04 June 2008

Schedule change for International Arnis Championships

This is to inform that the schedule for the International Arnis Championships has changed schedule from July 09-12, to August 20-23. This is now reflected on the schedule of activities below, and on the calendar of events page. Please be guided accordingly.

14 May 2008

International Arnis Championships

Arnis Philippines, in partnership with Arnis Pederasyong Internasyonal (IAF) and the World Oriental Federation shall be holding the International Arnis Championships on July 9-12, 2008 at Tiendesitas shopping complex, Ortigas Avenue cor. E. Rodriguez Jr. Ave. (C-5), Pasig City, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Here is the schedule of activities for this event:

Schedule	Activities	Venue
August 20 (Wed)	Training day; Refresher course for referees and judges; Team managers' meeting; Official draw/Matching and pairing	Tiendesitas, Pasig City
August 21 (Thu)	Weigh in of athletes; Opening ceremonies	Tiendesitas, Pasig City
August 22 (Fri)	Anyo competition; Full contact competition; Awarding ceremonies	Tiendesitas, Pasig City
August 23 (Sat)	Farewell party	Tiendesitas, Pasig City

09 November 2007

Philippine Olympic Festival - Arnis National Championships

As a reminder to all, the venue of the national championships has been moved from the Wushu gym to the Barangay Mariana Multipurpose Center, located at New Jersey St. cor. 3rd St., Brgy Mariana, New Manila, Quezon City. Please be guided accordingly.

* Directions to the venue: heading West on Aurora Blvd. from Cubao to Sta. Mesa , turn right at Doña Hemady St., then turn right at the first corner which is 3rd St., and the succeeding first corner is the intersection of 3rd and New Jersey.

Here is the schedule for the national championships for this year:

Schedule	Activities	Venue
Nov. 12 (Mon)	Grand Opening Program
Nov. 14 (Wed)	Deadline for submission of entries (2pm); Team managers' meeting (4pm); Matching and pairing (5:30pm)	Arnis Center, Philsports Complex, ULTRA
Nov. 15 (Thu)	Referees & Judges refresher seminar (2-5pm)	Arnis Center, Philsports Complex, ULTRA
Nov. 16 (Fri) (9am-5pm)	Arnis opening program; Anyo competition	Brgy. Mariana Multipurpose Gym
Nov. 17 (Sat) (9am-5pm)	Full contact competition	Brgy. Mariana Multipurpose Gym
Nov. 18 (Sun) (9am-2pm)	Full contact competition; Awarding and closing ceremonies	Brgy. Mariana Multipurpose Gym

04 November 2007

POF - Arnis National Championships entries

This is a reminder to all that only the medalists (gold, silver, and bronze winners) of the regional qualifiers in a particular event will be priviledged to join the national championship for that event.

Also, the tournament fee is set at PHP 300.00 per event entry, for both individual and group events (one anyo team is considered as one entry).

24 October 2007

POF- Bicol and Southern Tagalog

This is the schedule of the Philippine Olympic Festival - Bicol and Southern Tagalog (BST) regoinal games:

Schedule	Activities	Venue
Oct. 24 (Wed)	Team managers' meeting; Matching and pairing	Ateneo de Naga
Oct. 25 (Thu)	Anyo competition	Ateneo de Naga
Oct. 26-27 (Fri-Sat)	Full contact competition	Ateneo de Naga

Contact persons are as follows:

Tournament Director: Commissioner Ramon Lobos - 0918 2293667
Naga LGU Coordinator: Mr. Aldrin Maravilla - 0919 3600711
ArPI Technical Official: Mr. Raffy Montalbo - 0918 3749877
ArPI Technical Official: Mr. Jaime Quisana - 0921 4417637, 0919 8862125

24 October 2007

Call for POF-NCR photos

To all those with photos of the POF - NCR games, you can send your best team photos or action shots to us via email (info@arnisphilippines.com), and if your photo is chosen to be uploaded to the website, you will be entitled to an Arnis Philippines t-shirt which can be claimed at the Arnis Center, Philsports Complex. Please include your full name, team affiliation and address in your email.

