Life after Blackbelt
The Rapid Arnis Blackbelt grading is 3-days of continuous assessment, where candidates demonstrate their technical knowledge, spar in a wide range of armed and unarmed formats, deal with random surprise attacks, and deliver a tutorial to their peers (on a subject chosen by the grading panel). It is perhaps one of the most thorough Blackbelt assessments in the martial arts, and passing it entitles the candidate to set up and teach the Rapid Arnis system. But what lies beyond i