What is the name of the Filipino sword?
I'm looking for a sword that I need for a form my instructor is said that they would teach me, it's a form with one arnis stick and one sword. The sword traditionally had a peacock head in the hilt, it is a Filipino weapon and I can't remember the name or much more than that. So does anyone know the name of what I'm talking about?
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You are talking about the Filipino art of espada i daga or sword and dagger if I’m not in error. The truth is that it is not so much a sword as it is an over sized dagger and it is called a Cris ( I might have misspelled it it could be Chris like the name of a person)
I hope this helps. You may check the HUMAN WEAPON on the SciFi channel in cable they had an episode on filipino martial arts not long ago or a martial arts wikipedia on the web.
Bolo? Is it a curved sword? i think if it is then its a bolo
The term Espada Y Daga is from the Spanish and means sword and dagger. However, the design you are referring to may be something like what you would see on a kriss, which is from Silat. A kriss is a bladed weapon introduced via the Moros, and often have a parade of warriors and elephants maybe some leaning palm trees etc. on the blade, and the handle is at a near 45 degree angle downwards from the blade so that drawing the blade backwards digs downwards, twisting the wrist traps opponet’s blade. A peacock is a showboat ornament, and you should avoid showboat stylists.
Actually, the Peacock head hilted sword you are referring to is called a Barong (pronounced as Barung in Tausug dialect). It is a leaf shaped single edged blade indigenous among the Moro tribes in Mindanao. Each of the tribes(Maguindano, Maranao and Tausug being the 3 major tribes along with smaller tribes like Yakan, Badjao etc.) have their own unique design of the Sarimanok(a mystical bird in Philippine folklore much like the Phoenix in China) hilted Barong.