List of Arnis systems and practitioners

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This is a list of notable Arnis systems and practitioners.

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Practiced/Practitioners in the Philippines

Systems that directly originated from the Philippines and have practitioners residing in the Philippines. Not all systems have particular names, as older practitioners only called their arts generic names like arnis, baston, escrima, etc.

International Systems

Systems which were consolidated and codified overseas, or where practitioners are no longer residing in the Philippines, but abroad.

Filipino-American Systems/Practitioners

Europe

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