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Arnis vs Jūkendō

Arnis and Jūkendō side by side, from the facts recorded for each art.

ArnisJūkendō
Country of originPhilippinesJapan
TypeFilipino martial arts and combat sportbudō, gendai budō and martial arts
Notable practitioners here11
Top countries of practitionersUnited StatesFrance

Arnis

Arnis, also known as eskrima/escrima or kali, is the national martial art of the Philippines. These three terms are, sometimes, interchangeable in referring to traditional martial arts of the Philippines ("Filipino Martial Arts", or FMA), which emphasize weapon-based fighting with sticks, knives, bladed weapons, and various improvised weapons, as well as "open hand" techniques without weapons.

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Jūkendō

Jūkendō (銃剣道) is the Japanese martial art of bayonet fighting, and has been likened to kendo (but with bayonets instead of swords).

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0): Q752190, Q1717983. Practitioner counts are the people with a profile on this site. Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.