As a style, Rapid Arnis relies on a combination of speed and power hitting, using effective and efficient techniques, hitting opponents with a multitude of strikes.

The system encompasses all aspects of martial arts including:

• Single stick (baston)
• Double baston
• Stick and Dagger (daga)
• Single daga
• Double daga
• Empty hand techniques
• Weapons disarms
• Ground fighting
• Sport eskrima (WEKAF & Padded-stick)

Rapid Arnis is responsible for producing more British, European and World champion fighters than any other system outside the Philippines to date. Head Instructor and developer of Rapid Arnis, Tuhon Pat O'Malley, is recognised as one of the world's top instructors and fighters in FMA. He has trained with many of the world's finest FMA Masters, whose influence can be seen throughout the Rapid Arnis system, including, but not limited to:

• Grand Master Ondo Caburnay, Lapunti Arnis de Abanico
• Grand Masters Momoy, Cacoy & Dionisio Cañete, Doce Pares Eskrima
• Grand Master Remy Presas, Modern Arnis
• Grand Master "Borin" Heyrosa, Balintawak Eskrima
• Suro Mike Inay, Inayan Serrada Eskrima
• Tuhon Bill McGrath, Pekiti Tirsia

Rapid Arnis is the only system of Filipino martial arts developed by non-Filipinos outside of the Philippines to be authenticated and accepted by the Masters in the Philippines. This honour has earned Tuhon Pat O'Malley and Rapid Arnis International respect from many top groups around the world and in the Philippines.

Doce Pares Original Multi-Style

For many years and even up to the present people are still confused about the real Doce Pares system. This is only understandable because while the system is a conglomeration of various styles as introduced by the founding masters in 1932, there are many instructors and masters today who only teach a specific style of any one of the original masters. All the founding masters had their own set of followers and the students who chose not to study in other styles naturally learned only the particular style of their own teacher.

There are many masters today who only teach and promote one particular style and yet can validly claim to belong to Doce Pares family.

It was in early 1970 when Diony was commissioned by his father Eulogio Cañete, the President of Doce Pares to study, prepare and formulate a program of instruction that would cover and comprehend all the component styles. The specific objective was to come up with a training curriculum that would give equal treatment and prominence to all the original styles and by all means to afford due honours and recognition to all the founding advocates.

Hence the birth of the "Multi-Style" system which very much set well with Grandmaster Diony as he and his three elder brothers were among the very few who were fortunate to have learned all the original styles as brought into and introduced by the founding masters when Doce Pares was formed in 1932.

The components styles of the "Multi-Style" are:

• All three styles of Corto (Close Range);
  • Corto Linear (traditional linear striking/blade oriented striking);
  • Corto Kurbada (wrist-twisting or snap-wrist, curving strike);
  • Corto Orihinal (featuring low, deep bent knee and wide stance which highly characterized the original Doce Pares close range style)
• Media Largo (Medium Range)
• Larga Mano (Long Range)
• Espada y Daga (Short & Long Stick or Stick Dagger)
• Baraw (Knife Fighting Techniques)
• Mano-Mano (Open Hand Fighting)