as much as is probably done in FMA. I know I've never seen anything like the 2 handed flow of thrusts and slashes seen on the kali section of the the show. We also do some stick techniques, but they just dont seem to have the flow of the kali techniques. Of course I am only a beginner w/ about 10 months of practice, so I'm sure I havent seen everything.
 
Elwin,

I have an old friend who went to Japan to study with Hatsumi Sensei and I've got to say that you are following a real legend. I once saw a guy do a demo of some of Hatsumi's short staff/long stick (like 36-40") techniques and they were impressive.

When I compared techniques with my old friend, I was interested to see that FMA and Hatsumi's system seem to have a lot of common approaches to limb and joint destruction. Pretty nasty stuff.
 
DWK (if I may call you that:)
We do weapons training for about 1 week out of every month. At the level I am, there are about 4-5 basic stick techniques with some variations for a total of say 8-10. I can do them at slow speed, but there is not any real flow or grace. Joint locking is definately emphasized. Striking is really a last option, say if you end up in trouble or make an error, but can still get a good hit on a target. I never knew my wrists would bend so well around a straight stick.
 
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