New
Presas Arnis Instructor Development Course class to start in early 2018
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| Students and instructors attending one of the 2017 Presas Arnis Instructor Development classes at North Texas Karate Academy in Bridgeport TX. |
Hidden Sword is currently looking
for another school to host a new Presas Arnis Instructor Development Course for
2018 as expand the course. The goal is to find a school in the DFW
area that is willing to host the classes during the 2018 year. If
you are wondering what the Presas Arnis Instructor Development
Course is read on.
In 2016 at the suggestion of
GM Dieter Knuttel, who is the technical director of the German Arnis Federation
(DAV), guro Lynn created the Presas Arnis Instructor Development Course for
2017. Over the course of a year the
students and instructors who took part in the Instructor Development course and tested for the basic levels of the Presas Arnis curriculum at the December
class. This class will continue on
learning the intermediate levels in 2018.
The first class which started
in 2017 meets in Bridgeport TX at the North Texas Karate Academy, with instructors coming from Oklahoma, Jacksboro, and North Richland Hills. Next
year this group will continue on to learning the intermediate levels of the curriculum. In 2018 Hidden Sword is planning on
starting another class to further “beta” test the basic levels of the Presas
Arnis curriculum and we are currently looking for a school to host the class.
The Presas Arnis Instructor
Development course is designed to reach out to students, instructors, and
schools who are not primarily studying the Filipino Martial Arts (FMAs), but
are well grounded in their primary styles; be they karate, kung fu, krav maga
etc. etc.. By building on the foundation (business model) that GM Remy Presas
laid by reaching out to interested students and instructors who are looking for
a martial art program to augment their primary style instead of replacing
it.
Guro Lynn is the chief
instructor at Hidden Sword Martial Arts and has been involved with the martial
arts for 36 years and involved with the FMAs for 35. Guro Lynn has earned black belts in five
different systems of various degrees so he has designed this course to reach
out to other styles and help them to see how Presas Arnis can enhance their primary system, and not to tear it down. The focus of
the class is to teach instructors how to potentially use Presas Arnis as a revenue
generation vehicle for their school as an potential upgrade program, or to enhance their weapons
self-defense tactics for their primary art, or perhaps as a vehicle for personal growth for the student by giving them a better understanding of impact and edged weapon defense.
Currently students meet once a
month at the host school for three hours and go over the curriculum. Afterwards the students are encouraged to
work together to practice till the next class.
Students and instructors who are enrolled in the Presas Arnis
Instructors Development course are given access to the private Hidden Sword Presas Arnis Instructor
Development Face Book page; where videos, photos, and discussions take
place as another method of support. Students
can also visit the Mark Lynn Hidden Sword you tube channel for more videos.
If you are interested in
attending or hosting a course class please email guro Lynn at [email protected]
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