At close quarters Pekiti-Tirsia Kali has the system to deal with edged and impact weapons.. as well as present technologies such as firearms. This geometric system of bladefighting has been passed down faithfully through the generations and has not devolved into sport. The ancients had the knowledge.. don't try and re-invent the wheel because you will need several generations of battles to figure out what works. vimeo.com/ondemand/tuhongaje
Is Leo saying that there's more energy in a slap than a punch? As a boy my dad open hand cuffed a mule on it's jaw and knocked it down cause it threw me. In old school fisticuffs , long ago, open palm cuffs were for the head and fists were for stabbing the torso targets, to protect the bare hands in unarmed striking, for unarmed defense. It was a means to create space and get to one's bladed weapons. Bas Rutten cuffed opponents to sleep in the unprotected bare handed Pancrase fights in Japan.
Leo always claims that pikiti is the “most pure” fighting system in the pilipines, but in truth it isn’t! It’s heavily mixed with silat and kuntao silat which means kungfu influences. It utilizes dit da jao to harden palms. It’s probably the LEAST PURE !
I have only slapped a few people in real life, but they all went down. Not sure if that would be the case if I had punched them. Your mileage may vary.
Now imagine the same scenario but the man with the knife is a trained athlete, able to go from 0 to 25mph in just under a second. Usain bolt had an acceleration speed of 32 feet per second
Sir ! Excuse me ! Your the fastest with blade ! Can I ask how old this art is and does it have other ancestry ? Thankyou kind regards upmost respect , Justin
