Single and Double

Sinawali
LESSON 3
 SINAWALI
• Sinawali is the double-cane method of fighting of
arnis, escrima and kali. The name sinawali came from
the Tagalog word “sawali,” a woven split bamboo mats
used as walls of nipa huts. The crisscrossing
movements of sinawali weapons fighting mimic the
pattern of these mats hence the name.
 Single Sinawali
• Single sinawali is about single-motion striking: one arm
strikes high, medium, low in sequence.
• Single Sinawali. A sinawali is a "weaving" of strikes together
to teach different patterns of motion. Strikes made by the
right and left hand alternate, and the angles of attack are
varied as the drill proceeds.
 Double Sinawali
• Double sinawali is about double-motion striking: both
arms working in a loop and in a parallel but opposite
motion, i.e., as one strikes, the other is cocked, ready to
strike.