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I studied Kali-Silat along with a number of other forms as part of a JKD-offshoot group. As Shakran said, if you don't have a stick in hand on your first lesson, something is wrong. The only exception is if your teacher is truly hard-core and has you doing nothing but footwork drills on the triangle (or sticks, or whatever) for the first few lessons. The stick drills are great, the angles of attack very important, the footwork is what is truly awesome IMO.
Kali is probably a bit more close-in and bloody than the other two styles. Arnis De Mano (armor of the hand) being the longest range and concetrating classically on attacks to the extremities (the hand being the most obvious target), and Escrima being somewhat in between with a higher emphasis on two stick techniques. My kali-silat training was done with sticks, but we did as much training with knife length weapons and the majority of the drills were at trapping range. Very bloody-minded effective style.
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