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DBMA Martial Arts Forum => Martial Arts Topics => Topic started by: Black Grass on October 15, 2003, 01:48:04 PM

Title: Florete in Pekiti
Post by: Black Grass on October 15, 2003, 01:48:04 PM

I know there a few Pekiti guys on the board (including Crafty). I was wondering why PT calls the circular doubling attacks 'Florete'.  On the PTI website it describes it as petals.  In Kalis Ilustrisimo, florete refers to thrust atacks and in spanish florete is the equvilant of epee.  A can see the connection between how the Ilustrisimo use the term and the origin of the word but not in PT. Or is there no connection.


thanks,

Vince
aka Black Grass

Title: Florete in Pekiti
Post by: carlo on October 15, 2003, 07:31:58 PM

I believe the root means little flower and came to mean smallsword or epee in Spanish.  In the philippines it retains the "little flower" meaning and in Filipino martial arts it refers to a small flowery movement or flourish.

-Dog Carlo