Playing Arnis can develop various skills, including physical fitness, weight loss, discipline, focus, self-control, leadership skills, flexibility, patience, and confidence. Additionally, playing Arnis can help develop the following skills:
- Grip: Holding the stick one fist away from the punyo (butt) of the stick.
- Handa: Ready stance.
- Pugay: Salute.
- Handa sa Paglaban/Fighting Stance: Forward and backward stance.
- Footwork: Footwork drills can help develop useful movement, work conditioning, and strength.
- Self-defense techniques: Learning to use whats around you for self-defense.
- Reflexes: Playing Arnis can help improve reflexes.
- Ability to translate from weapon to empty hand and from empty hand to weapon: This is what the Professor terms as the FLOW. Through Modern Arnis, the individual will learn how to attack and defend using single stick, double stick, swords and daggers, trapping hands, joint locks and throws, and takedowns. Ones ability to find and learn to go with the flow enables the individual to face a number of different fighting scenarios.
Overall, playing Arnis can help develop various physical and mental skills that can be useful in daily life.
