A plate from Camillo Agrippa’s Treatise on the Science of Arms and Philosophy (1553). Escrima’s espada y daga (sword and dagger) technique was borrowed from Spanish swordplay.
A plate from Camillo Agrippa’s Treatise on the Science of Arms and Philosophy (1553). Escrima’s espada y daga (sword and dagger) technique was borrowed from Spanish swordplay.

The preservation of the purity of a style or system has been the subject of many heated debates within Filipino martial arts (FMA) circles.

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