Hi all, I'm new to this forum I train with nunckukas, Blaisong (butterfly knife), ASP (baton), sticks and some firearms (LSW, SA80).
I experience both..... and practice filipino silat. Actually we consider weapons as extension of our hands. Some weapons allow us to use all our empty hand techniques.... We have very sophisticated silat weapon trainings and an escrima substyle (more specialized on Bolos)........ In the southern Philippines some people think escrima/arnis is a part of silat... Mabuhay ang filipino Silat at Arnis.
Hi, You forgot many weapons there. Bo Tonfa Tinbe / Rochin Chisikun Bo Hanbo Katana Kama (Nichogama) Just to mention a few.... -Chris J.
Staff, single and double escrima sticks, single and double tonfa, nunchaku (single and pair), sai, butterfly swords, broadsword, spear, single dagger, throwing knives and stars, meteor hammer, rope dart, and manriki