Filipino martial arts
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Practitioners of these arts are noted for their ability to fight with weapons or empty hands interchangeably. Filipino martial arts include tactics for a wide variety of weaponry and combative situations. The weapons vary in design, size, weight, materials and methodology.
Impact Weapons
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- Mano Mano, hands, open-handed, fingers, fists, elbows, knees, sipa or kicks, locks, blocks, and disarming
- Baston or olisi, eskrima sticks, traditionally crafted from rattan and kamagong
- Sibat, Tongat, staff
- Tameng, shield
Edged Weapons
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- Daga, dagger or knife - balisong, gunong, punyal
- Espada, swords - kampilan, kris, kalis, ginunting, barong, pinuti, talibong, golok
- Bangkaw, spear
Flexible Weapons
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- Latigo, whip
- Lubid, rope
- Kadena, tanikala, chain
- Tabak-Toyok and flails two sticks attached together by rope or chain, aka. nunchaku
Projectile Weapons
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- Bow and arrow
- Lipad-lipad, bagakays, Blowgun and darts
- Slingshot
- Source: Wikipedia
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