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  2. Kalis - Wikipedia

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    A kalis (Baybayin: ᜃᜎᜒ or ᜃᜎᜒᜐ᜔; Jawi script: كاليس ;Abecedario: cáli, cális) is a type of Philippine sword. The kalis has a double-edged blade, which is commonly straight from the tip but wavy near the handle. Kalis exists in several variants, either with a fully straight or fully wavy blade.

  3. Arnis - Wikipedia

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    Arnis, also known as kali or eskrima/escrima, is the national martial art of the Philippines. [3] These three terms are, sometimes, interchangeable in referring to traditional martial arts of the Philippines ("Filipino Martial Arts", or FMA), which emphasize weapon-based fighting with sticks, knives, bladed weapons, and various improvised weapons, as well as "open hand" techniques without weapons.

  4. Kalis Ilustrisimo - Wikipedia

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    Kalis Ilustrisimo means "The Bladed Art of Ilustrisimo": calis (or caris) being another term for sword, blade and knife in Luzon and the Visayas, and its usage as esgrimir and esgrima (Spanish for fencing/sword fighting).

  5. Filipino martial arts - Wikipedia

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    Kalis: Larger, thicker Filipino kris; Golok: Machete or broadsword used by tribes people; Sibat: Spear; Sundang: Single-edged thick short sword; Lagaraw: Single-edged flexible long sword with a bent tip; Ginunting: Single-edged flat ground short sword with a double edged sheep's hoof tip. Typically used in matched pairs with Pinunting

  6. Gunong - Wikipedia

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    The gunong is a dagger variant of the kalis, a Philippine sword derived from the Indonesian kris dagger. The gunong is most commonly found in the ethnic groups of Mindanao. The tribes carried blades as part of their regular attire, both as a precaution for self-defense and for accomplishing daily tasks.

  7. List of Filipino weaponry - Wikipedia

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    Bagobo - The Bagobo sword comes from The Bagobo people, a tribe that traces its origin from the people who brought Hinduism to Mindanao during the Sri Vijayan and Majapahit invasion. When the people inter-married with the locals, they formed a new society and came up with the name Bagobo. [1]: 7

  8. Kris - Wikipedia

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    Other names include karih in Minangkabau, and sele (ᨔᨙᨒᨙ) in Buginese and Makassarese. Two notable exceptions are the Philippines and Thailand. In the Philippines, the kris and similar stabbing daggers are known as gunong or gulok, while the much larger slashing sword versions are known as kalis or sundang.

  9. Balasiong - Wikipedia

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    Balasiong (also spelled balacion, baliciong, or balisiong) is a Filipino sword used by Muslim Filipino ethnolinguistic groups (the Moro people) in the Southern Philippines.It is a type of kalis but differs in that the double-edged blade isn't straight or wavy but instead slightly convex.