List of Filipino inventions and discoveries
This article discusses Philippine inventions and discoveries the details the indigenous arts and techniques, cultural inventions, scientific discoveries and contributions of the people of Philippine islands — both ancient and modern state of the Philippines. Since ancient times, Filipinos has accumulated knowledge and developed technology stemmed from necessities; from naval navigation knowledge, traditional shipbuilding technology, textile techniques, food processing to Architecture, indigenous arts and techniques, cultural inventions, scientific discoveries and contributions of the people of Philippine archipelago — both ancient and modern state of the Philippines. Tagalog words "barò at saya", meaning "dress (blouse) and skirt . Games and sports. Martial arts. The Eskrima", "Arnis", and "Kali" are umbrella terms for the traditional martial arts of the Philippines ("Filipino Martial Arts," or FMA) that emphasize weapon-based fighting with sticks, knives and other bladed weapons, and various improvised weapons. It is also known as "Estoque" (Spanish for rapier), "Estocada" (Spanish for thrust or stab) and "Garrote" (Spanish for club). In Luzon they may go by the name of "Arnis de Mano", "Pananandata" (use of weapons), "Sinawali" (Pampanga, "to weave"), "Sitbatan" (Pangasinan), "Didya" and "Kabaroan" (Ilocos region). In the Visayas and Mindanao, these martial arts have been referred  to as "Eskrima", "Kali", "Kaliradman", "Pagaradman" and "Kalirongan". Kuntaw and Silat are separate martial arts that have been practiced in the islands. It also includes hand-to-hand combat, joint locks, grappling, and weapon disarming techniques. Although in general, emphasis is put on weapons for these arts, some systems put empty hands as the primary focus and some old school systems do not teach weapons at all. For all intents and purposes, Eskrima, Arnis and Kali all refer to the same family of Filipino weapon-based martial arts and fighting systemsn fons. In urban legends. There are urban legends in  the Philippines purporting the supposed invention by Filipinos. These assertions are presented as facts in some academic textbooks in history and science used by Filipino students, as well as social media to promote Filipino Exceptionalism.