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I have taken only one martial art. Arnis/Escrima

Very few in Philippines speak Spanish. It's a dying language in Philippines because it has been replaced by English.

Philippines has hundreds of different languages such as Tagalog, Ilocano, Cebuano, Bicol, Visayan, and dialects but you forget that Philippines had used to been a Spanish colony for 300 centuries. So many (two-thirds) of the words in our Philippine languages were borrowed straight from Spanish language. The name Eskrima is the Filipino spelling which comes from the Spanish word esgrima, "fencing". Arnis is derived from the phrase arnés de mano, Spanish for "harness of the hand".

Of course. Arnis is more than a stickfighting art. It is also a diverse weapons art. It may be a stickfighting art and an arnisador always learns to fight with sticks at the beginning. However, in Arnis you can also fight with bare empty hands, knives, daggers, swords, spears, and of course, nunchakus, etc.

what do you mean?I mean I usually do nunchaku with my Arnis/Escrima skills. Many of Nunchaku techniques Bruce Lee showed are similar to Arnis techniques. And my arnis instructor confirmed my suspicions.

China!!! Chinese Kung Fu has influenced many martial arts including Karate and Tae kwon Do. Tae Kwon Do is a mixture of Korean Tang Soo Do, meaning "China Hand Way" and Japanese Karate. Tang Soo Do is a mixture of Sobak (grandfather of Tae Kwon Do) and Chinese martial arts. Karate is a blend of Okinawan Te and Chinese martial arts. Karate used to mean "China Hand".

There was a story that Lapu-Lapu killed Magellan with a sword and a cane.

I normally use arnis style for my nunchaku.

I heard that U.S. Navy Seals use Arnis' knife fighting techniques. I also was told that U.S. Marine Corps have studied hand-to-hand combat. What martial arts exactly do the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force separately use and practice?

I recently found these websites from the internet Yahoo search engine. http://www.fightingarts.com/reading/article.php?id=456 http://home.earthlink.net/~nunchakulaw/

Maddwraph, yes, Gracie Family are the ones who created Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. They are pretty important and influential. tufrthanu, I agree about Dan Innosanto. More martial artists to list. Itosu Anko- focused on developing a "safer" brand of Karate. He re-tooled several forms (kata) and eliminated lethal techniques. He also emphasized physical and mental conditioning and promoted the non-corporal benefits of training. Hitsui Maedakama- the Jiu-jitsu instructor and mentor of Gracies. Musashi Miyamato- creator of the Niten Ichi-ryu (two sword style) and the most famous swordmaster of all time. Okuyama Yoshiji- created Hakko-ryu style of Jiu-jitsu. Jean-Joseph Renard and Guy de Montgrillard- the world's first non-Japanese Judo teachers who opened Judo's first Western school in Marseilles, France in 1889. Su In Hyouk- creator of Kuk Sool Won, a Korean martial art which combines external and internal techniques. Source: A book called "The Complete Idiot's to Martial arts."

I have found various etymologies of the word "Karate" on different websites. Te is Japanese for "hand". Okinawan Te is a martial art and precursor of Karate. But kara means empty, right? some sources say Karate means "China hand" or "Chinese hand" because Karate is formed from the mixture of Okinawan Te and Chinese martial arts. Some more source say Karate is written as "Tang hand" from the Chinese Tang dynasty But other sources from dictionaries say Karate means "empty hand" in Japanese and mention that Kara means "empty". I found out that on another website it says Karate-dô means "China Hand Way" but it was changed from ‘China Hand Way’ to ‘Empty Hand Way’ Can anyone confirm or correct and explain what I have learned about Karate?

I'm talking about the influence any martial artist have on martial arts. 1. Bruce Lee- the one who introduced kung fu to Hollywood silverscreen and is arguably resonsible for the popularity of martial arts films. Before Bruce Lee, there was hardly a film that centers entirely on martial arts action. But today, martial arts films have become so common it is an independent genre. 2. Kano Jigoro- the founder of Judo and creator of the modern belt rank system used by most martial arts schools. 3. Jhoon Rhee- brought Tae Kwon Do to North America. 4. Remy Amador Presas- the Father of modern arnis (Filipino martial art of stickfighting) who revived the dying art of arnis to levels of popularity. . Before Presas, arnisadors (arnis practitioners) used their sticks to hit each other's hand rather than the stick since the stick is considered a sacred weapon. "Long ago, Arnis was a dying art," Presas says. "The old practitioners believed the cane was sacred. This meant they would always aim at the hand of their training partner and not at the cane for practice. Most of the students got hurt right away and immediately lost interest. I modernized this and promoted hitting the cane instead for practice. Then I identified the basic concepts of the many Filipino systems I had learned to bring a unity to the diverse systems of my country. This way, we could all feel the connection. http://www.professorpresas.com/Professor.htm http://www.modernarnis.com/remy_a_presas.htm 4. Ed Parker- a Karate and Chinese Kempo teacher who established the first commercial Karate school in the US. He sponsored a tournament where Bruce Lee participated which brought him to the attention of Green Hornet's production studio staff and to his budding stardom. 5. Hatsumi Masaaki-the world's most foremost ninjitsu expert who is famus for having revived the combative techniques employed by the Iga and Koga ninja clans who carried out acts of espionage and guerrila warfare in Feudal Japan. Sources: book called "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Martial Arts"

500 years ago, an arnis practitioner named Lapu-Lapu was said to have killed an explorer named Ferdinand Magellan, who was a fencer, in a battle. So do you think an arnis practitioner can defeat a fencer?

