As promised, as I warned yesterday, my good friend Orlando Díaz Gutiérrez, bjj black belt (the oldest of the Canary Islands) and expert in arnis and jeet kun do, Eskrima, more popularly known as kali filipino, we gives an article on the martial art known of this deadly and Asian archipelago. From ki-enelpapel thank him for sharing his years of wisdom.
The art of adapting to changing times
It is said that martial art is a reflection of culture the country to which it belongs, in this case when it comes to the Arts Philippines can confirm that ... remember that the origin of a martial art par excellence is based on pure combat effectiveness.
What is really surprising is that the Eskrima Kali ARNIS is an art that did not stagnate, but continued to evolve and adapt over time to reach today, with a realism that shown with the rolling of the years .
For me to be able to express in this article the greatness of the story of a town full of invasions, conquests and wars attempts ... I find it quite nice to do, because I have not found a style that suits both me and this in itself makes and the more research and development, the more I realize that although there is no system that covers all possibilities and variables of a real fighter, this is one of the best approaches in this regard ... and by far.
The now dreaded experience of having to cope with different empires over the centuries as the English, Portuguese, Japanese, Americans ... and the continuing influence of civilizations and cultures as diverse as the Malaysians, Indonesians, Chinese, Indians, Muslims and even some theories point to Persians and Egyptians, not undermined the morale of the inhabitants of this land: on the contrary, they even helped to forge and polish one of the most eclectic warfare systems and complete currently known. But what you say we go for parts? What do you call this style? There are three words that perfectly define anywhere in the world the Filipino martial arts, and they are Kali, Arnis, Eskrima, Kali
The word comes from different words "Kamoto" and "Lihok." "Kamoto" means hand or by extension, body and "Lihok" means movement. Therefore the translation of Kali is "the art of the moving body." As we know the English conquistadors invaded the Philippines in the sixteenth century and the famous conquistador Ferdinand Magellan was one of the first characters meet face to face with Filipino clubs at a small island of Mactan was stopped by Lapu Lapu and men. The English invaders were good fighters with sword and dagger and the natives soon absorbed the technique and found out what their weaknesses (they were very good at it to copy movements and learn from their mistakes). When the English took control of the islands, the art of Kali was prohibited and began teaching in secret from father to son, in a dance called Sayaw, which served to camouflage the art.
But his originality when in a underground train, made it better: a series developed exercises and sequences with both armed and empty hand to enhance their already fearsome attributes. Today is the only kind in the world with an emphasis on training with weapons (sticks, machetes, knives, etc.) And then empty hand work and this concept makes sense, because if you put your reflexes habituated and , body mechanics ... at the speed of a stick or cut a knife, empty hand after triple your attributes.
Depending on the area of \u200b\u200bthe Philippines different working styles, become known over 100 styles, some passed down from generation to generation by family members:
"In the North: using more sticks and long swords, with long distances, little use of unarmed boxing.
-Center: sword and dagger to the short average distance, had a good technique
empty hand "In the South: the famous Moorish lands were never conquered, were training with sticks and swords and had a sophisticated unarmed combat technique.
His idea of \u200b\u200btraining is not to accumulate technical, but rather to develop qualities such as sensitivity, instinct, coordination, fluidity, rhythm changes ... which are what really determine and affirm the ability of a fighter.
Although there are many styles, it is also true that certain concepts are common to all, to take into account:
Zone is the ability to put us through shifts in positions to defend, dodge or to retaliate with our blows, you catch .. . Fluency
This is a rather broad concept to define, but we will keep that created thousands of years where the only idea is to continue strikes, blocks, positions ... without pausing or stalling, and that a single one second of doubt can be disastrous in a real situation. Check
is neutralize the action of our movements, our adversary to not continue his attack or to learn to take it wherever you wish: to have control is very important in order to ensure our integrity and make progress.
A comprehensive art warrior known for his work on arms and less perhaps for their work empty handed.
I tried to be as entertaining and concise as possible when explaining what are the basic concepts they call a combat style ... Adapted to modern times. If Trying to find out about a way of life, I give you a more elaborate idea of \u200b\u200bthe subject matter give me more than satisfied.
Graciasss.
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