Kali is an ancient martial art from the Philippines that emphasizes strongly on the use of weapons, mainly the Espada y Daga (stick and knife). Kali (also known as Escrima or Arnis) is sometimes described as "stick fighting", though the techniques can be used in empty hands the philosophy is to learn using a weapon first and than implement them into empty hands. Classes start out with a warm up using the Espada and the 12 angles of attack and then move onto techniques on both attacks and defense. From there we will move onto using the Daga and empty hand defense to the weapons.