20 October 2007

Philippine Olympic Festival Reminders

All medalists (gold, silver, and bronze) to the regional games are qualified to participate in the upcoming 2nd POF National Championships (National Arnis Encounter 2007).

All NSA attached medalists have the option to have themselves adopted by their respective Local Government Units (LGUs) so that their medals could be counted in favor of that LGU in the official medal tally of the games. They may also request for financial support from their adoptive LGU to be able to participate and represent their LGU in the national championships.

19 October 2007

POF - NCR schedule change

The POF - NCR Arnis games being held at the Brgy. Mariana Multipurpose Gym will only be until saturday, as the POF Organizing Comittee is requiring all sports to finish their medal tallies by Sunday, October 21.

Here is the new remaining schedule:

Schedule	Activities	Venue
Oct. 19 (Fri) 8AM - 6PM	Opening ceremonies; Anyo Events; Full contact events	Brgy. Mariana Multipurpose Gym
Oct. 20 (Sat) 9AM - 6PM	Finals; Awards and closing ceremonies	Brgy. Mariana Multipurpose Gym

* The Barangay Mariana Multipurpose Gym is located at New Jersey St. cor. 3rd St., Brgy Mariana, New Manila, Quezon City

17 October 2007

Attention all LGUs and all gold medalists

Local Government Units (LGUs) may invite to adopt NSA unattached entries to their region provided that the athlete agrees to the arrangement, so that medals won by that athlete will be credited to the adoptive LGU or region in the medal tally.

NSA unattached medalists may also ask support directly from their respective LGUs if they so desire.

LGUs must submit the full names of their adopted athlete/s in a letter signed by the Governor or Mayor which must be recieved by both the Philippine Olympic Festival Organizing Committee (POFOC) and Arnis Philippines before the deadline set before the championship games.

15 October 2007

POF - NCR inquiries

For inquiries regarding the NCR games, please contact the Tournament Director for POF-NCR '07, Mr. Andres "Boy" Cabodil at 0920 5003204, or Ms. Gemma Ferrer of the secretariat at 0916 5540622.

UPDATED 14 October 2007

POF - NCR schedule

The final schedule of the Philippine Olympic Festival - National Capital Region games are as follows:

Schedule	Activities	Venue
Oct. 17 (Wed)	Referee and Judges refresher seminar (2-4PM)	Arnis Center, Philsports Complex
Oct. 18 (Thu)	Referee and Judges refresher seminar(2-4PM); Team managers' meeting (4-5PM); Matching and pairing (5-7PM)	Arnis Center, Philsports Complex
Oct. 19 (Fri) 8AM - 6PM	Opening ceremonies; Anyo Events; Full contact events	Brgy. Mariana Multipurpose Gym
Oct. 20 (Sat) 9AM - 6PM	Full contact events	Brgy. Mariana Multipurpose Gym
Oct. 21 (Sun) 1PM - 4PM	Full contact events; Awards and closing ceremonies	Brgy. Mariana Multipurpose Gym

* The Barangay Mariana Multipurpose Gym is located at New Jersey St. cor. 3rd St., Brgy Mariana, New Manila, Quezon City

10 October 2007

New POF - NCR date

National Capital Region games has been moved to October 17-22. Schedule of activiites and venues shall be announced as soon as they are available.

* Reminder: anyone found not in good standing and whose actions are inimical to ARPI or with his/her own club and/or the NSA will be stripped of all the medals and honors received. All tournament fees are non-refundable.

08 October 2007

Announcement Regarding POF - NCR

As per meeting today, 08 October 2007, with the POF Organizing Committee, the National Capital Region games will be postponed, as there have been unforeseen scheduling conflicts with other priority events of the host LGU. We shall be posting the new dates for the competition as soon as they are finalized.

