arnis
The English word “arnis” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- Traditional Philippine stickfighting, a martial art.
- A stick made of rattan, bahi, yantok, yakal or kamagong, used in Philippine stickfighting.
Etymology
From Tagalog arnis, from Spanish arnés in the archaic sense of “a chivalric set of weapons or armor” (compare English harness).
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