stick fighting

stick fighting, is a variety of martial arts which use simple long, slender,
blunt, hand-held, generally wooden "sticks" for fighting.

A dagger is a fighting knife with a very sharp point and usually two sharp
edges, typically designed or capable of being used as a thrusting
or stabbing weapon.

bladed weapon is a melee weapon with a cutting edge.

The! BASTON! (Spanish and

Filipino for "cane") is one of Arnis's
primary weapons and Filipino
martial arts. It is also known as
y antok, olisi, pa l o , pa m a l o ,
garrote, ca–a, cane, arnis stick,
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT OF ARNIS
The game is played by using prescribed padded stick in delivering
artisticand legal blows, strikes, thrusts, and disarming the opponent to
gainscore.

COMPITATION AREA
Shall refers to the area by which the conduct of the competition shall beset or
held including the free zone around it.

DIMENSIONS
The playing area is a square measuring 8.0 meters by 8.0 meters with
atwo (2) meters minimum free zone around it, and a clear space withoutany
obstruction up to a height not less than 5 meters from the playingsurface.

LINE OF THE PLAYING AREA

All line of the playing surface are 5.08 cm.

(2 inches) and must be of the floor and other lines previously drawn
forother purposes.

BOUNDARY LINE
Four lines mark the boundary of the playing area.The free zone distance
measuring 2.0 meters are drawn outside of theplaying area.

MATCH LINES
Two lines of 1.0 meter long and 2.0 meters apart mark the horizontal
matchline.The horizontal match line are drawn 3 meters from the
boundary lines that
run perpendicularly to the official’s table, and 3.5 meters from
theboundary line that run parallel to the official’s table.
WEAPON
The padded stick shall be the official weapon of the player.

The specification of which shall be in accordance with the i-

ARNIS standard.

No other similar material will be allowed to be used in any local, national

orinternational competition.

Each padded stick shall be properly foam-cushioned and shall have amaximum grip
diameter of not more than 3.81cm.

(1 ½ inch) and length of 76.20cm (30 inches for men and women).Thelength of
padded stick shall be 27 inches for boys and girls.

Both padded stick shall be color-coded, one red and the other blue
HEAD PROTECTOR
Refers to a pair of protective head gear to include an impact
worthy face mask, the specifications of which shall be
in accordance with the i-ARNIS standard.Both head
gears must be color-coded, one red the other blue, to match
the padded stick of the player.

BODY PROTECTOR
Refers to a pair of protective body protector, properly
cushioned, the specifications of which shall be
in accordance with the i-ARNIS standard.Male and
female player must both wear body protector and groin
protector.Body protector and groin protectors
specifications shall be in accordance with the i-ARNIS
standard.Both body protectors and groin protectors shall be
color coded to match the color of the player.Forearm and
shin guards are compulsory.The specifications shall be
in accordance with i-ANIS standard. Both
shin &forearm guards must be color of the player.

SCORE BOARDS
A pair of scoreboard, either manually or electronically
operated, the specifications of which shall be
in accordance with the i-ARNIS standard.
Two score boards per contest area shall be placed at
diagonally opposite atdiagonally opposite corners
outside the playing area, inside thecompetition area
within the free zone, right where the judges arepositioned.

FLAGS
Two sets of red and blue flags, the size of which is 30 cm by
25 cm, are usedby the judges in declaring decisions or asking
for consultations.

One yellow flag, size 30 cm by 25 cm.

For timer’s use to signal the start and the end of each
round and to declare
a time-out and resumption of the game.
OTHER EQUIPMENT
Stopwatch is use to keep the two-minutes per round.This
include interruptions such as injury, changing of broken
stick.A gong and mallet or other similar audible substitutes
such as whistle, bellor buzzer shall be provided for the
timer to indicate the start and end of theround.A table
shall be provided for the TIMER and RECORDER which shall
besituated one (1) meter in front of the playing area so that
time signals areaudible enough to both players .
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