What is Escrima?
Escrima is a weapons based martial art system from the Philippines which specialises in armed combat. The use of a weapon can easily compensate for disadvantages in strength and body mass and training in weapons brings an enormous and immediate increase in fighting prowess.
Escrima is unique in that while most other martial arts start with empty-hand defence while only teaching weapons at a very advanced stage, Escrima students are taught how to use weapons from the very beginning with weaponless hand techniques being seen as secondary to the art.
The usual training weapon of Escrimadores is a rattan stick, however during any exercise those involved should be aware that the stick they are using represents a wide range of cutting and thrusting weapons which in traditional Escrima are mainly the machete, bolo, dagger and similar bladed weapons.
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