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Resident Pekiti Instructor

Tushar Ismail

Head Tactical Instructor (Superfly Tactical)

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LAKAN GURO TUSHAR

By day Tushar Ismail is a speech and drama coach, teaching the young the merits of art, and the value of pursuing excellence, however, by night, he is both a practitioner and instructor in the FIlipino Martial Art (FMA) of Pekiti-Tirsia Kali.

As one of the resident instructors of PTK in Singapore, Tushar has been sharing the art for the last four years and regularly travels to the Philippines to train with practitioners from all over the world including with our shared grandmaster-level instructors. He believes that both the, “Art” and, “Tactical” sides of Pekiti-Tirsia are equally wonderful.

Tushar is excited to be joining the Superfly Team and is looking forward to sharing FMA and learning and growing together with our students.

Visiting/Supervising Instructors

TUHON Rommel Tortal

Technical Advisor, PTTA

TUHON ROMMEL TORTAL

Tuhon Rommel Tortal is the nephew of Grandtuhon Leo Tortal Gaje Jr. He has had a lifelong immersion in the combat system of Pekiti-Tirsia Kali that his family evolved over a century of trial and error. Tuhon Rommel has been Chief Tactical Instructor for the Philippine Marine Force Recon Battalion, the Philippine National Police Academy, Philippine Special Action Force Commandos, and the Presidential Security Group of the Philippines amongst other elite units. Internationally he has trained Special Operations Units in India and Russia among other countries.

Tuhon Jared Wihongi

Chairman of The Board, PTTA

TUHON JARED WIHONGI

Tuhon Jared Wihongi is a full-time International Tactical Combatives (Hand-to-Hand Combat), Firearms and Martial Arts Instructor/Consultant. He is most known internationally as a Pekiti-Tirsia Kali Instructor, and his specialization extends to the complete tactical application and integration of empty-hand, edged/impact weapons and firearms skills in extreme close-quarters. His vast experience operating in the Real World as a SWAT Operator, Police Firearms/Defensive Tactics Instructor and street Patrol Officer has heavily influenced his approach to teaching, training and applying Pekiti-Tirsia.

In addition to training thousands of security personnel, conventional police officers and soldiers in many countries, Jared has taught Pekiti-Tirsia tactics and Tactical Firearms to police and military Special and Covert Operations individual Operators and entire Units throughout Europe, Asia, Australasia, North & South America. He continues to travel throughout the USA, Europe, South America and Asia several times yearly to teach tactical courses, most particularly in and around the Philippines, Brazil & Germany. Jared has also worked occasional Executive/Close Protection jobs for some of his international clients.

Jared’s professional background from 2000-2014 includes:

Private Sector Security Professional, 1996-2000.
Deputy Sheriff for the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office, 2000-2001.
Police Officer Salt Lake City Police Department, 2001-2008.
Chief Defensive Tactics Instructor & Firearms Instructor, Salt Lake City Police 2004-2008.
SWAT Operator Salt Lake City Police, 2003-2008.
Reserve SWAT Operator South Salt Lake Police, 2008-2013.
Reserve Police Officer South Salt Lake Police, 2013-Present.
From 2003-2013 Jared participated in over 100 high-hazard operations including hostage situations, barricaded gunmen and narcotics warrants in the capacity of a SWAT Operator.

In addition to Jared’s 14 year background as a Police Officer, he has been contracted as a Combatives Instructor for U.S. Army Special Forces Units for the last 9 years. He has also taught Defensive Tactics and Combatives courses for other training companies that cater to the Special Operations community.

In the private sector, Jared is currently retained by Browning as the Tactical Consultant for their new Black Label brand of Tactical Blades and equipment. He is retained as a consultant for the Tactical Baton training program for Germany’s Bonowi Camlock Baton. Jared was also recently featured as a subject matter expert on season one of SPIKE TV’S hit series Deadliest Warrior.

In March, 2012 Jared was invited to represent Tactical Pekiti-Tirsia at the European Police Trainers Conference in Nuremberg, Germany. He was one of only four international Hand-to-Hand Combat Instructors invited to teach at the conference, which is attended by hundreds of Police Instructors and Tactical Officers from around Europe.

MANDALA Kit Acenas

Executive Director for Classical Pekiti-Tirsia Programs, PTTA

MANDALA KIT ACENAS

Bio coming soon…

MANDALA Patch Caballero

Board of Directors / Director for Philippines, PTTA

MANDALA PATCH CABALLERO

Chief Instructor of Pekiti Tirsia Kali Hangkilan
Director for Philippines – Pekiti Tirsia Tactical Association
Holds the rank of Mandala under Tuhon Jared Wihongi in the Pekiti Tirsia Tactical Association
11+ years practicing Kali
Founded Pekiti Tirsia Kali Hangkilan in May 2011
Started training in Pekiti Tirsia Kali Manila under Mandala Kit Acenas
Intensively trained under Tuhon Nonoy Garrucho of PTK Sundangan from Bacolod
Patch is also a student of both Grand Tuhon Leo Gaje and Tuhon Rommel Tortal in the Philippines
In all his Kali journey, he was also fortunate to have trained with different PTK pillars and other FMA instructors from the likes of:
- Doug Marcaida of Marcaida Kali
- Tuhon Philip Gelinas of GAMMA/Team Sled Dog
- Tuhon Jared Wihongi of PTTA
- and other Kali instructors both from the Philippines and abroad.
Instructor of the stick fighting program of joint PTK Hangkilan and Kali Mundo, together with stick fighting director, Mandala Kit Acenas, which has been on going since it started in 2009. Program was developed with the help of select Dog Brothers from Team Sled Dog (Tuhon Philip Gelinas), Patch was a product of the 2nd stick fighting hybrid program in 2010 that was held together with the Philippine Force Recon Marines
Background in Executive Protection, working with different personalities and companies providing different security services and training.
Also has background in Disaster Preparedness and Management, Forensic Science and Tactical Medicine (TEMS/AustereMedecine) to name a few.

In Memoriam

TUHON Jasper De Ocampo

TUHON JASPER DE OCAMPO (†)

Chief Instructor of the Philippine Army Pekiti-Tirsia Close Quarters Combat (CQC) program.
Visiting Instructor for Pekiti Tirsia Kali Singa (Fightpanda) during its foundation.

Jasper had been teaching Pekiti-Tirsia to the Armed Forces of the Philippines since 1998 when he served as part of the Instructor Cadre of the first Instructor Certification Course for the Philippine Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance Battalion.

He has conducted training to Military Units and Law Enforcement agencies in Officers Survival Program like Military Edged Impact Weapon Tactical Combat and Law Enforcement Defensive Tactics and Control Dynamics. He was one of the longest serving active and respected Pekiti-Tirsia Tactical Instructor.

Pekiti Tirsia Kali Singapore, and thus Superfly Tactical, wouldn’t be what it is without Tuhon Jasper, a great teacher and friend.