So we agree on the old masters method of training including te conclusion that every training has it's limitations. Whatever one chooses to do in...
Bela diri is selfdefense. You need to know how to punch and kick but the ultimate is that you know how to defend and counterattack agianst any...
True to a certain extend. Finding out if your training realy works is almost only possible if you had to find out the hard way. This doesn't...
If you are not talking olah raga what are you talking about then? Open competition with full contact Karate or Tae Kwon Do? i.m.o. it makes no...
Training martial arts comes down to instinctively applying the techniques and filosophy. One could debate what happens when someone has been...
I've just been busy and up to a certain extend fed up with certain silat debates :rolleyes: In Holland things might be picking up with new...
A good example not to have Google determine all directions of your life. Bang is short for abang which simple means (respectful) older brother.
Apa kabar bang, Long time ago, haven't been on this forum since 2009. How are you doing? Regards, Pekir (pesilat Belanda ;))
That is almost extraordinary to find a school that doesn't accept non-muslim students. There are some but the majority don't discriminate on...
No martial art will be effective in a street situation for the average person respectfully Pekir
The 'generalization' of low stances in regard to silat is for a great part a misinterpretation. Sure there are styles, quite a few, that train...
Start to wonder if this person has actually ever seen Persilat matches. Obviously never the wide range of bela-diri/self defense expressions
Hi Vinny, I wasn't aware you couldn't reach me by PM so assumed that you didn't make it . On top of that I was taken out of circulation last...
your visit to Amsterdam Hi Tungal Gerak, I'm from Amsterdam and if your schedule allows I'm happy to welcome you to the city of Amsterdam....
'...but its your school signature or even your solo movements...its very aesthetic, very soft, very hidden, very mysterious..." Nothing...
Hormat Raden Rahmat, I'm not in the position to discuss your feelings and opinions on the forceful displacement of your ancestors from the...
I have browsed the literature and internet for information on Fatahillah and the other Wali Songo. It probably will not add much more knowledge to...
Learning a MA without the necessary understanding is like learning a dance without ever having heard the music and rythem that is supposed to...
The value of tradition is in the eye of the beholder. Adaptation and change doesn't have to conflict with tradition as long as the roots and...
What about this suggestion: The essence of rasa may be ability of feeling energy (chi kung, tanaga dalam, ki etcetera) Developing your sensitivity...
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