I didn't get very many of the Filipino names. Arnis was just a sideline study for me for about 5 years.
Presas stated goal with "Modern Arnis" was to make it more approachable. He created forms/katas. I feel they were fine as they were basically the sinewalis, striking angles, deflections and disarms strung together. We learned and drilled them individually as well as in the forms. Not sure how many total there were but I learned 3 empty hand and 3 stick/knife sets.
Presas' 'signature' sequence was: a strike directed at the opponents stick hand>>clockwise abanico>>counter clockwise abanico>>then a strike that started by by retracting the entire arm a little bit from the ccw abanico, rotating the stick clockwise back to a six o'clock position and then striking upwards from 6 ot 12.
(this is from your perspecive as the attacker) the goal was to crash through their stick, abanico both sides of the hand and then blast it from the bottom again. hope that made sense.
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