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Stick and dagger is a very common part of kali. I have trained with single and double stick as well, but stick and dagger seems the most useful to me.

Though the good thing about kali is that it is very versatile. For example single and double stick techniques usually involve blocking with the "active hand" as the hand not blocking with the stick. These techniques can be adapted to whatever weapons are available.

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Stick and dagger is a very common part of kali. I have trained with single and double stick as well, but stick and dagger seems the most useful to me.

Though the good thing about kali is that it is very versatile. For example single and double stick techniques usually involve blocking with the "active hand" as the hand not blocking with the stick. These techniques can be adapted to whatever weapons are available.

That is what is most attractive to me about kali, is the practicality. I would love to learn it.

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I have only done very little Kali, but from what I have seen, I love it. All the techniques are transferrable between stick, stick and dagger, dagger, double stick and empty hand. Not to mention longer bladed weapons etc.

Fantastic :karate:

The mind is like a parachute, it only works when it's open.

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I'm really enjoying kali. I've done single and double stick, and some dagger also. I missed the palm stick and balisong class last week though. Man, was I mad about that! I've also enjoyed pannantukan which is the empty hand portion of Kali aka Philipino boxing. :)

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Oh, well in that case - I have no opinion, because I have no idea. :-?

But it looks cool. :D

I do have a book on Cabales Serrada Escrima, and I liked what was in it. Looked like they did all hands on type stuff. I wish there was a school here for it.

Excellent stuff.
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I'm really enjoying kali. I've done single and double stick, and some dagger also. I missed the palm stick and balisong class last week though. Man, was I mad about that! I've also enjoyed pannantukan which is the empty hand portion of Kali aka Philipino boxing. :)

Man, that sounds great. I envy you.

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You train with balisongs? That's great. We have one here though it's kinda useless, its older than me and very rusty. When I was taking arnis, my teacher showed the class traditional Filipino daggers and short swords that may have been the source for the modern day arnis techniques. We Filipinos are smaller (I'm 5'10'', and I'm already considered 'tall') when compared to europeans, so, as my teacher said, we had to develop ways and means to use our height, that means using every part of the body such as the knees and elbow, and weilding handy weapons such as dagger and shortswords for quick movements.

The stronger swordsman does not always win.

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I teach Filipino Martial Arts in NYC. Our system is called Kuntaw Kali Kruzada. http://www.kuntawkali.com

The Espada y Daga is a very prominent part of our system. It is the preferred weapon combination of many Grandmasters in the Philippines.

-Rich Acosta

Hey, that looks very inviting. Now, I just need to convince my wife to move to NYC!!

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Wow! tanx you all of guys for appreciating our art kali. i hope you dont stop practising and explore the world of kali

:)

i just like to confirm it that the style of arnis or kali is not from spanish

it just because spanish was 400+ years they under our country that is why filipinos adopted the word of the spaniard

Every Day is a lesson

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