Films Featuring Filipino Martial Arts - Kali 

Every mother in the Philippines knows this martial art. When children are misbehaving or hard headed, they whip out a broom, slipper, or anything they can get their hands on and perform Kali on their child. No matter how the child evades, the mother always hits her mark.

Kali was conceptualize with a very precise goal: to kill your opponent swiftly and efficiently. Close-range full contact combat utilizing most parts of the body or anything your hands can get a hold of as weapons. Kali is deadly. It's for combat, it's not made for sports, that's probably why some have seen impracticality in the aspect of application such as in sparring or sports demonstrations. Kali in it's "diluted" or less lethal form is made into art but when in it's real form it's a skill. A very deadly, very effective one. It's a fighting system more than a martial arts.

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My whole family knows Kali specially my Mom when Im not doing house chores .She uses broom stick and slippers .just imagine my dad ,grandpa,my sis . but mom is on grandmaster

The thing about Kali is that it's one of the most realistic styles of fighting. No sweep kicks, spinning kicks, none of those acrobatic stuff that's easy to dodge and leaves you with so many openings. Kali is used in very close quarter combat that uses disarming techniques when you're at a disadvantage, pounding techniques when you want to weaken your opponent's arms/legs by punching/kicking their biceps, and knuckle techniques that is mainly used to attack the joints (elbow, shoulder, knees). A really effective style of fighting that's good against street fights or other martial arts technique. The first thing you need to do in fighting your enemy is to make them weak so you could easily finish them off.

Kali is the oldest term used in FMA dating back 1600 or even earlier. There were big tribes in Luzong (now Luzon) and particular part in Visayas like Bohol, Cebu, etc. were they have extremely skilled warriors that the kingdoms of Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia (before it was united), and even in Hong Kong & China, would call/hire them for help whenever their kingdom struggles to win a war. They're a killing machines during those times that a small compact unit of 10 could slaughter 40 or more enemy warriors. After Ferdinand Magellan was brutally killed in the war, Spaniards studied and learned about our complex cultures and noticed common weakness: "Gold & Power". That's how Legaspi started his soft approach and with the aid of Vatican Friars. They used gold & power to divide the kingdoms & tribes so that they would kill each other, followed with Christian religion to tone & tame them, and later on turning them into vassals. During the middle part of Spanish rules, Filipinos slowly were taken back to their senses and build up direct & indirect resistance. Because we were deprived of guns supply, our old lethal combat system was revived. The rest was history.

Unbeknowns to many, Fklipino martial arts is integrated in our native dances like tinikling, fandNgo sa ilaw, maglalatik, etc. Our ancestors had to hide it from the Spaniards. Altho schooled in karate & judo, i was easily defeated by my father who's style was unknown to me until he taught me. Its close quarters combat with holds (layug), wraps, using all body parts as weapon. It also has quick leaps & wrestling (dumog). It specializes in sword & knife fighting

There are still unknown forms of kali and eskrima in the philippines.

When we were kids..we were train by our mothers to dodge the brooms, belts etc... Being Kali experts in Filipinos started really young in training...hahaha

Do you think the FIlipino Game called "Patintero" was designed to train Filipino Children how to attack and defend as a group? I would love to see Patintero game being played with players carrying arnis sticks while attacking and defending using Kali.(This is just a wild idea)

How international films are being admired for good fighting scenes using Philippine martial arts, a "pride" that action film directors and actors in the Philippines don't use for local movies, such a terrible fact!!

Kali has other forms, like arnis, eskrima, sikaran....... In Arnis you sometimes use dual wielding sticks or single stick..... The sticks has two type, the Heavy Baton, that can break you're bones, because it gives you more power when hitting you're opponent, and Light Baton, that can wound enemies, giving you much more speed attacking. Eskrima is the same with Arnis, except it use bladed weapons, such as sword, axe, and knives. Sikaran use kicks, often use when you don't have weapon. My favorite is knives, giving speed and very deadly once hit.

When I was in High School we were taught the basic defense movements of Kali just for self defense but they didn't teach us the striking movements but our PE teacher since he was cool as a cucumber, he told us in secret that he could teach us some stuff if we didn't inform the principal haha. I remember he used to come with us jogging to CCP every sat and sunday morning and that's where we trained.

A Filipino martial art that's long overdue for recognition.

Kali is not for art its design to kill the enemy effectively so its not a game

Kali is the FMA of the Southernmost Philippines- Mindanao. Mostly with knives and swords by the muslims. They also shields before. Escrima is the FMA of the middle part of the Philippines - Visayas. Always being the victims of slavery by the slavetraders in Mindanao, the Visayans have learned the twirls and snaps used for infighting. Arnis is the FMA of the Northern Philippines - Luzon. The martial art was first used tribe against tribe then against all colonizers. This FMA could be the one better in long range.

kali - the way of the muslim Mindanao with knives and in history as i have studied with a shield escrima - skirmish - the most flipping hand style of FMA best for infighting Arnis - the Luzon based fighting with emphasis on long sticks on both hand

In kali you don't need spin because it can get you killed.

