The Filipino style of Eskrima is fairly well known, mostly because of Dan Inosanto and his connection to Bruce Lee. Depending on which history you read, Arnis (or arnis de mano) is either the same martial art as eskrima and kali, or it's a variant that comes primarily from the northern set of Philippine islands (Luzon).
Either way, Arnis is an art distinguished by the use of sticks and daggers as weapons. However, the modern version of the art also has joint-locking and submission techniques, particularly techniques that will disarm an opponent who has a stick or knife. There are a huge number of videos showing arnis demonstrations on YouTube. I thought this one showed a variety of interesting techniques:
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