Each 3 month term or quarter at maelstrom Martial Arts explores the enormous body of Pekiti-Tirsia kali through the lens of a particular topic. Every technique, cycle drill and movement can have multiple interpretations and meaning. You never walk down the same path twice!
Topic: SURVIVING CLOSE QUARTERS
Description: Pekiti-Tirsia is all about close quarters fighting – usually from the perspective of the attacker. All well and good to be able to choose close range but sometimes you are the attackee and you do not want to be there. Maybe you are smaller, maybe there are too many opponents, maybe you want to escape. Controlling the close quarter fight is as essential to surviving it as to winning it.
Bridge: Espada y Daga (transitioning in and out of short range), tapping, corto body mechanics, 7 count
Attributes: Range control, counter-trapping/tapping, slipping the clinch
Curriculum:
Foot/Handwork
Corto escapes – moving to zero pressure
Cinqo tieres cycle drill – solo baston, daga, and empty hand
Tapping, checking, passing, trapping
Waslik
Espada y daga (sword and knife)
Contrada flows
1st set of seguidas
12 disarmas
Solo baston (single stick)
Break-in cycle – standard, then progress to escaping witiks
Applications of 1st set of seguidas
7 count and first 6 variations – theory and application
Fangs (e.g. for use in Tuesday play class)
Standing fangs
Ground fangs
3 types of fang
Daga (knife) – in Tuesday/Thursday 8pm class only
Pakal vs saksak cycle
Pairs fighting tactics
Protecting a 3rd person fighting tactics
What-if series