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Old 07-14-2005, 08:18 PM   #15
Tubig
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Re: Aikido vs. Escrima/Kali

I am not sure actually if they have ground work. I have never heard of ground work in arnis de mano and escrima. I do not think they do ground work as extensive as jujutsu or wrestling. I also noticed that they do not train on mats, hence they do not really do ukemis. However I noticed that they have and specialised in the same maai fighting distance as aiki. You are right though, they hit and hard and accurately and a lot of it. If you watch 'Bourne Identity I and II' They used Escrima and arnis de mano for the fighting scenes. In fact they used Mano mano for most of the fighting scenes. Mano mano is an effective empty hand or boxing fighting style. Trust me I have tasted it literally in the streets of Manila. I haven't really seen the Visayans (Visaya is the birth place of the art) fight it off, because I am not from there though.

Last edited by Tubig : 07-14-2005 at 08:24 PM.
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