That was given to me in the early 70's when the name was changed from Dekiti to Pekiti in America. Since people understood that pekiti meant small in Spanish, that was applied to the close quarter practices of the art in America at the time from around 1972 on. Furthermore Kali was attributed to the Filipino arts as well by the same individual and the name stuck, and was published, but never accounted for, yet Master Sulite did have a copy of that publication. "People had no understanding what was dekiti", I was told in America regarding this quote from my first teacher. I don't recall the late Master Nene ever using the name Pekiti, since the effort was accomplished by his nephew in New York, and branched out from there. I met Master Sulite in the Philippines in the 70's and have his picture during the program booklet in 79. Since I don't have the material you spoke of I am at a loss here to comment on what he said of this matter.
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