PMCI - JULY 2015

pmcimagazine.com 6TRAINING: KEMP ARNIS 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. <strong>PMCI</strong>: 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. <strong>PMCI</strong>: 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. <strong>PMCI</strong>: 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. <strong>PMCI</strong>: Once trained, how do those successfully attending your courses go about finding employment? Some of my civilian students went to work as contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq. While some other students opened there own gyms in Slovenia, Italy, Malta and Germany. <strong>PMCI</strong>: Without going into specifics, who do you, and your successful trainees, work with? I have trained many units and highly skilled sportsman from various countries over the years. I cannot give any details about that part of my work, but mostly the people I have worked with, served in Afghanistan, Chad, Iraq, Lebanon,.. <strong>PMCI</strong>: Where do you see Kempo Arnis evolving in the future? We plan to work on the civilian as well as military market. I love teaching the military. It’s a job I take very seriously and with huge responsibility toward the end user. In the military, we usually have 30-60 hours to teach candidates combatives. We keep it basic, following the principle of KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid), which is a very important aspect for a soldier, needing to apply learned skill under the heat of combat. In the civilian schools, it is where I sharpen my empty hands and weapons skills with the highly complex self defence methods. This keeps me on the edge with all the latest advancements in the world of martial arts which I then transfer to the candidates I teach in the military. <strong>PMCI</strong>: If someone reading this article likes the sound of what you offer, what should be their next step? Just email me at borut@kempoarnis.com, visit my civilian website www.kempoarnis.com or find our Kempo arnis federation page on Facebook. <strong>PMCI</strong>: Borut, than you for taking the time to speak with us and give an insight to what you do. I’m certain that there is something you offer that would be pertinent to each and every one of our readers! pmcimagazine.com