Wiley - Filipino Martial Culture: a Sourcebook

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

1. Systems named after the area in which they were developed (i.e., Bicolano arnis; arnis Pangasinan)

2. Systems named after their founder (i.e., Bias dynamic arnis: kalis Ilustrisimo)

3. Systems named after their most distinguishing technical characteristic (i.e., lapunti arnis de abaniko; doblete rapillon)

4. Systems named after their favored fighting range (i.e., Cabales serrada eskrima; lameco eskrima)

5. Systems named after their composite styles (i.e., Vee arnis jitsu; Tobosa kali-escrima)

6. Systems named after Filipino national heroes (i.e., Rizal arnis)

7. Systems named after historic places (i.e., Balintawak arnis)

8. Systems named after the weapons of former enemies (i.e., estocada; espada y daga)

9. Systems named after or inspired by religious elements (i.e., San Miguel Eskrima; Tres Personas Arnis)

Appendix 4

In 1972, the late Donn F. Draeger wrote an exhaustive work titled Weapons and Fighting Arts of the Indonesian Archipelago. It soon became a classic and remains today among the most comprehensive volumes on the fighting arts of any given country. In 1974, Robert W. Smith wrote his anecdotal book, Chinese Boxing: Masters and Methods. Interesting and insightful, Smith's collection shed light on the lives and martial styles of a number of renown Chinese martial arts masters. These two books inspired and motivated me to write a text on the martial arts of the Philippines that would include both the historical and descriptive analysis of Draeger's work and the anecdotal life-histories of Smith's. In addition, I wanted this project to reflect my background in anthropology and sociology, but not be confined to cumbersome theoretical discourse. The chapters in Part Two and the book's conclusion, however, reflect the writing style and analytical methods of the social sciences proper. It is my hope, then, that this will generate an interest in other scholars to consider the subject of martial arts as a topic worthy of further investigation.