How do you get out of an unsafe situation on the street in 3 seconds, using nothing but a mobile phone, a ball pen or a credit card? What prepares you for a fight where you aren’t physically stronger ...

As you head down the stairs, the hypnotic clack-clack rhythm of the rattan sticks gets louder. Once your eyes adjust from the dark stairwell into the basement studio, you can make out several pairs of ...

Sunday mornings in Goa are synonymous with hangovers, sleeping in or perhaps lazing by the beach. Ours, however, is a little different. The alarm rings at 6 am. Listless, we drag ourselves out of bed, ...

Tan (fourth from right) with his students. — Photos: YAP CHEE HONG/The Star DESPITE opening up to the world fairly recently, Filipino martial art Pekiti-Tirsia Kali (PTK) has become a revered ...

Survival Arts Academy was established in Bacolod, Philippines, to protect womxn and girls against sexual assault and all forms of violence. The academy uses the art of Pekiti-Tirsia Kali and is based ...

Pekiti Tirsia San Francisco (Bay Area) is a training group in the art of Pekiti Tirsia Kali as taught by Grand Tuhon Leo T Gaje Jr. We are a PTGO affiliate training group in San Francisco California.

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino soldiers taught their American counterparts the Pekiti Tirsia Kali, a lethal Filipino-style combat martial art developed in 1897, as part of the ongoing Balikatan ...