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Knowledge of the Filipino fighting skills is mandatory in the Philippine military and police. Filipino martial arts are considered the most advanced practical modern blade system in the world and are now a core component of the U.S. Army's Modern Army Combatives program [13] [14] [15] and used by the Russian Spetsnaz (special forces).
The culture of the Philippines is characterized by great ethnic diversity. [1] Although the multiple ethnic groups of the Philippine archipelago have only recently established a shared Filipino national identity, [2] their cultures were all shaped by the geography and history of the region, [3] [4] and by centuries of interaction with neighboring cultures, and colonial powers.
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.
[1] [2] The Sentro is active not just within the UP system due to its mission of "developing and disseminating" the Filipino language according to the provisions of the 1987 Philippine Constitution. [3] [4] [5] One of Sentro's projects is the UP Diksiyonaryong Filipino, a monolingual Filipino dictionary. [6]
Filipino (English: / ˌ f ɪ l ə ˈ p iː n oʊ / ⓘ FIL-ə-PEE-noh; [1] Wikang Filipino, [ˈwikɐŋ filiˈpino̞]) is the national language (Wikang pambansa / Pambansang wika) of the Philippines, the main lingua franca (Karaniwang wika), and one of the two official languages (Wikang opisyal/Opisyal na wika) of the country, along with English. [2]
Pinoy (/ p ɪ ˈ n ɔɪ / or / p iː ˈ n ɔɪ / [1] Tagalog:) is a common informal self-reference used by Filipinos to refer to citizens of the Philippines and their culture as well as to overseas Filipinos in the Filipino diaspora. [2] [page needed] [3] A Pinoy who has any non-Filipino foreign ancestry is often informally called Tisoy.
The government of the Philippines (Filipino: Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas) has three interdependent branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.The Philippines is governed as a unitary state under a presidential representative and democratic constitutional republic in which the president functions as both the head of state and the head of government of the country within a pluriform ...
The Filipino Channel, commonly known as TFC, is a global subscription television network owned and operated by the Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation.Its programming is composed primarily of imported programs produced and distributed by ABS-CBN Studios and ABS-CBN News, targeting the Filipino diaspora. [1]