Upcoming Seminars
TUHON BILL MCGRATH SEMINAR TOUR EUROPE 2019
ITALY, GERMANY, FINLAND, HUNGARY
April 26, 27, 28 Anagni, Italy
Group 1: 64 Attacks & Hand vs Knife Level 1
Group 2: Espada y Daga Level 1 Attacks & Disarms
Contact: PTI Director Italy, Andrea Citarelli, www.akea.it
Email: sifu.citarelli@akea.it
May 10,11,12,13 Hannover & Sehnde, Germany
Single Stick/Sword Alphabito, Numerado, Ofensa-Defensa
Espada y Daga Level 3 Attacks, Disarms, Contradas, Recontras
Contact persons:
PTI Director Germany, Ralf Beckmann
Website: www.kenpokan.de Email: info@kenpokan.de
Guro Jens Thomsen
Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/seamag/
May 17,18,19,20 Porvoo, Finland
Group 1. Espada Y Daga Level 1 Attacks, Disarms, Contradas, Recontras;
plus double knife variations.
Group 2. Espada Y Daga Level 2 Attacks, Disarms, Contradas, Recontras;
plus double knife variations.
Contact: PTI Director Finland, Kaj Westersund,
Email: kaj.westersund@kolumbus.fi
May 25,26,27 Szolnok, Hungary
Contradas across three weapon platforms: Solo, Doble’ & Espada y Daga
Contact: PTI Director Hungary, Zoltan Juhasz, http://pekititirsia.hu/en/
Email: info@pekititirsia.hu
PTI NEW YORK SUMMER CAMP
With Tuhons McGrath, Faulk & Latorre and the senior instructors of Pekiti-Tirsia International.
August 2, 3 & 4, 2019
Wappingers Falls, NY
There will be two groups for this camp.
Group 1 open only to PTI Members: Solo Contradas Set 1 Fri, Set 2 Sat and Set 3 Sun.
Group 2 open to both PTI members and non-members: 5 Attacks Subsystem Fri. Sat. & Sun. Empty Hand vs Knife Level 1.
REGISTRATION PRICES:
$100 per day for non-PTI members
$75 per day for PTI members (when using their 2019 PTI discount code).
*Camp registration closes August 1st. There will be no "at the door" registration for this camp.
Visit the Camp Registration page.
CAMP TRAVEL INFO:
ADDRESS:
Dutchess County Bowdoin Park
85 Sheafe Road, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
Phone: (845) 298-4600
The closest airport to the camp is Stewart in Newburgh, NY (airport code SWF )
Search for hotels at Hotels.com or Travelocity.com and enter Fishkill, NY in the city box.
These local hotels have gotten good reviews from the travel websites:
(Please check rates with hotels.com , travelocity.com , etc, before you book a hotel).
Hampton Inn Fishkill
544 U.S. 9, Fishkill, NY 12524
(845) 896-4000
Hilton Garden Inn Poughkeepsie/Fishkill
25 Westage Dr, Fishkill, NY 12524
(845) 896-7100
Courtyard Fishkill
17 Westage Drive/Route 9 & I-84
Fishkill, NY 12524
(845) 897-2400
Extended Stay America Fishkill – Route 9
25 Merritt Blvd, Fishkill, NY, 12524
855-247-4362
Uber and Lyft now operate in the Fishkill and Newburgh areas and cost much less than a taxi. I find the cars of these drivers are in better condition than the vehicles of local taxi companies as well. Please remember to download and set up the Uber or Lyft app on your smartphone before you arrive in town.
Travel from New York City area airports to PTI summer camp.
From JFK, LaGuardia or Newark airports go to Grand Central Station in Manhattan. A taxi will cost around $35 to $45 plus another $10 in tolls to get from one of these airports to GCS. (Uber or Lyft should be much less) There are shuttle buses that cost less than $20 ( see links under airports). If arriving at JFK or LaGuardia the subway is the least expensive, but the most complicated and the most difficult to get through with luggage.
From JFK or LaGuardia:
http://www.nycairporter.com/HowItWorks.aspx
From Newark, NJ
http://www.ny.com/transportation/airports/NWK.html
Go from Grand Central Station to Beacon or New Hamburgh, NY: Beacon is closer to Fishkill, NY which is where your hotel should be. New Hamburgh is the closest station to the seminar if you are arriving on a camp day.
