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GrandTuhon Leo T Gaje Jr
06-06-2007, 02:40 PM
The first touch of the European success was in the early 90's when the two brothers ACHIM AND ULI WEIDLE from Germany came to Negros Island joining the group in attending my Knife training Camp for ten days. Bacolod as the Capital City made the preference in going to Mambucal resort 25 minutes travel from Bacolod City. In that ten days event, both brothers were fascinated and that was the start of the arrangement that Uli will be appointed as the official representative of Pekiti-Tirsia in Europe based in Germany.

From the training and the background understanding of Mandala Uli Weidle, The gathering of the first few students in Pekiti-Tirsia was the beginning of the rapid growth that the first seminar held in Reutlingen. Germany was attended by almost 70 martial Artist coming from different discipline also from different States of Germany and neighboring countries.

It was an amazing growth that it was necessary for Uli and Achim to have a training centered in Reutlingen to accommodate the growing numbers. In about 3-4 years Pekiti-Tirsia Kali European Organization had expanded to Sweden, Switzerland, Luxembourg,but had spread to neighboring cities in the Southern Germany. My presence in conducting seminar was a yearly basis and the coming to the Philippines by number of students made the culture of Kali a major element in the discipline of training both in theory and in practice.

The presence of Mandala Uli Weidle in the Philippines made his advanced studies in Pekiti-Tirsia an excellent materials for the students to enhance the development skill in short cutting the number of years .It was the leadership of Mandala Uli that the attraction to join the Pekiti-Tirsia Kali as the leading FMA in Europe.made to expand to Italy, Chec Republic, Finland, Bulgaria, Austria and Spain.

Every year was a PTK camp training year or an intensive seminar where all the students in Germany coming from no less than ten chapters filled the spacious schools where the students can sleep and rest for the night and trained by day.

Several major events to include PTK festivals in REutlingen and an open Kali tournament held in Reutlingen. became the Entertainment of the Year.This promotion of PTK explains the presentation of the Filipino culture among the elderly and active members of the community. It was an attraction so unique that the combination of filipino cultural dances was a hidden manifestation that the early filipinos had the Kali as a fighting art.

The greatest success of Mandala Uli Weidle was the invitation to teach the Austrian Cobra Commandos that today, Pekiti-Tirsia Edged Impact WEapon Tactical Combat Course is now included in the Commando School as regular training program. The two Cobra Commando Instructors were here last year to have the first experience in the training conducted by me on one to one basis. The result of their evaluation was satisfactory determined by their own personal touch discipline that by next year a delegation of police special unit will come to attend the special commando training in cooperation with the Force Recon Marine Elite Unit.

Pekiti-Tirsia Kali Europe Organization presented PTK as a pure Filipino Fighting art from the Doctrine of Philosophy to the Doctrine of Ideology. Mandala Uli Weidle teachings spectrum had been consistent from Weaponry to the Open Hand and in between the Doctrine of Knife Culture became the bread and butter of the Institution.

For more than ten years PTK Europe had grown from the TIP of Uli's fingers now to the neighboring lands were the measuring gauge is his feet much needed to get an exact development report.

Two years of PTK summer camp training at the most coveted Island of Ibiza Spain, visited by tens of thousands of European Tourist every year, PTK was in the middle among the many where the PTK students were housed in the most beautiful resort with nothing to regret. Uli's resourefulness to have this unique opportunity made the history of PTK as the first FMA in Europe to be in the middle of the super rich tourist in a Super Rich Island of Ibiza.

The success of PTK in Europe it is because the feelings expressed by the students before they registered was the fact that PTK being the original fighting system pure and with combative discipline was exactly perfect to their sense of evaluation and understanding what is martial arts is all about.

Now today Uli's burden was the growing demand from other States, cities and towns of Germany , how can PTK can be in their own area. This is the fruit for being pure having the blessings of the forefathers who by the presence of their Spirits makes things easy for ULi in all his activities to accommodate the chance of a lifetime in every moment of the day.

