Filipino martial arts

The martial arts of the Philippines include:

Many styles of eskrima/arnis/kali, which are sometimes broken into sub-disciplines, though this varies considerably from style to style:

Baraw, the use of a knife
Corto, medio, and largo mano, techniques aimed at fighting at short, medium, and long range, respectively
Doble baston, the use of a pair of sticks
Dumog, a grappling style with an emphasis on disabling or control of the opponent by manipulation of the head and neck.
Espada y daga, the use of a sword and knife (often simulated with a stick and a wooden knife)
Gunting, armed and unarmed scissoring techniques aimed at disabling an opponent's arm or hand
Latigo y Daga, Whip and Dagger.
Panantukan or panuntukan, Filipino kickboxing

Pananjakman, the low-line kicking component of panantukan
- Pangamut or mano mano, empty-hand techniques

Kino mutai, a sub-section of pangamut that specializes in biting and eye-gouges
- Sibat, the use of a spear
Sinawali, weaving attacks with two sticks.
Solo baston, the use of a single stick

Many styles of silat, primarily in the southern islands.
Yaw-Yan, short for "Sayaw ng Kamatayan" ("Dance of Death"), a system of martial arts similar to Thai kickboxing and Taekwondo but with grappling and submissions, commonly seen in Philippine MMA competitions.

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