International Arnis Koredas Obra Mano Federation

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Origin and style representatives

Arnis Koredas Obra mano has been founded by Grandmaster Andres GUMBAN from Cebu Island.

He's founded his own style based on thirty-seven differents forms of arnis.

Grandmaster GUMBAN, dead at age of 98 years's old, created this style with partnership of other arnis's masters leaving in cebu's suburb.

MACTAN is an island linked to CEBU, in one of several places of this first island, you can see the tribute monument build in memory of LAPU-LAPU, famoust warrior and pirat, also known with alias CILAPU-LAPU, considered as a national hero, LAPU-LAPU became a great symbol for filipinos because, in XVI century, he stopped the famoust MAGELLAN on the MACTAN's beach, fighting him to death.

Trainings and exchanges with several well known family arnis's schools such as CANETE, CACOYE... helped Grandmaster GUMBAN to find his own way to fight, selected effectives techniques in every schools to create his own traditional style which it has been yet revealed till now.

Grandmaster GUMBAN

At GrandMaster GUMBAN's death, his successor, Grandmaster BERSABAL, only nowadays reference of ARNIS KOREDAS OBRA MANO's fighting style, became the world's representative of this style.

Grandmaster BERSABAL

His first Official Representative in EUROPE is Master MONOSI Germano from BELGIUM.

Master MONOSI is also the founder-president and technical director of International Arnis Koredas Obra Mano Federation (IAKOMF), recognized officially in PHILIPPINES and being now the only international reference of ARNIS KOREDAS OBRA MANO outside PHILIPPINES.

Arnis Koredas Obra Mano

Arnis Koredas Obra Mano is simply the name gave to this traditionnal style, handing down throughout years in a cultural way.

Arnis came from spanish term "ARNES" meaning "defensive armor".

Koredas means "to mix".

Obra means "work".

Mano means "hand".

In this style, the stick used in a 50-53 cm'lenght one instead of 70 cm generally used in others styles.

The training is based on a short distance effective work : SERRADA (short distance).

The choice of this kind of stick is practical because with this weapon, the practitionner must created instinct skills due to the short time of reaction available.

This way of working don't exist in others systems and styles, they are more "classical", based on academic way.

The essential aim of Arnis is to stimulate instinct reaction in every positions and every situations.

Every contact must create sensation, creativity and answer in fight.

Arnisador must adapt his body mouvement to any strike or counter of assailant.

Nothing is written and determined in advance, only instinct skills trained by years of repetitions drills and fights.

With practice, with time, any mouvements, any reactions, any counters become instinctive and precise... what mind see, body follows...

For increasing instinct skills, three principles are important : PRACTICE, FLUIDITY and MIND FREEDOM.

General Arnis Principles

There are no fixed forms.

The practice must be free of mind, based only on reflexes, flexibility, fluidity, speed, accuracy and intuition.

Arnis is a real self-defense methode which the aim is to use any weakness of the opponent, physical or not, as vital points, nerves points, muscles, eyes, groin, ...

The teaching of arnis must follow this levels progress :

- SOLO OLISI ( single stick working )

- DOBLE OLISI ( double stick working )

- MANO-MANO ( empty hands techniques as Panantukan, filipino boxing )

- SIKARAN - PANADIAKAN ( foot techniques )

- KOTSILIO DEPENSA ( knife defense techniques )

- LAYOG DUMOG ( filipino wrestling )

Weapons

- DOBLE OLISI ( double stick )

- SOLO OLISI ( single stick )

- Middle stick and long stick

- ESPADA Y DAGA ( sword and knife )

- OLISI - BARAW ( stick and knife )

- BARAW - BARAW ( double knife )

- Flexibles weapons

ARNIS KOREDAS OBRA MANO DISTINCTIVE FEATURES

- Short stick working ( less than 60 centimeters )

- Permanent working of the back hand to strike, to desarm, to grab... to destabilize opponent !

- Permanent body movements in any directions in connection with opponent position

- Body mechanics must be flexible

- There are no blocks in Arnis Koredas Obra Mano, only permanent and repetitives strikes on nerves and sensibles points.

- Indispensable working of internal skills as concentration, breath, relaxation for increasing fighting spirit and instinctives reactions.

Koredas Way of Eskrima

     1 ARNIS KOREDAS OBRA MANO
     2    Koredas Mano Mano
     3    Koredas Silat Dinagat
     4    Koredas Binugsay
     5    Koredas Trangkada Tumba
     6    Koredas Hubad Lubag
     7    Koredas Hubad Lyabe
     8    Koredas Bweltada
     9    Koredas Disarmada
    10   Koredas Huego Tudo
    11   Koredas Dekadena
    12   Koredas Serrada De mano
    13   Koredas Serrada Heneral
    14   Koredas Pangamot Dipensa
    15   koredas Largo
    16   Koredas Medyo
    17   Koredas Kortu
    18   Koredas Lansesay
    19   Koredas Palapas Palabay Dipensa
    20   koredas Ilog Baraw
    21   Koredas Alkontrada Heneral
    22   Koredas Ronda Ulisi Serco
    23   Koredas Atake Baraw
    24   Koredas Labtik witik
    25   Koredas Saltada
    26   Koredas Estokada Sayaw
    27   koredas Amara Largo
    28   Koredas Amara Medyo
    29   Koredas Amara Kurto
    30   Koredas Duble Amara
    31   koredas Solo Amara
    32   Koredas Baraw Ulisi
    33   Koredas Nilatigo
    34   Koredas Destroksyon
    35   Koredas Tapi Tapi
    36   Koredas Dumod Layog
    37   Koredas Tukod Sinungkod