Sayaw

Sayaw

Sayaw is a Cebuano term meaning 'to dance' often used in Filipino martial arts to refer to an individual person performing a solo demonstration of weapons skills.

The word is synonymous with more commonly used 'form' and is analogous to the Japanese word kata


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