Sinawali: Arnis’ way of double-cane fighting

By The Manila Times

Oct 19, 2013 9:14 pm

Attacker (left) delivers a strike using both canes. Punong Lakan Nicolas blocks using his left cane while countering with a left temple strike using right cane.

Sinawali is the double-cane method of fighting of arnis, escrima and kali. The name sinawali came from the Tagalog word “sawali,” a woven split bamboo mats used as walls of nipa huts. The crisscrossing movements of sinawali weapons fighting mimic the pattern of these mats hence the name.

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