Monday, January 31, 2011

Philippines

Well, today we learned that the Philippines had an interesting way of fighting. Not interesting as in unexpected, but interesting as in fascinating. Due to the heavily jungled and mountainous terrain, the fighting style really suited them. Geurilla warfare meant hand to hand fighting with everything from small blades to rocks to fists. The short, fast blades of the arnis perfectly suited their way of fighting, fighting for liberation from both the Spanish and the Americans.

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