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On learning strategies and progressing from Form to Principle based teaching and learning...
Putting aside the "Why learn?" for now, as this is a separate topic. I thought it best to first re-cap on the different learning...


Wintercamp writeup - an outsider's perspective
It's always nice to have guests in attendance from outside the Rapid Arnis group - especially when they take the time to do a write up...


My Rapid Arnis Story - Part 2
The Annual Grading Camp After just one weekend of RA training I attended my first Camp along with my good friend Lennart Wallgren (AKA...


My Rapid Arnis Story - Part 1
When Tom met Pat… Back in 2012 I went to a Tuhon Pat O’Malley knife defence seminar in Leicester, being drawn to it because my JKD...


Winter Camp - January 2018
On January 27th-28th, Rapid Arnis will be having its first Winter Camp, hosted by veteran Rapid Arnis instructor Jon Broster in...


Pat O'Malley radio interview
Tuhon Pat O'Malley gives a radio interview, talking about his journey, the origins of Rapid Arnis, and the Filipino Martial Arts.


FMA Misconceptions, Part 2 of 2
It is commonly said that FMA is born out of conflict with Spanish invaders - who the Filipinos repelled on a regular basis in their...


FMA Misconceptions, Part 1 of 2
If you are not a practitioner of Filipino Martial Arts, when you first hear of it or see it you could not be blamed for thinking that FMA...


Life after Blackbelt
The Rapid Arnis Blackbelt grading is 3-days of continuous assessment, where candidates demonstrate their technical knowledge, spar in a...


Rapid Arnis - latest syllabus
In September 2016, the 3rd version of the Rapid Arnis syllabus was released to instructors, and included a major structural overhaul. All...
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