PMCI July 2015 | Page 6

TRAINING: KEMP ARNIS pmcimagazine.com Arnis as all our knowledge predominantly originates from the traditional sources. Ryukyu Kempo and Modern Arnis. All my top instructors, and country representatives are licenced to teach military, police, and security personnel, and organizations. PMCI: Do you offer training in specialized equipment? For the past 8 years I have been working with the Italian knife company FOX and Defcon 5. They produce high quality knives, and tactical gear. I have designed two knives for them. The Bantay, meaning Guardian in the Filipino Tagalog language, is a pocket knife. Small yet perfect for any daily chore as well as self defence. The other is a dagger called “Modras”. It’s the Slovenian word for the Horned viper which is found here. It’s intended strictly for combat, and it won the “Imported knife of the year award“ at the 2013 Atlanta Blade Show. PMCI: Do you have all the equipment available as part of your courses? Yes, all the training equipment needed for the course can be provided by us. Unless the other party wants specialised training using their own specialised equipment. PMCI: Once trainees have successfully completed one of your courses can they buy the equipment from you or are you able to direct them to the correct supplier? Yes, the knives we use as well as other training equipment can be purchased directly from us. I can also direct them to the supplier. PMCI: Once trained, how do those successfully attending your courses go about finding employm