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Kali, Arnis, Eskrima
847 Hamilton Ave (Rt 69).
The influence of our Kali, Arnis and Escrima is from Guro Dan Inosanto, Larry Hartsell, and the late Guro Edgar Sulite
Kali, weapon training, which is commonly done with rattan sticks for practice along with bladed weapons such as various types of swords and knife fighting (as well as variety of other weapons) are taught usually before empty hand fighting is practiced.
Below, you will see a trapping exercise (Higot Hubud Lubud which means to tie
and untie then blend) that is traditionally done in the Kali practiced at
the Practical Self Defense Training Center in Waterbury, Connecticut. The
sequence will not be easy to follow on this web page, but you will at least get
an idea how we train against an individual randomly knife slashing as opposed
to a predetermined technique to practice. This is important to constantly
practice to understand for both the art and science of Kali as well as the self
defense potential it offers.
For information on Kali and other Filipino martial arts e-mail Ron at info@psdtc.com
The Filipino ancient warrior systems are sometimes referred to as Arnis, Escrima, which by the way are the most popular names. Arnis, Eskrima or Escrima is a Spanish origin. "Kali" is the ancient indigenous name taken from the word :Kalis. " Kalis is an ancient blade which is also native to the Filipino people.
Kali has a long history as a martial art that has been used in the Philippines for survival purposes and history shows, using these Filipino martial arts for survival purposes very successfully! Click here for the Kali, Arnis, Escrima class schedule The most complete Filipino Martial Art curriculums in Connecticut
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Kali, Arnis & Escrima
847 Hamilton Ave (Rt 69). Waterbury, Connecticut 06706 203-596-9073 or 203-802-8533 info@psdtc.com |
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A fighting method of the Philippines considered by many to be one of the most
deadly combat systems in the world. Kali is the name used for this ancient
indigenous martial arts of the Philippines, some say coming from the word Kalis (also
known in different parts of the Philippines as Arnis (also spelled Arnes), Eskrima
(also spelled Escrima). Others say it comes from "Kali" the India god of
destruction going back into ancient times. 
Empty hand fighting
known as Panantukin (commonly thought of as the "boxing Aspects" of Kali) consists of
head-butting, open hand, elbows, ulna bone strikes, with joint
destructions, joint manipulations, nerve destructions, trapping and low line kicks
from Pananjakman.
In
Kali, there are also a very good
empty hand blade defenses as well as takedowns and and ground work from Dumog (a
subsystem of Kali—the grappling range, which is very destructive using bites,
pinching and weapons) which makes this style very good for self defense purposes
for the average person. Kali is a complete system making the most of its fighting
methods in all ranges including a strong focus on grappling range; all of which can be done with or without a weapon in this martial
art. 
No one can can learn how to defend themselves against a
weapon without the
study of a sophisticated weapon oriented martial art such as Kali, and this area of realistic
ancient fighting is definitely it, with hundreds of years of success of
defending their land from foreign invaders. It is highly recommended that
if you feel uncomfortable practicing the blade defenses in a style that is not
weapon oriented, try Filipino martial arts to see the differences for certainty
and survival!
