Escrima now and Then
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It is interesting to meet practitioners from different styles of kali and learn their naming and numbering structure.We all seem to have common elements in our FMA style, although different guros may teach concepts from different perspectives.No matter what you call your martial art, Arnis, Kali, Escrima or perhaps something more specific like Pekiti Tirsia, we are finding out that we have much that is the same.We are all part of the bigger picture.
Now it seems that people are less likely to create a fuss over different spellings or pronunciations of words used in Filipino Martial Arts because we have better access to global information. I can remember discussing such trivial things as, arnis is this, whereas kali escrima is that.To get my guro’s perspective and compare and contrast with eskrima and arnis, I simply asked about the words. he said, Just the words, theyre Latin based words used to describe the Filipino Martial Arts by the Spanish. During my early training years however, there were some that were very firm that what they studied was abc, NOT xyz.
We are now deeply rooted in a digital age, and it is great to have the input of martial artists all over the world to get their input and perspectives different aspects of martial arts.MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter are allowing martial arts practitioners to network and are helping to bring our perspectives closer that we have so much in common.Online video sources can show that we are not too different at all. Martial artists are now cross training in multiple styles of martial arts, which, frankly, would have been frowned upon in certain groups twenty years ago.
We are also seeing greater access to international trade, which means that escrima practitioners have greater access to exotic arnis sticks such as ironwood sticks and bahi sticks. I can easily remember a time when kamagong sticks, bahi sticks, and cocobolo sticks were very hard to purchase. Now, we only need to have an Internet connection and a credit card to be able to have the very best arnis sticks.
By fostering the collaboration and communication of martial artists all over the world, this digital age is an excellent era for the proliferation of martial arts!
IKAEF Summercamp 2009 – International Kali Arnis Escrima Federation
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