FMA Terminology Archive

Hope this is the right place to post this.

What does 'tersia' mean?

e.g.

only Tersia strikes at pre-selected targets

 

I'd forgotten what a gem of a thread this one is.

 

No idea Boris, but Stuart, Simon or Pat will tell you soon enough.

 

I think Citom might be a better resource. But I assumed that it came from the Spanish "tercia." In which case, it means "third." As in "the third part."

Now, it may be a faulty assumption on my part. But given the frequency of number references in FMA style names, drills, etc., I'm fairly confident.

 

I think you may be onto something there Stuart. Tersia->tercia->3 sides of a triangle.

 

The direct translation for Pekiti-Tirsia is "close thirds," so I certainly agree with the "thirds" translation, but I don't understand how that would be used in the context of the askers quoted line.

 

I agree, context is everything. One might *assume* that he is referring to the "Tersia" portion of "Pekiti-Tersia". And as previously stated, "tercia" in Spanish means "third" with "tercia" being the feminine version and "tercio" being the male variant. However, some judicious googling revealed the following:

- http://lsai-mangben.org/

This is how "tercia" is defined in the context of Lightning Scientific Arnis..

 

Thanks all.

I should have mentioned that I found the term on the Heyrosa de Cuerdas site. I'll know to include that info next time.

http://www.heyrosadecuerdas.com/about.html

So, I wonder what 'tercia' refers in that school as it seems both 'flicky' and relatively close. Sparring starts at 04:09.

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Those cats were fast as lightening!!!