▁s ik ad ▁which ▁means ▁kick ▁in ▁Tag alog , ▁Cap amp ang an ▁( e . g . ▁s ik aran ▁d aka ▁- ▁" I ' m ▁going ▁to ▁kick ▁you "), ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁C eb u ano ▁( e . g . ▁" s ik aran ▁t ika "). ▁ ▁History ▁S ik aran ▁is ▁a ▁simple ▁but ▁inten se ▁mart ial ▁art ▁game ▁that ▁origin ated ▁from ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Tan ay ▁Sit io ▁Bar as , ▁in ▁the ▁province ▁of ▁R iz al . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁for ef athers ▁of ▁Bar as , ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁pract iced ▁long ▁before ▁the ▁Sp ani ards ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁Philippines ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁century . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁noted ▁that ▁like ▁most ▁Filip ino ▁mart ial ▁arts , ▁S ik aran ▁has ▁no ▁written ▁history ▁as ▁traditional ▁Filip ino ▁knowledge ▁is ▁passed ▁or ally ▁from ▁generation ▁to ▁generation . ▁ ▁Like ▁many ▁Filip ino ▁mart ial ▁arts ▁styles , ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁end anger ed ▁as ▁it ▁does ▁not ▁have ▁as ▁many ▁pract ition ers ▁as ▁the ▁more ▁main stream ▁mart ial ▁arts . ▁Like ▁Modern ▁Ar nis , ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 2 0 th ▁century , ▁it ▁had ▁to ▁adapt ▁certain ▁struct ural ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁well ▁known ▁art ▁of ▁Kar ate ▁like ▁the ▁bel ting ▁system , ▁ch ore ograph ed ▁forms ▁or ▁Kat as ▁and ▁uniform s ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁more ▁appe aling ▁other ▁Filip inos ▁and ▁be ▁more ▁accepted