K is for Kali Martial-Arts, A-Z of Filipino Cultural Exports
‘Arnis/Eskrima/Kali – The three are roughly interchangable umbrella terms for the traditional martial arts of the Philippines. These arts emphasize weapon-based fighting with sticks, blades, improvised weapons and hand-to-hand fighting which is formally known as Mano Mano or Pangamut. Because of this training with live weapons, elements of Arnis have made an impact in film, video games, television, and comic books. Arnis is often used to train actors and stuntmen how to handle similar weapons for use in movies’.
Jeff Imada (b. 19955), Filipino/ American born martial artist, stuntman, actor and director is arguably the most recognised Kali practitioner worldwide. According to Imada’s IMDB profile, he has worked on over 177 projects, across Hollywood feature film, shorts, TV & video games, from 1982 up until the present day. Starting out as an uncredited stuntman in ‘Bladerunner’, Imada’s 30+ year career has steadily progressed, with credits including – lead stunt co-ordinator for the ‘Bourne’ films.
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