inscribed nine martial-arts-related intangible heritages.

Name

Arnis comes from arnés, the Old Spanish for "armour" (harness is an archaic English term from same root). It is said to derive from the armour costumes used in traditional Moro-moro stage plays, where actors fought mock battles with wooden swords. Arnes is also an archaic Spanish term for weapon, used as early as 1712. (Arms is an English term from the same root)

Eskrima

1.Previous
3.Next