PTI (Pekiti-Tirsia International) Section is now open!

[Datu Tim Hartman]

We now have a section for PT as taught by Tuhon McGrath.

[timm]

GREAT!
Congratulations!!!
Hoping for more!

[Combative Edge]

Tim, will you be putting sections in for all the other Modern Arnis Organizations as well?

[arnisador]

We'd run out of space!!!

[Bob Hubbard]

Tim, will you be putting sections in for all the other Modern Arnis Organizations as well?

I think if there was enough visible demand it might be something that's considered.


We'd run out of space!!!

Naw. There's still 200 Gigs free on the server. LOL!

[Datu Tim Hartman]

Tim, will you be putting sections in for all the other Modern Arnis Organizations as well?
It all depends what the needs are in the future. Based on the dynamic at the moment I would say no, but who knows what the future holds.

[PG Michael B]

Glad to see the PTI folks getting their space. I have never met Tuhon Bill but I have heard very good things about him. I look forward to seeing some solid conversation here.

[Shaun]

Welcome to the forum Tuhon Bill.

[silat1]

Tuhon Bill,
Kumusta Ka, glad to see you are here with us and representing the PTK you are teaching.. Gives us a new meaning to understanding the system from a different perspective

[abdon]

Welcome to the Forum Tuhon Bill!! Real nice to see Pekiti Tirsia International represented here!!!!


Abdon

[Imua Kuntao]

Tuhon Bill,
Kumusta Ka, glad to see you are here with us and representing the PTK you are teaching.. Gives us a new meaning to understanding the system from a different perspective

I totally agree, we could look at a different angle of PT. As soon as I can think of a question I'll submit one.

[Imua Kuntao]

Do you still use the original 64 attacks?

[kaliman1978]

I am glad to see good ol old school ptk represented here. I look foward to reading future post minus all of the BS politics. Welcom Tuhon Bill!

[kaliman1978]

I believe that PTI does use the original 64 attacks. You can check out their website @ pekiti.com to see what their curriculum consist of. Can anybody that trains with PTI verify the use of the 64? Also anybody that attended the Chicago seminar give a small review of what was covered and the general atmosphere of the event?

[wes tasker]

I believe that PTI does use the original 64 attacks. You can check out their website @ pekiti.com to see what their curriculum consist of. Can anybody that trains with PTI verify the use of the 64? Also anybody that attended the Chicago seminar give a small review of what was covered and the general atmosphere of the event?

64 Attacks is part of our curriculum. I was not at the Chicago seminar so I can't give any review etc.

-wes tasker

[lhommedieu]

There's a thread on another forum related to rumors about PTK. One of the most horrific I've heard is that the "origin" of PTK is actually a set of training methods used by a guild of sous chefs from Lyon. PTK off-shoots can be recognized by their inability to symmetrically fine-dice an onion according to Bernoulli's equation.

Welcome to the forum, Tuhon Bill.

Best,

Steve

[TuhonBill]

lhommedieu wrote:

There's a thread on another forum related to rumors about PTK. One of the most horrific I've heard is that the "origin" of PTK is actually a set of training methods used by a guild of sous chefs from Lyon. PTK off-shoots can be recognized by their inability to symmetrically fine-dice an onion according to Bernoulli's equation.

Welcome to the forum, Tuhon Bill.

Best,

Steve



Oh no! The innermost secret of Pekiti-Tirsia is made known. The onions will never be the same.

Thanks Steve.

Bill

[wes tasker]

lhommedieu wrote:

There's a thread on another forum related to rumors about PTK. One of the most horrific I've heard is that the "origin" of PTK is actually a set of training methods used by a guild of sous chefs from Lyon. PTK off-shoots can be recognized by their inability to symmetrically fine-dice an onion according to Bernoulli's equation.

Welcome to the forum, Tuhon Bill.

Best,

Steve



Oh no! The innermost secret of Pekiti-Tirsia is made known. The onions will never be the same.

Thanks Steve.

Bill

Now that Steve has peeled back the layers of the secrets there's no use in crying over it...

-wes

[lhommedieu]

Now that Steve has peeled back the layers of the secrets there's no use in crying over it...

-wes

Rather, we should salute our discoveries with baguettes. That would be a French toast.

Best,

Steve

[Jack Latorre]

Alright, you guys need to cease and desist. It's all getting a bit cheesy.

Did I write that? :mad3:

Best,

Jack

[TuhonBill]

I believe that PTI does use the original 64 attacks. You can check out their website @ pekiti.com to see what their curriculum consist of. Can anybody that trains with PTI verify the use of the 64? Also anybody that attended the Chicago seminar give a small review of what was covered and the general atmosphere of the event?

Hi Guys,

Sure, we still do 64 Attacks. It's one of the foundations of our single stick material.

RE: Chicago. We worked on the 5 Attacks Subsystem (various timing drills based on 4 diagonal strikes plus "x") on the first day and Hand vs. Knife Level One (defenses against the knife held in hammer grip) on the second. As for atmosphere, one of the participants sent the following to me after the event.

Regards,
Tuhon Bill McGrath
www.pekiti.com

This was my first ever weapons seminar and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was informative and your personal attention to detail and correction was great. Your explanations for certain moves and their effects demonstrated your knowledgeable experience. I like the explanatory details of why certain knife defenses are used in certain ways - mostly to reduce the chances of effective counter moves and get cut. Your stories demonstrating various principles were not only humorous but informative. Explanations of physiological effects and reasons for certain techniques were fascinating. The segment in which you strung several stories together of people avoiding fights and harm by being like a bug that has the colors of a dangerous animal were poignant. As a school teacher, I observed how systematic and foundational your instructional sequence was.

Thank you for making my first stick/knife seminar all that I hoped for. It has me wanting for more.

Andrew

Chicago, IL

[Kailat]

That is really cool... Glad to see School Teachers getting into the FMA

[Jack Latorre]

Kailat--

I am fortunate to be an instructor under Tuhon McGrath, and happen to be an art teacher in a city school. I have been most pleased with the pedagogy of Tuhon McGrath...from the basics to the advanced stuff and back...I've found the quality of instruction to my liking.

Being a school teacher has obviously helped me in the instruction of my own martial art students. Finding the learning styles of my martial arts students has been very parallel with my public school students.

And I don't have many disciplinary problems in class either...

Best,

Jack A. Latorre

[lhommedieu]

That is really cool... Glad to see School Teachers getting into the FMA

20 years: NYC public school system...

Best,

Steve

[gagimilo]

Me, I used to teach 5-8 grade school, as well as a lyceum type of high school as well. I guess it really makes one much more ready to face any other challenges that life could throw at them ;-)