The Filipino Martial Arts terminology commonly used in all FMA practitioner all over the world. List below are the meanings of the common terms.
Isa – One
Dalawa – Two
Tatlo – Three
Apat – Four
Lima – Five
Anim – Six
Pito – Seven
Walo – Eight
Siyam – Nine
Sampu – Ten
Guro – teacher
Galang – respect
Bigay-galang – salutation
Hanay – row or line
Handa – “Get ready!”
Pugay – give respect
Atras – backward
Abante – forward
Sentro – center
Entrada – entry
Gitna – center
Kaliwa – left
Kanan – right
Ikot – turn
Handa sa labanan – ready fighting stance
Abang – to wait defensively
Agaw Armas – disarming/retrieval of the weapon
Basag – Broken
Baston – stick
Kadena de Mano – chain of hands
Kontra – counter
Krusada – cross block and strike
de Kadena – “the chain”
Delikado – dangerous
Dikitan – close quarters
Enganyo – fake or feint
Hapos – strike or slash
Hapsanay – free sparring
Hawak – hold
Ilag – evade
Ikot sa Pag Hataw – spinning strike
Itaas – above/upper
Iwas – to avoid, dodge or duck
Kadyot – snap thrust
Kamot – to punch/hand
Laban – fight
Mano’ y Mano – hand to hand fight
Opo – respectful form of saying “yes”
Paikot – rotate
Palad – palm of the hand
Palit – change or exchange
Pangamot – empty-hand defense
Pasungkit – to thrust upward
Pataas – upward
Payong – umbrella
Pekiti – close range
Piktos – snap strike
Punong Guro – head teacher
Redonda – continuous double stick flow technique
Redondo – circular power strike
Retirada – to retreat
Rompida – an upward and downward slash
Ronda – circular movement of the hands or weapon
Rapillon – a double stick flow technique or movement
Sipaan – to kick
Sinawalli – to weave; a continuous double stick technique
Songkiti – a hooking movement used to parry
Suntok – to punch
Tadyak – thrust kick
Tapi – to parry or deflect
Tapik – to nudge, deflect or parry
Tapi-Tapi – checking; a series of parries & blocks
Totsada – to thrust
Tuhod – knee
Tuloy-tuloy – continuous
Tusok – thrust
Dalawa – Two
Tatlo – Three
Apat – Four
Lima – Five
Anim – Six
Pito – Seven
Walo – Eight
Siyam – Nine
Sampu – Ten
Guro – teacher
Galang – respect
Bigay-galang – salutation
Hanay – row or line
Handa – “Get ready!”
Pugay – give respect
Atras – backward
Abante – forward
Sentro – center
Entrada – entry
Gitna – center
Kaliwa – left
Kanan – right
Ikot – turn
Handa sa labanan – ready fighting stance
Abang – to wait defensively
Agaw Armas – disarming/retrieval of the weapon
Basag – Broken
Baston – stick
Kadena de Mano – chain of hands
Kontra – counter
Krusada – cross block and strike
de Kadena – “the chain”
Delikado – dangerous
Dikitan – close quarters
Enganyo – fake or feint
Hapos – strike or slash
Hapsanay – free sparring
Hawak – hold
Ilag – evade
Ikot sa Pag Hataw – spinning strike
Itaas – above/upper
Iwas – to avoid, dodge or duck
Kadyot – snap thrust
Kamot – to punch/hand
Laban – fight
Mano’ y Mano – hand to hand fight
Opo – respectful form of saying “yes”
Paikot – rotate
Palad – palm of the hand
Palit – change or exchange
Pangamot – empty-hand defense
Pasungkit – to thrust upward
Pataas – upward
Payong – umbrella
Pekiti – close range
Piktos – snap strike
Punong Guro – head teacher
Redonda – continuous double stick flow technique
Redondo – circular power strike
Retirada – to retreat
Rompida – an upward and downward slash
Ronda – circular movement of the hands or weapon
Rapillon – a double stick flow technique or movement
Sipaan – to kick
Sinawalli – to weave; a continuous double stick technique
Songkiti – a hooking movement used to parry
Suntok – to punch
Tadyak – thrust kick
Tapi – to parry or deflect
Tapik – to nudge, deflect or parry
Tapi-Tapi – checking; a series of parries & blocks
Totsada – to thrust
Tuhod – knee
Tuloy-tuloy – continuous
Tusok – thrust