Films featuring Eskrima

The pen fight and the apartment scene brought Filipino Kali into the action film — striking combinations delivered as though the hand held a blade. Israeli Krav Maga is mixed in. This became the genre's default fighting style.

The original scenes with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Filipino escrimador Dan Inosanto are all Lee actually shot. The tower's layered floors were meant to stage a clash of different styles — precisely what Jeet Kune Do is about.