From Grand Central Station take Metro North Railroad Hudson Line:
MTA main schedule page.
http://www.mta.info/mnr/html/planning/schedules/
Metro North Hudson line schedule page.
http://as0.mta.info/mnr/schedules/sched_form.cfm
Once you get to Grand Central station and know your arrival time in Beacon or New Hamburgh, call a taxi service to set up your pick up.
http://www.yellowpages.com/beacon-ny/taxi-service
Driving Directions:
ADDRESS:
Dutchess County Bowdoin Park
85 Sheafe Road, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
Phone: (845) 298-4600
From the Beacon Newburgh Bridge:
Immediately after paying toll at bridge, you'll find the ramp for Route 9D on the right. Take the ramp and at the light make a left onto Route 9D north. Proceed north on Route 9D for approximately 4 miles until you arrive at the hamlet of Hughsonville (There is a four way intersection with a traffic light. There is also a Metro North sign for New Hamburg). Make a left at the light onto New Hamburg Rd./County Route 28. Proceed on this road for approximately 1 mile. At the end of Route 28, make a right turn onto Main Street. Proceed up the hill, where Main Street becomes Channingville Road, and shortly after the firehouse and deli on the left is Sheafe Road. Turn left onto Sheafe Road and proceed for approximately 1 mile to the Bowdoin Park entrance on the left.
From the Mid-Hudson Bridge and Route 9 South:
From Route 9W, come across the Mid-Hudson Bridge and take the ramp on the right immediately after leaving the bridge, this is for Route 9 South. Stay on Rt. 9 South for approximately 6 miles until you see the Bonefish Grill Restaurant on your right. Just after the restaurant take the next right (see green sign for Bowdoin Park) onto Sheafe Road.
At the stop sign (approximately ½ mile down), bear right and proceed another 2 1/2 miles on Sheafe Road. The entrance for Bowdoin Park is on the right just after Chapel.
From Route 84 Fishkill – Route 9 North Exit 13:
Take Exit 13N (Rt. 9) from I-84. From light at exit, proceed approximately 3 miles north on Route 9 to traffic light on Route 28 (you will see a Toyota dealer on left). Make left on Route 28, about 1/2 mile down road is Route 9D, continue straight through intersection on 28. When you get to fork in road, stay right to continue of 28. At the end of Route 28, make a right turn onto Main Street. Proceed up the hill, where Main Street becomes Channingville Road, and shortly after the firehouse and deli on the left is Sheafe Road. Turn left onto Sheafe Road and proceed for approximately 1 mile to the Bowdoin Park entrance on the left.
Shopping:
There is a Walmart Supercenter just west of Route 9 in Fishkill on West Merritt Blvd, (look for the Mobil gas station on the corner). The shopping center near the Mobil station has a Chinese buffet and several chain restaurants, small stores and a Regal Cinema movie theater. Further north on Route 9 (where it crosses Route 52) there is a Burger King and shopping center with a Shop-Rite supermarket. Further north on Route 9 in Fishkill is a Spalshdown water park. About ten miles north along Route 9 in Poughkeepsie, is a Galleria Mall (where Routes 9 and 9D meet).
Other Pekiti-Tirsia International affiliated instructors available for seminars.
Tuhon Magino’o Guro Mike Popolizio
Long Island, NY
Contact Tuhon Mike at PekitiTirsia.net
Mataas na Guro Erwin Ballarta
Austin, TX
Contact Michael Lohmeier at mlohmeie@auburnhills.org
Tuhon Jack Latorre
Rochester, NY
jlatorre@rochester.rr.com
Tuhon Scott Faulk
Sulphur, LA
scottfaulk97@yahoo.com
Mataas na Guro Zach Whitson
Butler, TN
zwhitson@preferred.com
Mataas na Guro Jerry McCleary
Knoxville, TN
http://serbatik.com
Mataas na Guro Chris Ash
Myrtle Beach, SC
oceanmartialarts@gmail.com
Guro Delawa Chris Northstrom
Myrtle Beach, SC
gurochris@gmail.com