Now that he is the father of a Handsome Boy, the future is secured having a filipina wife surrounded by PTK students.

408kali
06-06-2007, 03:31 PM
Quote:

"Now that he is the father of a Handsome Boy, the future is secured having a filipina wife surrounded by PTK students."

That's what I'm talkin about! What else could one ask for?!! :)

GrandTuhon Leo T Gaje Jr
06-06-2007, 03:37 PM
Pekiti-Tirsia Global organization was organized officially registered to run a program of membership and instructional programs to different States of the USA revitalizing the teaching structures to a concept of effective teachings directed to more combativeness shortened by the number of hours not by the number of years. It is an organization to restructure the Instructors skill by Mastering the Doce Methodos but at the same time advancing to the higher level of Tri-V formula.

The two programs are consistent in all seminar schedules set by Mandala Timothy Waid, Executive Vice President of PTGO. When the seminar is set for yearly visits to different States , Mandala Timn Waid makes an Advanced Visit with the purpose to re-orient the attendees what will the subject of my seminar for that particular State. It is a teamwork that me and Mandala Tim Waid had developed with the purpose to bring PTK at the doorstep.

Mandala Timothy Waid is not only the Executive Vice-President of PTGO but he is also the official Instructor for the PTK Edged Weapon Training Institute conducting seminars for the military and law enforcement Internationally. His US Marine discipline brought him to the Philippines to be trained with special skill in teaching the Doce Methodos as the running foundation of the PtK-PTGO USA. His first test of skill was to train the Force Recon Elite of the Philippine Marine Corps for two months and now the Pekiti-Tirsia Kali is the official Fighting System of the entire PMC.

Mandala Timothy Waid's professional background goes back to his US Marine special duty as a Nuclear Security Specialist, a highly sensitive position for a Marine Corps after his term expired he goes back to civilian life and engage in a job that carries a responsibility with Pinkerton Security as Director of Security and later taken by Erickson corporation as Director for Special Computer Installation in North America , lately he is moved to the Texas Instrument Security Division with 600 security men in his Management.

The movement of Pekiti-Tirsia in the United States is lead by technical people like Agalon Gabriel Martinez of SAn Antono, Texas, The Executive Director of PTGO and at the same time Managing his Own school in San Antonio famous for his Combat Airobics program. Agalon Gabe Martinez is a certified No 3 Microsoft programmer in the USA. His martial art background was so strong under Kempo karate now a full time pure PTK. Gabe had spent time in the Philippines in the advancement of his developing skill under my personal teachings. Gabe is an Intellectual warrior with the determination to uphold the name Pekiti-Tirsia.

Pekiti-Tirsia consistently conduct seminars in almost all states in the lower 48. Several camp training had been conducted in Texas, Detroit, Rochester New York. PTK continue to enhance the seminar program within 12 months in the US.

PTGO's names will be presented on the coming months as references in case of contacts from different states.

PTGO's program of instruction is to encourage every one to a full dedication in the learning the true indigenous pure FMA whose desire to change for the better. To make everybody understand that we live in a perilous time, the edged weapon has return to the killing table ready to devour any one who do not believe in the Philosophy of life. The sharpness of the blades , the weapon that we don't' see is the weapon that will kill each one of you.

GrandTuhon Leo T Gaje Jr
06-06-2007, 04:15 PM
The Leadership of Mandala Rommel Tortal had made significant history how PTK was accepted not only with the Marine Corps but practically all branch of services of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to include the Philippine National Police Special Operations Command.

Pekiti-Tirsia in the Philippines is identified by the representation of the Manila Pitbulls under the leadership of Mandala Rommel Tortal assisted by MM Jasper De Ocampo, Agalon Jay Bataclan, Brig. General Natalio Ecarma , Brigade Commander for the 8 Batallions PMC, Jolo-Basilan Command, Col. William Cardel, Battalion Commander of the Force Recon Marines headquarter's Command , Fort Bonifacio, and Capt . Rommel Bongalbal Asst. Course Director of the Marine Basic School in Ternate, CAvite and all members of the Manila Pitbulls.

