A documentary on the Filipino martial arts

Timely with the passing of the Arnis bill that finally made arnis into a national martial art and sport is the release of Eskrimadors, a documentary film about the Filipino martial arts (FMA) by Cebuano production outfit Pointsource Films. The term eskrimador means, “a practitioner of eskrima.” While arnis is the generic term for the FMA in Luzon, in the Visayas particularly the island of Cebu, it is better known as eskrima. “This film came about when we were looking for a project that was uniquely Cebuano in scope and identity, but had the capability to reach out to a worldwide audience,” says Kerwin Go, the producer and director of the film.