Pekiti Tirsia is often described as “the dirty art of dirty tricks” for its vast catalog of deadly physical attacks. But against a highly skilled opponent, those physical attacks may not be enough on their own. One must also have a psychological edge. A sharp wit to go with one’s sharp blade. This little-known advanced subsystem of Pekiti Tirsia arms practitioners for this reality, as Pekiti is also the dirty art of dirty looks.<\/p>\n
12 Emotive Attacks – Set 1, facial expressions<\/p>\n
1. skepticism
\n2. disdain
\n3. smug superiority
\n4. thinly-veiled disgust
\n5. suppressed laughter
\n6 a) unsuppressed laughter (contemptuous)
\n b) unsuppressed laughter (joyous\/crazy)
\n7. complete indifference
\n8. animal rage
\n9. mock awe
\n10. mock compassion
\n11. psychotic unpredictability
\n12. kissy face<\/p>\n
(Train responsibly. Remember to warm up, paying particular attention to the brows, and consider wearing eye protection when training with a partner.)<\/p>\n
By Chris Goard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pekiti Tirsia is often described as “the dirty art of dirty tricks” for its vast catalog of deadly physical attacks. But against a highly skilled opponent, those physical attacks may not be enough on their own. One must also have a psychological edge. A sharp wit to go with one’s sharp blade. This little-known advanced subsystem of Pekiti Tirsia arms practitioners for this reality, as Pekiti is also the dirty art of dirty looks. 12 Emotive Attacks – Set 1, facial expressions 1. skepticism 2. disdain 3. smug superiority 4. Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5823"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5824,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5823\/revisions\/5824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}