Kaya pala dati nong bata pa 'ko sobrang hilig ni Lolo sa mga Hollywood movie kasi nakikita niya yung sarili niya at paborito niyang martial art. Now I already know

3:08 & 4:04 the main and ancient concept of Kali, using blades particularly by the headhunters from tribal wars during precolonial period in the Philippines..

Ahh yes 300 that famous Filipino battle at the hot gates where they saved Western Civilization.

The sad thing about this, I've watched a lot of Filipino action films and never have I seen this Martial arts being used in their films. It just goes to show that a lot of Filipino's doesn't know their own culture or they don't know how to use it properly. Cause most of them are probably focused more on other people's arts and culture than their own.

Both my grandparents know this especially my grandpa. He used Kali to fight bad guys on streets and my grandma judo and they trained me when I still young although for self defense only since I never wanted to go to jail if I may kill someone out of a prank / bully thats not worthy to brutally deal with.

the best movie that featured Kali was the movie THE HUNTED, benicio del Toro and Tommy Lee Jones

Magellan tried to conquer a small village a long time a go but he got Kali'd.

so now you know! you can’t mess with Filipinos 🇵🇭

Our forefathers use Kali during the 1896 Philippine Revolution against Spain, Filipino-American War (1899-1902), Moro-American War (1899-1913), and the Japanese occupation during WWII (1942-1945).

Where daredevil from marvel and nightwing from DC They have high tech Arnis that armed with many types of technology that form into many different form weapons and firearms inside an Arnis

I am one of the many people who survived a dangerous situation using this Filipino Martial Art when someone tried to ambush me to conduct robbery. Luckily that person used a knife instead of a gun because I would be dead if it was a gun. The best thing about this martial art is that you can use anything in your surrounding as your weapon. That experience is very traumatizing. If fear covered me during that time, despite my knowledge on FMA, I would be dead but thankfully I dead not cower in fear. I trained this Martial Art since I was a kid. Joining sports competition in the Philippines and luckily won a Gold medal in "Palarong Pambansa" or National games. Without this Martial Art, I don't know what would happen to me during that time.

The Rambo III clip is not Kali. It is the Thai art of Krabi Krabong, sister art to Muay Thai. Harold "Nature Boy" Diamond, (He was born Harold Roth), was a Muay Thai practitioner and Kickboxing champion with a record of 17-2. BTW: The guy Rambo is fighting, is Harold Diamond.

Old guard has just been added here 😁

Wow that 300 fight scene had escrima and captain america ?$ Thats awesome ! So mamy modern classics her i saw in the past that had eacrima and i never knew !!

We used to practice Arnis/Kali back in Highschool. It was part of the curriculum.

The art of Kali uses fist knives and sword but the most interesting is that the Kali can apply the whole body for weapon.

Moms master Kali the moment they have a kid 😂

book of eli is my favourite movie i knew it the fighting movement is familiar is kali

FYI one of Bruce Lee's close friends is a Filipino. He even taught Bruce Lee about FMA (Filipino Martial Art) especially the Kali from one stick to double sticks. In this video, you can see the opponent of Bruce Lee... That's him

I used to teach E-K-A classes, but it's 2020, so now it's online Eskrima-Kali-Arnis. Great list!

Our P.E back in the 80s was arnis

Kali is the source of the "wind talker" idea.. some asmple codes. KALI - go : take a bath you smell. KALI - wat : annoying relatives. KALI - mot : hmm, this one, I can't remember. KALI - wa : leftist communist bastards. KALI - bog : confucius thinking. KALI - sarap : cold beer...

The 300 is like how filipinos beat magellan.

300 probably more realistic. Coz they hit and chop the hands..

I've been interested in Kali for quite some time but I can't find any academy or facility that offers it where I live in Florida? Does anyone here know of a place in Florida?

Now for one movie that shows Kali all the time, The Raid

Ahh yes filipino martial arts aka the most hardcore one

When i was a young boy and scolded by my mom she used broomstick,slippers,belt and ladle to hit me and i used my both hands to defend my self hahahaha

I'm from Cebu, Philippines my late father told me Garuti/Arnis/Kali was used as a self-defense/offense to disable or kill opponents fast. This was the main style of our ancestors (tribes). We still have that one black crude sword passed down from our ancestors.

so many of these films have the wrong choreographer listed on them.

Did you know lapu-lapu or one of our national heroes in Philippines is a grandmaster of eskrima/kali even his subordinates are his training partner , that’s why they easily defend their land against the Spanish invader.

Kali is a weapon base Martial art when I was a kid I used a broom to fight 😂😂 me and my friend love to arnis back then

It was said that FMA/Kali fighters were hired to fight in other countries during the Pre-hispanic times. Looking at these films, makes me realize why they are sent in those missions. Geez, they're like killing machines

This is what my ancestor lapu lapu use to kill Magellan This is kali/eskrima the Filipino form of martial arts.

kali was what killed magellan, lol!

