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{{Infobox Merit
|Level1=1
|Level2=2
|Level3=3
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|Type=Physical
|Prerequisite=[[Prerequisite::Dexterity]] ●●●<br>[[Prerequisite::Weaponry Skill]] ●●●
|Source=Armory Sourcebook
|Book=p. 211
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Your character is trained in the art of Filipino fighting, which is often called escrima or kali. He may have learned this from an instructor or a family member. Most escrima techniques use weapons and are meant predominantly for self-defense.

Note that to perform these maneuvers, a character must have at least one blunt weapon in hand. This weapon is potentially one escrima stick (or a pair), but it can be any blunt object shorter than two feet in length. If the character wields two weapons, he still assumes the –2 penalty for off-hand attacks. Once the character reaches the fourth and final level of this style, he can then choose to use any of the maneuvers without weapons. At this stage he learns the “empty hand” techniques of escrima.

===Lock and Block (●) ===
With this move, your character uses an adversary’s momentum against her. If you succeed on a [[Strength]] + [[Weaponry Skill]] roll, your character
captures an opponent’s attacking arm in his own and gains a grapple over her (for grappling rules, see p. 157 in the World of Darkness Rulebook). You may add your character’s Defense to the [[Pool::Strength]] + [[Pool::Weaponry Skill|Weaponry]] roll, as he is technically making a defensive maneuver. However, if you choose to add his Defense to this attack, you may not apply his Defense against any incoming attacks that turn. If he has already applied his Defense, he may still utilize this maneuver, but he does not get to add his Defense to the roll.

===Disarm (●●)===
This allows your character to capture an incoming attack and bring his own weapon down upon a foe’s forearm, potentially forcing the enemy to drop her weapon. (Note that this is different than the [[Disarm]] Merit.) To enact this maneuver, make a normal attack roll ([[Dexterity]] + [[Weaponry Skill]]). Compare the successes on this roll against the opponent’s Stamina. If the successes are equal to or exceed her Stamina score, she drops the weapon. This attack does cause damage to the opponent, as well. Take the successes gained on the attack roll and halve them (round up). The opponent takes this damage, bashing.

===Off-Balancing Attack (●●●)===
With this attack, your character uses his weapon to set a foe off-balance. This attack can take any form: thrusting a baton into a solar plexus, hitting a foe’s temple or the bridge of her nose or using a stick’s momentum to push her into an awkward position. The attack is made at a –2 penalty. If successful, the attack does full damage and the opponent’s next attack is made at a –3 penalty.

===Many-Handed Defense (●●●●)===
Escrima practitioners know how to move and flow with the combat in ways often unparalleled in other weapon-style systems. In this case, you may apply your character’s full Defense (or Dodge) to all attacks against him in a single turn. They are not diminished at all by attacks made after the first.

{{Links|Fighting Styles}}
{{characteristics}}[[Category:Physical Merit]][[Category:Fighting Style]]