A sports offer of TV 1976 Darmstadt-Eberstadt
Are rapid combat scenes in Hollywood films Kung FU, Karate or Taekwondo? No, mostly Filipino Martial Arts (FMA). Even in films by Bruce Lee and Steven Segal.
Martial arts are fascinated by many people. Some want to feel safer, others are looking for an exciting compensation or want to develop their personality. The Japanese, Korean and Chinese martial arts have been number one since the early 1960s, but the world of martial arts has become more colorful. Since Hollywood has increasingly used Filipino martial arts for his action scenes, more and more people are interested in Arnis, Kali and Escrima - the Filipino Martial Arts, or FMA for short.
The most famous FMA is Modern Arnis, which is spread by the DAV, the largest Filipino martial arts association in Germany. Modern Arnis is not only a martial art, but also an effective self -defense with weapons, everyday objects and without weapons. The Jason Bourne films show this. Modern Arnis is not distributed commercially, but mainly trained in clubs so that everyone can afford training.
(Text/photo: Siegfried Wittwer)
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