Reaction Paper About Balintawak Arnis

Balintawak Arnis is one of the most popular Filipino Martial Arts. It was first developed by Venancio “Anciong” Bacon during the late 1940’s. Anciong taught the basics for self-defense. When he was in his 20’s, he was imprisoned for killing an attacker in the act of self-defense. Balintawak is named after a club in Cebu where it was founded. Arnis started to decrease in popularity during the 1960’s. Then Remy Presas, created a new form called modern arnis. The difference between Modern Arnis and the arnis back then, was that the arnis back then would be more brutal. They would actually fight each other and you would get severely hurt. Modern Arnis is different because it was made to be non-injury. “In Balintawak, there is no such thing called a foul blow. At advanced levels anything is allowed, even spitting or any other actions.” Arnis aims to develop a strong, defensive posture and always assumes that one’s opponent is skilled. Anis has no single person patterns, nor does it have long stances. It consists of very short stances and being mobile at all time(Galang 5).

Arnis is one of the many systems of Filipino Martial Arts. The main focus in Arnis is unarmed combat, stick fighting, knife fighting, and sword fighting. The most basic and undistinguished weapon is called a baston or yantok. It is basically a stick that is made from Rattan, which are very South-east Asian vines. These sticks are often twenty-eight inches. Arnis comes from the word arnes, which is Old