Bio
Grandmaster Christopher Petrilli has been called “one of the best kept secrets of American martial arts”. A quiet, unassuming man, Petrilli has spent years refining his skills in Filipino martial arts with some of the best instructors in the world, learning Kali-Silat from Guro Dan Inosanto in Los Angeles and Eskrima, Eskrido, Pangamot, and Kamot from Supreme Grandmaster Cacoy Cañete in the Philippines. He has also delved into Kali under Greg Lontayao, Kali-Silat under Burt Richardson, Pencak-Silat under Pendekar Paul Dethouars and Gim Ingram, and traditional Japanese Aikido under Aric Hensel. He has also trained with Joseph Simonet in the art of Slam Set - Wing Chung & Silat.
A former U.S. Army Ranger, Petrilli is no stranger to hard, devoted training. Upon hearing the recommendations of several Filipino martial arts authorities, he packed his bags and moved to the Philippines to live and train directly with Doce Pares Eskrima Supreme Grandmaster Cacoy Cañete in Cebu. Petrilli is now one of the highest ranked students of Cañete’s, holding the esteemed rank of 10th degree black belt grandmaster in Doce Pares.
Grandmaster Petrilli was once a regular fixture at the annual Wind and Rock Training Camp hosted by Sifu Joseph Simonet and Addy Hernandez in Lake Chelan, Washington. He has several Eskrima and Pangamot training DVDs available from Paladin Press, including the popular Crashing the Lines & Cutting the Lines series. He also travels regularly to teach seminars. It is his goal to preserve and pass on the arts of Eskrima, Eskrido, Pangamot, and Silat to those who are willing to learn with a true heart.
If you have your own Martial Art school in the U.S. or any other country worldwide and would like to host Grandmaster Petrilli for a seminar, please contact us through our web email address or by telephone. We will be happy to send you all the required information and available dates.
For more information on hosting a seminar with Grandmaster Petrilli at your school or studio, please e-mail us at cjpetrilli@gmail.com or call 928-203-0433.
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