Level 1:   minimum 3 month FCS membership required for test

A.) Stick

          1.) 1-12 of 64 count Form (Basic Angles)

          2.) Footwork

                    male / female triangles (open / closed)

                    replacement stepping / take-offs

                    Sidestepping

          3.) Range Awareness

                    Largo mano - long range

                    Medio mano - mid range

                    Corto mano - close range

                    Corto-corto mano / Punyo mano -

                    Very close range, dominating with the pummel strike

          4.) Basic Strikes

                    Lab tik - follow-through strike

                    Wi Tik - snap / pulling strike

                    Redondo - flywheel / fully rotating strike

                    Abiniko - fan strike (rapid combination of  ‘Wi tiks’)

                    Punyo - short range pummel (butt-end) strike

          5.) Defenses

                    4 walls (left / right - high / mid / low)

                    Umbrellas (roof / high wing / shield / low wing)

          6.) Basic Hand Switching Maneuvers

                    Shoulder switch

                    Lab tik /chamber & switch

B.) Knife

          1.) Basic Knife Tapping

                    (forehand cut / backhand cut /  overhead cut

                    thrust)

                    right clear / left clear / high pass / low pass

                    (sak sak - standard grip / pekal - reverse grip)

C.) Mano Mano

          1.) 1-5 of 36 Mano Mano Form

          2.) Applications of Form

          3.) Hubad

Level 2:  minimum 6 month FCS membership required for test

A.) Stick

          1.) 1-36 of 64 count Form

          2.) Stick Transition Drill

                    1 & 2 left hand / 1 & 2 right hand

                    (Application of hand switching maneuvers between transitions)

          3.) Six Count Sumbrada

                    sidestepping

                    triangles (male / female)

B.) Knife

          1.) Knife Tapping (w/ live hand manipulation)

          2.) Hubad (Sak Sak & Pekal)

                    guntings / inside cut-pass / high-low / low-high

                    50-50 rule / disarms

C.) Mano Mano

          1.) 1-12 of 36 Mano Mano Form

          2.) Applications

          3.) Hubad w/ Applications

Level 3:  minimum 9 month FCS membership required for test

A.) Stick

          1.) All of 64 count form

          2.) Carenza Introduction

          3.) Stick Transition Drill

                    1-5 Left Hand / 1-5 Right Hand

                    (w/ hand switching maneuvers

                    & Punyo Mano)

          4.) Disarms

                    Palusut / Strip / etc.

          5.) Takedowns

                    Sectoring / Wristlock throw  / Lasso /

                    Dumog / etc.

          6.) Submissions / Stickgrappling

                    Wrist / Arm locks / Ankle / Chokes /

                    Neck Cranks / etc.

          7.) Double Stick Series Introduction

                    Sinawalli (standard / reverse) / Broken Six

                    (standard / sunkete / umbrella / wi tik) /

                    Broken Six w/ Half Beat (roof / high wing)

                    Standard Six (heaven / standard / earth)

B.) Knife

          1.) Advanced Knife Tapping

                    Receiver deceiving (parlor tricks) /

                    Feeder Timing / Manual Dexterity

                    (non-linear attacks / combination cutting /

                    ranging within quadrants)

          2.) Advanced Hubad

                    Blade vs. Blade / Silak

                    (trapping / receiver grip / disarm reversal /

                    impliment mano mano application)

C.) Mano Mano

          1.) All of 36 count Form

          2.) Applications

          3.) Hubad w/ Applications

Level 4:  minimum 1 year FCS membership required for test

A.) Stick

          1.) Largo Forms (1 - 4)

                    1 & 2: Single Stick / 3 & 4: Double Stick 

          2.) Stick Transition Drill w/ transition to Disarms and

          Takedowns

          3.) Stickfighting Strategy Training

                    Largo to Medio Range

B.) Knife

          1.) Advanced Knife Tapping

                    Receiver Timing / Manual Dexterity

                    (triple tap entries / empty hand timing

                    Sequences / disarms)

                    Blade Progression into Freeflow

                    (single blade / double blade / feeder-receiver

                    / feeder-feeder)

          2.) Knifefighting Strategy Training

                    cut / evade basic angles (w/ timing)

                    gunting / palusut     

Level 5:  minimum 1 year and 6 month FCS membersip required for test

A.) Stick

          1.) Advanced Carenza

          2.) Transition Drill w/ Freeflow Sumbrada

          2.) Stickfighting Strategy Training

                    Corto to Punio Mano Range /

B.) Knife

          1.) Knifefighting Strategy Training

                    impliment footwork / entry to disarm

C.) Espada Y Daga

          1.) 7 Seguidas

          2.) Applications

          3.) Transition Drill 1 - 4

          4.) Six Count Sumbrada

D.) Kerambit

          1.) Basic Movements

                    triangle pattern / circle cut (palisut) / S-cut

          2.) Vital Targets

                    Proper body placement of these basic

                    Movements

          3.) Entries to Isolations (Quick Kills)

          4.) Entries to Combination Cutting

          5.) Trapping / Locking / Body Manipulation

          6.) Apply all to Hubad

Instructor : minimum 2 year FCS membership required for test

Minimum 48 hrs. personal training w/ Tuhon Ray Dionaldo

Guro: 

Extensive personal training w/ Tuhon Ray Dionaldo

Lakan : 

Extensive personal training w/ Tuhon Ray Dionaldo