Arnis Philippines Represented in Korean Martial Arts Festival

The country’s own martial art of Arnis will be among those represented along with thirty other martial arts at the Tenth World Martial Arts Festival to be held in Chungju, South Korea, from September 28 to October 4. This annual festival gathers martial artists from all over the world to demonstrate and share their skills, including practitioners from more prominent arts such as Karate, Muay Thai, and Taekwondo to more exotic styles such as Sambo, Viet Vo Dao, and Hapkido.

In order to showcase the distinctive skills and techniques that have made Arnis known around the world, Arnis Philippines, Inc. member of the Philippine Olympic Committee and the officially-recognized umbrella organization or National Sports Association, will send a seven-member delegation to this festival, headed by Mr. Richardson C. Gialogo, Vice President for External Affairs. The exhibition team is comprised by Master Jaime Quizana, Mr. Ryan Gialogo, Marie Kristine Crespo, Mikhal de Dios, Raymond de Vera, and Raymund Anthony Suba, all multi-awarded Arnis athletes.

For four (4) straight years now, Arnis Philippines has been sending representatives to this world event and the Philippine delegation has always been a crowd favorite due to the Filipinos’ exceptional martial skills coupled with their amiable personalities and decorum.

Arnis is an indigenous Philippine martial art that is famous for its stick and blade fighting emphasis. Because of its effectiveness and practicality, it is being taught to and used by police and armed forces both inside and outside the country.

“Truly we are nearing our dream of including Sports Arnis as part of the sports program in many countries,” says Arnis Philippines President, Mr. Raymond S. Velayo.

Change in Philippine Olympic Festival NCR Schedule

As announced by the POF Organizing Committee, POF-NCR hosted by Quezon City has been postponed to October 10-14.

POF- Bicol and Southern Tagalog will still push through on October 22-28, hosted by Naga City.

Philippine Olympic Festival - Visayas

The Philippine Olympic Festival Organizing Comittee requires all POF sports to strictly follow the ruling that only NSA members are allowed to compete. Please refer to POFOC ground rules. (www.philolympicfestival.com)

All participants may settle their outstanding dues at the tournament venue in Iloilo.

This is for the information and guidance of all concerned.

Arnis Para Sa Tanod 2007

Last Saturday, March 10, 2007 saw the launching of the Arnis Para sa Tanod Project at the Barangay Mariana Community Center. This three month program, sponsored by the Rotary Club of New Manila, Arnis Philippines Incorporated (ArPI), and Quezon City District 4 Representative Nanette Castelo-Daza, aims to train barangay tanods from 36 barangays in Quezon City on the Filipino fighting art of arnis. So far, 136 tanods from different barangays have signed up for this program, and this number is expected to grow.Barangay and city officials have expressed their concern for the lack of training of barangay tanods in self-defense. Most do not know how to wield and use arnis sticks properly under their mandate as peace keepers, even if they carry these with them every day.

This three-month program will also include training in sport arnis. Vice President Richard Gialogo believes that knowledge in martial arts techniques alone sometimes is not enough in subduing and catching bad elements. The barangay tanods should be fit, quick, and agile enough to use the techniques taught to them. Plus, there is a need for intensive training for the tanods to be more athletically inclined, to serve their communities better.

Also, ArPI, in coordination with the local government, plans of having inter-baranggay tanod tournaments once this project is underway. This way, according to ArPI officials, the tanods will be more interested and have an added incentive to train, and this is also more efficient since the local government of Quezon City already has its own active sport arnis program, and the office of the Vice Mayor is very supportive of it.

ARPI President, Mr. Raymond S. Velayo, plans of adding more phases to this training program, wherein the tanods would be trained for other skills such as crowd control, VIP protection, and to act as an emergency response team for calamities.

Batang QC Olympics 2007

Arnis was included in this year's Batang QC Olympics, held on January 27, 2007 at the Amoranto Sports Complex in Quezon City. Thirty-three (33) barangays fielded boys and girls ages 17 years old and below. The competition lasted the whole day, with the kids competing in the Laban and Anyo events.

