{"id":4638,"date":"2014-10-25T16:00:41","date_gmt":"2014-10-25T23:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=4638"},"modified":"2017-10-20T18:23:55","modified_gmt":"2017-10-21T01:23:55","slug":"kali-in-the-comic-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=4638","title":{"rendered":"Kali in the Comic Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filipino martial arts have made many appearances in recent films, but a number of old school comics also involve Kali or Escrima, and superheroes who fight with sticks. Such as&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Mocking Bird, a member of Marvels&#8217; Avengers who employ a combined form of Eskrima and kobudo, using two &#8216;battle staves&#8217; for the escrima style, which she can attach together to make a single stave for kobudo.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/TheHeroicAge-Hawkeye-and-Mockingbird-Promo-01.jpg\" alt=\"TheHeroicAge-Hawkeye-and-Mockingbird-Promo-01\" width=\"600\" height=\"927\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/TheHeroicAge-Hawkeye-and-Mockingbird-Promo-01.jpg 600w, http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/TheHeroicAge-Hawkeye-and-Mockingbird-Promo-01-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nightcrawler from the &#8216;X Men&#8217; who fights with sticks or swords, with the added advantage of a long tail that can also be used as a weapon.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/4002391-4844062148-night.jpg\" alt=\"4002391-4844062148-night\" width=\"480\" height=\"465\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4639\" srcset=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/4002391-4844062148-night.jpg 480w, http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/4002391-4844062148-night-300x290.jpg 300w, http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/4002391-4844062148-night-148x142.jpg 148w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nightwing from &#8216;Batman&#8217; Defends Gotham City with sticks.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/batman-nightwing-300x600.jpg\" alt=\"batman-nightwing-300x600\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4641\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Grail from &#8216;Wetworks&#8217; uses Arnis as energy-projection melee weapons.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/4584b.jpg\" alt=\"4584b\" width=\"425\" height=\"526\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4642\" srcset=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/4584b.jpg 425w, http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/4584b-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Reproduced under fair-use and with credit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filipino martial arts have made many appearances in recent films, but a number of old school comics also involve Kali or Escrima, and superheroes who fight with sticks. 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