I never said Arnis wasn't viable in real scenarios, actually quite the opposite. Wait, 300? Really? Wow, the more you know. That's really cool actually.Originally Posted by yukina
Arnis is actually pretty translatable in real life. You saw the double stick and nunchaku but it's a whole lot more than that. Arnis pretty much enforces the use of the non-dominant hand in battle (the battle style in the movie 300 is based on arnis \m/). We're also taught how to fight using only one weapon and with our bare hands, including disarming and sweeping your enemy off his feet. Mucho amazing when such a small person like me knocks a giant off his feet.
Doesn't really look like it's for me. Looks really cool mind you, but I much prefer the more colorful short stick forms found in shaolin kung fu.
While it may not be as practical in this day in age, by god is it enjoyable.
Watching him spin the double nunchaku made me a bit sad though. I missed the day we were learning that at our school
Shaolin Double Broadsword in Thailand - YouTube
This is what I want to learn when I hit... I think 1st or 2nd degree black belt.
Also, funfact: It took me a minute to realize, but he goes to the same branch of school I do~ Same Gi, patches and everything.
Bak Sil Lum (Northern Shaolin) - Double Broadsword Sample - YouTube
This is another good example, though the music and commentary is quite cheesy ^^)
I don't know... i just started typing. Random tangent ahead.It seems like a very practical and powerful art, and I very well may hunt down a school for it in the future.
And that kind of stuff is taught in Shaolin too. Though I'm not 100% sure about disarming. Now that would be fun.I think Judo teaches sweeps and throws the best though (considering thats what it revolves around). Shaolin Kung Fu has a TON of weapons
Bo Staff
3-Sectional Staff
Nunchaku
Double Nunchaku
Broadsword
Double broadsword
Straight Sword
Gwan Dao (Kwan Tao)
Tonfa (Tuifa)
Chain-Whip
Iron Fan
9-ring Broadsword
Short Stick
etc. etc. but it's only a fraction of the content. There are too many unarmed forms and styles to count, and they are split into external and internal forms. External is your loud blatantly violent forms, where internal is your quiet graceful meditative forms. Internal forms are more my style~
Example of internal: Tai Chi Chuan. Waterbending in Avatar the Last Airbender is based off of Tai Chi, and it's VERY faithful to the movements and idea of it. Going as far as Tai Chi stemming from Taoism where water was a very common metaphor made for how to live life.
It's also very effective in real life, because it's based on yielding, sensitivity, and using your opponents weight against them. Not to mention how, as I previously stated in this thread, it's a VERY effective way to combat stress and strengthen yourself not only physically but also mentally and spiritually.
An external art would be more akin to tiger, monkey, dragon, etc. All very very fun styles.
REAL SHAOLIN KUNG FU!! (monkey/pole) Shifu Wang Bo - YouTube
Oh... were we talking about something? I tend to go on tangents when discussing this kind of stuff. I apologize.
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