Sinawali

The term "Sinawali"" refers to the activity of ‘weaving’, and is applied to the art of Philippine martial art Eskrima with reference to a set of two-person, two-weapon exercises.

"Sinawali" exercise provides Eskrima practitioners with basic skills and motions relevant to a mode of two-weapon blocking and response method called "Doblete". "Sinawali" training is often introduced to novices in order to develop certain fundamental skills including: body positioning and distance relative to an opponent, rotation of the body and the proper turning radius, recognition of one’s center of gravity, eye-hand coordination, target perception and recognition, increased ambidexterity, recognition and performance of rhythmic structures for upper body movement, and muscular developments important to the art, especially, the wrist and forearm regions.

External links

* [http://www.SerradaEskrima.com Serrada Eskrima & Sinawali]
* [http://www.geocities.com/kalipages/Sinawali.html About Sinawali]
* [http://www.bakbakan.com/sinawali.htm About Sinawali History]