Try these two anime Ranma 1/2 Ikkitousen

The worst martial arts movie would be 3 Ninjas go to High Noon Mountain, starring Hulk Hogan.

Most underrated martial arts actors: 1. Bruce Lee. Although he is still remembered by the older generations of martial arts fans who were born before mid-1980's, most of the younger fans don't know Bruce Lee, let alone have seen his movies. Those kids nowadays think Jackie Chan or Jet Li is much cooler than Bruce Lee and I hated it. He was the most popular martial arts actor in 1970's and early 1980's and now he was not virtually known by many of younger generations of many of fans. 2. Cynthia Rothrock- She was the undefeated middleweight Kickboxing/Weapons lady champion for five consecutive years as well as a Five time undefeated World Karate Champion in Forms & Weapons (1981-1985). She has five black belts in Korean and Chinese martial arts. Yet many people haven't heard of her nor considered her on the par with Bruce Lee or Chuck Norris. 3. Chuck Norris- 6-time World Karate Champion. He has a 10th degree black belt in Tang Soo Do, and also an 8th degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do...that is, the Korean (or traditional) styles of each. He has founded two of his own martial arts: Chun Kuk Do ("the Universal Way") and American Tang Soo Do. Many martial arts fans don't think Chuck is not close to great as Bruce Lee.

Yeah, substyles count. Please go ahead and type in any type of karate you like.

Judo and Tae Kwon Do are the only Asian martial arts to be made olympic sports. Olympic sports of Boxing, wrestling and fencing are also European martial arts. List of the martial arts that I think should be included into Olympics: Kung Fu Karate Muay Thai Aikido Arnis/Escrima Savate (French kickboxing)

I see. Thanks very much, SloMo, pineapple. . Your advices are as constructive as the previous others' and a lot more sensical.

Martial arts, also known as fighting systems, are bodies of codified practices or traditions of unarmed and armed combat. "Martial arts" was translated in 1920 in Takenobu's Japanese-English Dictionary from Japanese bu-gei or bu-jutsu which means "the craft or accomplishment of military affairs". This definition is translated directly from the Chinese term, Wushu (py wu shù, Cantonese, mou seut), to literally, "martial art", referring to all manner of Chinese martial arts. This term is slightly anomalous in its English usage. Its strict meaning should be "arts for military use" which would include such modern applications such as; flying fighter aircraft, sniper training, and so forth, First is the word "Martial" meaning militarist trait and to some degree relates to war or the warrior way. Second is "Arts", which is to give expression, or have skill acquired by experience, study, or observation. http://www.bigbearacademy.com/martial-arts.html martial Pronunciation: 'mär-shl Function: adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin martialis of Mars, from Mart-, Mars Date: 14th century 1 : of, relating to, or suited for war or a warrior 2 : relating to an army or to military life 3 : experienced in or inclined to war : WARLIKE A martial art is any skill that can be applied in warfare. The word martial means "military." So, a martial art is a military art. Most people don't really consider that when they think of the martial arts. The first things that usually come to mind are leaping, kicking, punching, blocking, inverting elbows, twisting necks, throwing, and sword fighting. That is a very narrow view of the martial arts, though. Did it occur to you that horsemanship, javelin throwing, archery, spear fighting, halberd fighting, wrestling, knife fighting, rifle, shotgun, and pistol shooting, demolitions, logistics, and battle strategy are all martial arts? Anything that a soldier might do in battle is a martial art. http://www.martialarm.com/martial-martial-arts.html I think they should be called "Fighting arts" or "combative arts"

I learned that when a Dim Mak practitioner touch a pressure point on a human body with his finger, it causes the victim to lose consciousness or die. Does it exist? Have you seen Dim Mak (Death touch) performance? I've seen a few Death Touch performances in Batman, Nightwing and Daredevil comic books. Bruce Lee was rumored to have been killed by a death touch technique from a Chinese master for teaching Chinese martial arts to non-Chinese. Before Bruce Lee's time, Chinese don't teach their martial arts to non-Chinese due to their bitter memory of the Westerners' crushing of so-called Boxers' rebellion. http://www.dimmak.net/ http://www.dimmakworld.com/

Lets list all martial arts: Kung fu Karate Judo Japanese Ju Jitsu Arnis/escrima/kali Aikido Ninjitsu Tae Kwon Do Tai Chi Capoiera Silat Savate Sambo Vovinam Viet Vo Dao Kickboxing Muay Thai kickboxing European Stav Jeet Kune Do Soo Bahk Do Tang Soo Do Krav Maga Kuk Sool Won Hwa Rang Do Daito Ryu Aiki Bujutsu Kendo Taido

Thanks for the info., Khan, ncole.

I see. Thanks for your advice. I will check as you suggested. Plus: I forgot to mention there are also aikido dojos in my area, too.