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    The document discusses striking as a main technique in Arnis and identifies 12 target areas of the human body that can be struck. These target areas include the temples, arms, stomach, chest, knees, eyes, and head. Striking the temples, stomach, and head can be fatal by causing hemorrhaging or skull fractures. Other targets like the arms, chest, and knees can result in paralysis, broken ribs or bones, or joint dislocations if struck. The 12 basic strikes in Arnis are then listed along with the corresponding body parts.

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    The document discusses striking as a main technique in Arnis and identifies 12 target areas of the human body that can be struck. These target areas include the temples, arms, stomach, chest, knees, eyes, and head. Striking the temples, stomach, and head can be fatal by causing hemorrhaging or skull fractures. Other targets like the arms, chest, and knees can result in paralysis, broken ribs or bones, or joint dislocations if struck. The 12 basic strikes in Arnis are then listed along with the corresponding body parts.

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    ARNIS Strike

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    Nina Adolfo
    The document discusses striking as a main technique in Arnis and identifies 12 target areas of the human body that can be struck. These target areas include the temples, arms, stomach, chest, knees, eyes, and head. Striking the temples, stomach, and head can be fatal by causing hemorrhaging or skull fractures. Other targets like the arms, chest, and knees can result in paralysis, broken ribs or bones, or joint dislocations if struck. The 12 basic strikes in Arnis are then listed along with the corresponding body parts.

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    STRIKE Is the act of hitting something with force with your hand or weapon.

    In Arnis,
    using stick/s as an extension of the hand is also the main weapon for striking. There are specific areas
    in our body as targets for striking as shown in the figure

    The 12 different target areas of human body and its reaction:

    1 & 2 - Left and Right temple (kaliwa at kanang sintido) – fatal; can

    cause internal hemorrhage in the Brain or skull fracture.

    3 & 4 - Left and Right arm (kaliwa at kanang sintido) – can paralyze

    the shoulder area or bone fracture.

    5 - Stomach (tiyan) – fatal; can cause internal hemorrhage or

    damage to internal organs.

    6 & 7 - Left and Right chest (kaliwa at kanang dibdib) – painful and

    make ribs breakable.

    8 & 9 - Left and Right knee (kaliwa at kanang tuhod) – bone

    fracture and dislocate joints.

    10&11 - Left and Right eye (kaliwa at kanang mata) – serious

    damage to blindness.

    12 - Crown/Head (ulo) – fatal; can cause death


    The 12 basic strikes in Arnis:

    1. Left temple strike 2. Right temple strike

    3. Left arm strike 4. Right arm strike

    5. Stomach thrust 6. Left chest thrust


    7. Right chest thrust 8. Left knee strike

    9. Right knee strike 10. Left eye thrust


    11. Right eye thrust 12. Crown strike

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