Eric Daniel
Green Belt
This question has probably been asked before but I would like to ask it again.
I have heard many perspectives about why modern arnis is "modern".
One is that it's "modern" compared to other arnis systems because modern arnis has forms and other arnis systems do not have forms. I do not know about that one!
Another perspective I have heard is that modern arnis is "modern" because "you do not always have to have a weapon you may just have your empty hands." In other words modern arnis is "modern" because practitioners of modern arnis encorperate empty-hand techniques into the system.
Of these two perspectives I would agree more with the one about encorperating empty hands because I have seen Two other arnis systems Giron arnis and garimot arnis and I have not seen them use empty hands only weapons.
Does this mean that they do not have empty-hand techniques? No, it does not but as far as I have seen they don't. Maybe it depends on the background of the teacher teahing the art or maybe not but that is all for now.
Please let me know your perspective on this subject.
I have heard many perspectives about why modern arnis is "modern".
One is that it's "modern" compared to other arnis systems because modern arnis has forms and other arnis systems do not have forms. I do not know about that one!
Another perspective I have heard is that modern arnis is "modern" because "you do not always have to have a weapon you may just have your empty hands." In other words modern arnis is "modern" because practitioners of modern arnis encorperate empty-hand techniques into the system.
Of these two perspectives I would agree more with the one about encorperating empty hands because I have seen Two other arnis systems Giron arnis and garimot arnis and I have not seen them use empty hands only weapons.
Does this mean that they do not have empty-hand techniques? No, it does not but as far as I have seen they don't. Maybe it depends on the background of the teacher teahing the art or maybe not but that is all for now.
Please let me know your perspective on this subject.