Are kicks in Arnis done in the same way as in empty hands?

Question

This question refers only to no other martial arts but arnis. Does it have kicks that can be called as its own or it's just taken from other martial arts? Can kicks be done in the same way as the sinawali or hubud? if there is such an alive hand, would there also be an alive foot? Can they also apply destruction of the limb through kicks?How?

Answer 1

Nope. And the reason is simple, Arnis evolved from ancient Filipino handheld blade fighting arts. Unless you mean to imply there's such a thing as a blade held by the foot, then the sinawali and hubod lubod can only be applied with the hands, not the feet. Besides, to be able to perform complicated sensitivity drills like hubod lubod and sinawali requires good stances and footwork, if you use your foot for the drills instead of your hands, that means you need to do it while doing handstands. Not very practical.

Answer 2

Arnis is the weapons portion of Filipino Martial Arts. There are no kicks, or strikes in Arnis. You have a weapon in each hand so you would not be punching.

The empty hand form of FMA is called Escrima/Eskrima. I asked about the different spelling with a C and a K and was told one is primarily the Visayan dialect, while the other is primarily Tagalog. They are the same word though. Arnis is always the same.

The American term for these styles appears to be Kali.