You forgot cyborg, choreographed by Sifu Blake's Loong.

at 3:40 in real life a filipino defeated bruce lee you can search it on google or at youtube

I'm quite sad that most of the Filipinos now didn't have the opportunity to learn and understand this "Filipino" martial arts.

Is that Sir Dan Inosanto against Bruce Lee?

Kali is a martial arts that is about finishing your enemy before he could do it first.

Ah kali, a one light yet most dangerous art in the world

Kali is made of pilipino fighter...

Kali is the most practical martial arts which widely used by military special forces.. no fancy sweep kick, or kung fu bs hand sign... hand to hand or with any practical pointy thing can be a weapon in kali...

What most people don't knoW is that Filipino martial arts practitioners actually join death matches. The FMA is basically a family based art and family members fight for family pride. Death matches were banned in 1948. One family in Cebu lost a lot of family members. So to some people who are saying this is fake, that is insulting to the art. The original family based martial arts were deadly, intended to kill with minimal movement. The recent "westernization" of the secretive family based martial arts leadto incorporation of movements that are fancy. FMA is originally intended for street fighting. BJJ is an adaptation of Japanese kodokan judo and was never intended as a martial arts for street fighting, where more than 2 combatants might be involved. Being on the ground with so many involved is a disadvantage. Its origin was for one on one matches. BJJ is an advantage in MMA octagon or ring but under street fight? Here is just one story and there are so many Cebu based FMA practitioners who are old enough who would attest to the existence of death matches. www.villabrillelargusakali.com/about-2/grandmaster-floro-villabrille

I'm a kali or arnis student.... Our art originated from pilipino using matchetes thats why its unique, you can see it because what the other countries weapons does not fit it unlike pilipino weapon, matchete and bolo. They use sticks since spanish banned it because it's deadly, so they secretly practice using sticks.

to sum it all up. most filipino are born warriors.. the problem is.. some if get insulted, mistreated, abused. sometimes doesn't end well to any abuser. when we fight we finish.. dont under estimate us. we i come in peace,, mga idol

So glad i learned this art years before it became fashionable

They missed Resident Evil Apocalypse. The scene where she duel wields the expandable batons against the Nemesis.

look how Young Inosanto is duking it out against Legend Bruce Lee … both so young and in their prime!!!

I just want to take a moment to point out how much better the short films are shot compared to their hollywood counterparts. You can see every action instead of just a series of blurry jump cuts that try to hide how bad their choreography is...

My Mom is Asthmatic but inside the house is using Kali(if we run away), arnis (broomstick and belt) it really made big mark on us! Hahahahha love u Ma where ever you are!

They're all doing this in the American/Western movies but we can't even make a decent fighting scene here in the Philippines.

Why wasn’t equilibrium or Blade 1&2 part of this?

Kali is a martial arts made to kill an enemy that is why it is not just for show. Train in Kali and learn to value life even more.

Very nice compilation. Thanks.

I watched all this movie 🍿🍿 back then. Amazing

famous martial arts that will be used to defend yourself or to kill someone. anything on your hand can be used as a weapon or defense. or your barely own hand can be used to kill.

Always remember that kali is for killing in the old days

300 was like... When the Spaniards came to the Philippines and the tribesmen fought them? JK.

Legend ever -Kali. Proud Filipino here😊

Im doubting when you show 300 cause basically greeks have their own martial arts in terms of sword, because greece is the first to have a tradition in europe, please explain it

Yup the 300 Cut here was using Kali in Shield and Itak (medium sword ). :-D

Kali is not a self defense martial arts, it's an offensive combative martial arts with intent to damage, disable, and or give the oponent the final kill.

EVEN F&F has Kali. Wow!! ☺️

And i love it's that cool 😎 move. Like dragon skill. Snake 🐍 skill.

300 movie is like how lapu lapu fighting style.

Furious 7 arms too wide @2:58 and whole sequence. It's painful to watch this way. It could have been guided a bit more

Under Siege scene is badass along with 300. ❤️❤️❤️

I was trained taekwondo when I was in high school,My father taught me kali ,..attack and defense, and it's more interisting..but I didn't take it seriously..but kali Is the best ...its the survival method .

4:34 steven seagal kali style is awesome

Filipino are so cool 😎 life kun fu martial arts. We like fighter you need focus and learn moves. You need focus the animeis. And skill and dispels. Like kun fu master.

My mom is a grandmaster of kali. Everytime i dont do chores or even not sleeping in the noon she will kick my ass while using a stick or even a belt. The metal stick is also given 🤣

The problem with the bourne series is its camera work lol

The deadly martial arts of the Philippines used when the spaniard came

There is a Bollywood movie called Rocky Handsome that features Kali !

wait but why kali on a spartan?

So that means kali is just used in movies if its rod or knife fights?

What about 1991's _The Perfect Weapon_ choreographed by Rick Avery

CHUCKY (protagonist of horror movie) a proud Kali Master...

Because we are all same sisters and brother, martial arts also are very similar. Grabe naman

Kali is originally from Philippines

Kali is very suited to in military ang police combats training its highly effective both defense and offense.