Hahaha. That will be great, if you come over to the Philippines, I might be able to connect you with some real-life Rafaels here. There are a few still alive today. I think some of them, you can find on youtube. The old-school arnis/kali teachers do drills using real knives with their students. It's so fast that you almost can't see what's happening, but you can hear the bladed weapons block each other. It's surreal to watch it live.
"Eskrima", also known as Kali or Arnis is a Filipino martial arts. Soledad is Rafael's family name in the story.
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