Pekiti-Tirsia Alphabito contest videos from the winners.

Here are the videos from the winning entries to the “Design your own Alphabito” contest. For those unfamiliar with the term; in the Pekiti-Tirsia system of Filipino martial arts, the Alphabito is a set of combinations in our single stick material that targets the opponents left arm, using the letters of the alphabet as a basis for the striking patterns. The Alphabito set follows one that emphasizes left hand strikes, so it can be seen as a counter to that set: but it is also a good mental warm up for Espada y Daga work, where the left hand with the knife is a major concern in the fight. The original Alphabito was based on the Baybayin script of the pre-colonial Philippines and was used like a magic charm, ie, you would attack the opponent with the word “KILL” or “DIE”. In the 20th century the set was changed to Roman letters and the magical elements were replaced with physical targets to make it more practical. Fred H. Rolph, one of the winners here, asked if another alphabet cou