AMAA Instructor and Teacher Certification
Requirements, Responsibilities and Authority

Senior Teacher (Punong Guro)

Certification Requirements

Senior Teacher is the highes instructional level and my only be held by the President/Director of the American Modern Arnis Associates. The Senior Teacher must have attained a minimum technical ranking of 7th Degree Black Belt (Lakan/Dayang Pito) and be a certified Teacher (Guro) in the American Modern Arnis Associates.

Responsibilities and Authority

The Senior Teacher is the person charged with the overall responsibility for setting AMAA policy and for establishing and enforcing the technical instructional standards and requirements of the AMAA. The Senior Teacher is responsible for examining Black Belt and Instructor/Teacher candidates. Examinations may be conducted personally by the Senior Teacher, by the Senior Teacher as part of a Black Belt Examination Board or by a Black Belt Examination Board with the Senior Teacher acting in a supervisory capacity. Black Belt promotions and Instructor's Certification can only be granted by the American Modern Arnis Associates' Senior Teacher.

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