Arnis has been in a state of limbo for years ... In Luzon, competitors wear protective vests, head gear and groin guards and use padded sticks. There is no true set of unified rules.

“Whatever I do with a stick, I do with my hands. There’s a translation that goes on in the mind,” Escudero says. “Training in arnis puts your mind in a weapon mode, where you think as ...

NEW CLARK CITY – Arnis has surpassed dancesport as the most ... winning the featherweight padded stick. Duplicating her feat were teammates Sheena Del Monte (bantamweight), Abegail Abad ...

MANILA, Philippines — From only six events in 2005, the Filipino martial arts discipline of arnis may offer as many ... them in combat (eight each in live stick and padded stick) and four ...

ANGELES CITY - It was a clean sweep for the Philippines on the first day of Arnis competition at the 30th ... in four gold medals in the men's live stick events on Sunday. The national martial ...

An arnis practitioner is also taught disarming techniques or how to wrest a weapon from an opponent. Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again. Even without his stick, an arnis expert ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Arnis provided two more gold medals in the full contact live stick on Monday heading into the final day of competitions of the 32nd Southeast Asian Games. Dexler Bolambao ...