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Arnis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Traditional Philippine stickfighting, a martial art. uncountable
  2. 2
    plural of arni form-of, plural
  3. 3
    A stick made of rattan, bahi, yantok, yakal or kamagong, used in Philippine stickfighting. countable

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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