Pekiti Tirsia Demo at the St Paul, MN Dragon Festival 2010

Sifu Mike O'Melia, myself (in the hat) and Dr. Leif demonstrating Pekiti Tirsia at the Dragon Festival in St. Paul Minnesota. You can see in this clip examples of medium, close and extreme close range stick and dagger work as taught to Sifu O'Melia (the MN State Rep for Pekiti Tirsia Intl.) and his students. As an instructor under Sifu O'Melia it has been my honor and pleasure to be constantly exposed to the highest quality of instruction and consistent instilling of the basic principles that make the Filipino Martial Arts a staple in my Martial diet. Pekiti Tirsia, from the Vasayan region of the Phillipines, is a close range edged weapons combat system that emphasizes mobility, and education in the proper use of the technology (the blade, stick, and even in some cases firearm).
You can see more Pekiti Tirsia at Tuhon McGrath's youtube channel, take a class with Sifu O'Melia at the MN Kali Group in Minneapolis, or contact me.

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[5ringsfitness]

@Nopeiwontell: nah, not the rajah lol, it is a trainer I purchased from Guru Inosanto, think it was made by edges2, just a bolo

@Erpolpople:the camo are 5.11 digital, as to the speed, the demo is as it was in real time, if you mean the acceleration when I change partners to working with Sifu O'Melia, it is just a shift of our movement speed, not that we sped up the clip

[5ringsfitness]

thanks Mike, see you in class soon

[nopeiwonttell]

Is that the rajah I? Nice knife! :D

-Aaron

[Erpolpople]

1. What pattern are the camo trousers? Looks cool!

2. Why do you speed it up?

[browniefive]

Good demo guys!