PTI Blog

  • PEKITI-TIRSIA IN MARTIAL ARTS MAGS 1970s & 80s

    by WILLIAM McGrath
    Here are some scans from old martial arts magazine articles. I believe all of these magazines are out of business, so there should be no copyright issues with my posting them here. In some pictures you will see a skinny kid with a mop of black hair on his head acting as a target for Grand Tuhon Gaje. Good times.
    Posted in Organization, PEKITI

  • UNIFIED FIELD THEORY OF FMA FOOTWORK

    by WILLIAM McGrath
    I’ve been playing around for many years trying to draw a diagram with all the footwork patterns of Pekiti-Tirsia on a single grid. This experiment started after seeing so many FMA teachers adding various triangles, diamonds and other patterns to the floors of their schools to help their students understand FMA footwork. I thought it was a great idea and wondered if it might be a fun mental exercise to try and have as many patterns as possible within a single framework. Call it my Unified Field Theory of FMA/PT footwork.
    Posted in FOOTWORK, PEKITI, Training

  • ALPHABITO, NUMERADO, OFFENSA-DEFENSA IN THE PEKITI-TIRSIA SYSTEM (Leo stories part 2)

    by WILLIAM McGrath
    This video contains samples from the Alphabito, Numerado and Offensa-Defensa sets; one of the last techniques I learned in the Pekiti-Tirsia syst...
    Posted in PEKITI, Training

  • MEMORIES: 1981 SILAT & PEKITI DEMO

    by WILLIAM McGrath
        Eddie Jafri, myself and Warren Brown during a performance at the June 1981 Philippine Independence Day celebration at the World Trade Center i...
    Posted in PEKITI, SILAT