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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

  • 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

  • Daga, dagger or knife - balisong, gunong, punyal
  • Espada, swords - kampilan, kris, kalis, ginunting, barong, pinuti, talibong, golok
  • Bangkaw, spear

Flexible Weapons

  • Latigo, whip
  • Lubid, rope
  • Kadena, tanikala, chain
  • Tabak-Toyok and flails two sticks attached together by rope or chain, aka. nunchaku

Projectile Weapons

  • Bow and arrow
  • Lipad-lipad, bagakays, Blowgun and darts
  • Slingshot

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