Philippine Olympic Festival 2007

We would like to announce that the schedules for the Philippine Olympic Festival Arnis Competitions for the year 2007 are now posted at the calendar of events section. Thank You.

Philippine Olympic Festival Arnis Competition

Last June 23-25, 2006 a novice invitational tournament was held in SM Fairview, Quezon City, as part of the Philippine Olympic Festival 2006 (POF 2006). Participating Teams included the Ateneo College Arnis Varsity Team, Baguio-Sphinx Kali Arnis, Kali Arnis Martial Arts Organization, Kali Pamantukan, Lao Lan, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela Virulent Tigers, and University of Makati Arnis Club, among others.

Results from the said tournament can be viewed in the arnis section of the POF 2006 website.

DepEd School Sports Train the Trainors Program Ongoing

We are pround to announce that Arnis Philippines Inc., in cooperation with the Department of Education (DepEd) , has been successfully holding training modules for public school physical education teachers. This is another step in the effort to expand and strengthen the pool of athletes and practitioners at the grassroots and Batang Pinoy (basic education) level.

ArPI training staff along with other participants of the DepEd National Training for School Sports Coaches

2005 South East Asian Games Results

Arnis Philippines is happy to announce the success of the arnis competition in the 2005 South East Asian Games! Congratulations to teams Vietnam and Phillipines who won an equal number of events in the competition. Special mention should be given to the Cambodia and Timor Leste teams, who were able to give a good account of themselves in spite of the lack of time and resources. Also, congratulations to team Timor Leste for giving their country honor by garnering their country's first medals ever in international sport competition!


Opening Ceremonies	Philippines vs Vietnam

Beyond the battle for medals and glory, however, all the players of the different participating countries showed good sportsmanship regardless of their standing in the competition. By the end of the games, the quest for victory and honor was overshadowed by the warm friendship and camaraderie won and shared by all the participants. Below are the participant and medal tallys of the arnis competition:

Tally of participants

Country	Anyo	Laban	Total
Cambodia (CAM)	3	1	3
Philippines (PHI)	8	2	10
Timor Leste (TLS)	4	2	5
Vietnam (VIE)	8	2	10

* Some athletes competed in more than one event.

Event Medalists

Anyo (Forms) Events	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Men's Individual Anyo	Nguyen Quang Tung (VIE)	Regie Sanchez (PHI)	Phann Piset (CAM)
Women's Individual Anyo	Nguyen Thi My (VIE)	Mylen Garson (PHI)	Francisca Valera (TLS)
Men's Synchronized Anyo	Philippines (PHI)	Vietnam (VIE)	Cambodia (CAM)
Women's Synchronized Anyo	Philippines (PHI)	Vietnam (VIE)	--

Laban (Full Contact) Events	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Men's Full Contact Sparring (up to 71kg)	NGUYEN THANH QUYEN (VIE)	RENETO TUÑACAO (PHI)	FORTUNATO SOARES (TLS)
Women's Full Contact Sparring (up to 52kg)	ANNA JOY FERNANDEZ (PHI)	LE THI THANH HUYEN (VIE)	ELISABETH YANTI ALMEDA DOIS REIS (TLS)


Awarding Ceremony for Women's Full Contact Event	Closing Ceremonies

Call for National Sports Associations in other Countries

The International Arnis Federation and Arnis Philippines Incorporated are looking for able organizations from all around the world to collaborate with for the propagation of sport arnis as a standardized venue for international sport competition that is not biased to any style. As such, we will be coordinating with interested organizations from around the world to be able to set up National Sports Associations for Sport Arnis in their countries, leading up to the conduct of international competition.

Welcome to arnisphilippines.com!

This site will be the internet portal for Arnis Philippines Incorporated (ArPI), the National Sports Association for Arnis in the Philippines. Our aim is to propagate and promote our native martial arts, primarily through sports development. We shall be updating this site with more official news and updates regarding sport arnis in the coming days. For any feedback and any comments, you can contact us through the means as posted in the contact page. Thank you for visiting and mabuhay!

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