MANILA, Philippines — There are no written documents that go back far enough to prove when arnis started, but like other folk arts, stories and techniques of the Filipino martial art have been passed ...

As an arnisador (practitioner of arnis), it gives me joy to see other people getting interested in the Philippines’ National Martial Art and Sport, as declared by Republic Act No. 9850. Not because ...

MANILA, Philippines - The long wait is over for arnis, the traditional Filipino martial art, to become the national sport. And it took a senator and an arnis expert as well, to give the sport, being ...

Deborah Clem and her husband, David Headley, are used to getting alarming calls from neighbors who see them in their yard swinging sticks at each other. The San Diego-area couple take classes in Arnis ...