PEKITI TIRSIA KALI

DESCRIPTION

The Pekiti Tirsia System of Kali is a highly effective, close quarters, in-fighting system of combat from the Philippines. Based on tactics and strategies derived from edged weapons, Pekiti Tirsia is a complete system incorporating both weapons and empty hands methods. Designed for both single and multiple attackers, Pekiti Tirsia is both ancient and modern. Pekiti Tirsia is proven effective in combat and indispensable for today’s heroes of the law enforcement and military community.

Officially founded in 1897 by Grand Master Conrado Tortal, Pekiti Tirsia Kali is an indigenous method of combat from the Visayan region of the Philippines. Pekiti Tirsia was reserved in secret as a family system to defend the Tortal land until it was brought to the U.S. in 1972 by Grand Master Leo Tortal Gaje Jr., the grandson of Conrado Tortal and heir to the Pekiti Tirsia System. Since then, Pekiti Tirsia Kali has expanded worldwide to exclusive groups under the Pekiti Tirsia Global Organization.

PROGRAMS

Pekiti Tirsia programs include both traditional training in Filipino Kali as well as specialized programs for law enforcement, emergency rescue, and military. Traditional programs are designed to promote authentic Filipino combative arts and serve to develop highly skilled leaders. Programs for Law Enforcement include instruction in Defensive Tactics for police officers, state troopers, SWAT and tactical police as well as FBI, TABC, and ATF officers. Other programs have included gubernatorial and presidential protective detail as well as VIP protection services. Yet other defensive tactics programs include training for EMS, Fire and other emergency rescue personnel who are often placed in danger during their service to the community. Military programs include counter terrorism and specialized training in close quarter offensive and counteroffensive tactics for US Marine Corps and Philippine Marine Corps including the elite Force Reconnaissance Marines.