For the years Mandala Rommel Tortal beside being the Resident Instructor of the Philippine Marine Coprs, ,PTK extended its technology to the PNP-Special Action Force Commandos, Crisis Response Group, Aviation Secuity, Philippine National Police Academy, Philippine Public Safety College, National Police College.and all other PNP special UNITS.The knife culture of PTK Edged Impact Weapon made its way inside these organizations as a major training program. The success of PTK in Manila is the approved program making PTK as the official Philippine Marine Corps Combat Fighting Course requiring all Marines to undergo a 2 months course on a daily intensive training. The PTK Marine Training Manual approved for printing 500 copies and the appointment of SGt Baltazar and Sgt Prado as the official PTK Instructor to teach all Marines in Manila and in JOLO -Basilan.


PTK -Manila Pitbulls are professional civilians whose dedication in training three times a week never fails but consistently upgrade themselves to the limit of their capacity without thinking of quiting.These are the White Planes warriors lead by Richard ,Buddy Acenas , Dj Lobrado. Then numbers are increasing with the arrivals of Australalian Filipinos curios to be a real Filipino by practicing kali .

PTK Manila Pitbulls has been instrumental in assisting the documentary filming of the Discovery Channel in Earth Heaven REsort and at the Paco Cementery. The contribution made by the PTK Manila Pitbulls during the ceremonial rituals at the mountain training compound and the Ceremony at Paco exemplary effort was extended by each Pitbull making the success a of the day.

castromariachi
07-13-2007, 04:30 PM
wow...i am so interested to practice Pekiti Tirsia.

I am Indonesian and i am a pencak silat practitioner. Have been a long time be a fan of Pekiti Tirsia and GrandTuhon Leo Gaje.Jr.

is there a Pekiti Tirsia school in Paris, France?

franci1911
07-13-2007, 06:10 PM
wow...i am so interested to practice Pekiti Tirsia.

I am Indonesian and i am a pencak silat practitioner. Have been a long time be a fan of Pekiti Tirsia and GrandTuhon Leo Gaje.Jr.

is there a Pekiti Tirsia school in Paris, France?

Send an email to Grand Tuhon Gaje at grandtuhon@yahoo.com and he Can help you.

arnisador
07-14-2007, 12:05 AM
Also, see here (http://www.pt-go.com/training_instructors.asp).

I believe that this (http://www.pekiti.com/contactlist.php) is a different organization?

blindside
07-14-2007, 12:34 AM
Most of the European training is run through Pekiti-Tirsia Europe.
http://www.pekiti-tirsia.net/mainfile.php?lang=en&soundsParam=on&file=mainfile

puntadas
07-15-2007, 03:45 AM
yup, you should come out to the states - because the food is better & we feed lotsa kali...there's a guy in beautiful boulder, colorado ~ speaks fluent parisienne & word has it, his Kali is straight from Leo...

castromariachi
07-15-2007, 03:45 PM
thank you everyone...:)

i coud not found on the site any info about pekiti tirsia's school in paris but i'll contact one of pekiti tirsia's headquarters in Europe.

i hope one day i can go to the philipine, especially Pekiti Tirsia,to train kali eskrima. I'm so curious about this art and i found that this style (pekiti tirsia) is very effective and dangerous.

also, i'm interested to find any link or similiarity between Kali eskrima and my ancestor martial art, Silat...

thanks again everyone..:)

salamat po
terima kasih
hatur nuhun

pinoyboxer
07-15-2007, 08:18 PM
Greetings Castromariachi,

Apa Kabar?

There are many Pekiti Tirsia practitioners who have an extensive knowledge of Indonesian and Malaysian Silat and could possibly help you in your quest. Here is a few starters:

Leslie Buck:
www.texaskali.org

Omar Hakim:
www.tekpi.org

Those are just two I can think of from the top of my head. There are many, many others.

Best of luck to you,

PinoyBoxer