MERIT LIST
RANKED PRACTITIONERS
In our academy rank within individual FMA systems is acknowledged through the distribution of signed certificates, rather than displayed through coloured belts or sashes. However, symbols of merit, based on the logic of Miyamoto Musashi's Book of Five Rings, recognise depth and breadth of knowledge and skill within the academy itself. Unlike a recipient's grade within specific FMA systems, merits have meaning only inside our academy. Merits may be worn by the recipient on the left sleeve of their shirt.
FONDO
E A R T H
UNI-STRUCTURAL
Sound Vocabulary
The recipient has attained a junior rank in at least one of the FMA systems taught in the Academy.
ALYSHA BAGSTER
Kali Combatives
HAYDEN WERREN
Kali Combatives
AGWA
W A T E R
MULTI-STRUCTURAL
Complex Sentences
The recipient has attained a senior rank in at least one of the FMA systems taught in the Academy.
DEAN DE FRISKBOM
Kali Combatives
EMMA JACK
De Campo 123 Original
Kali Combatives
DYLAN MINSKI
Kali Combatives
SEE-TOH ZHI'AMORN
Kali Combatives
APOY
F I R E
RELATIONAL
Fluent Dialogue
The recipient has attained Instructor rank in at least one of the FMA systems taught in the Academy.
CHRIS BAIRD
Kali Combatives
REBEKAH PARKES
De Campo 123 Original
Kali Combatives
KURBADA
W I N D
TRANSFORMATIONAL
Fluent in Multiple Registers
The recipient has attained Instructor rank in all three of the FMA systems taught in the Academy.
ROBERT PARKES
De Campo 123 Original
Bernas Estocadas
Kali Combatives
DIWA
S P I R I T
INSPIRATIONAL
Poetic Mastery
Yet to be awarded in our Academy, the recipient has attained a Senior Instructor rank in at least one of the FMA systems and Instructor rank in the remaining systems taught in the academy, and must have:
(1) presented and defended on a subject of choice related to the history, philosophy, strategy, weaponry, or techniques of FMA;
(2) distinguished themselves in teaching by raising students who have been awarded Instructor ranking in one or more FMA systems; and
(3) distinguished themselves as a combatant demonstrating clean technique and clever tactics in free sparring over a sustained period.
