SEPTEMBER 24th and 25th, 2016 (Details below) (REGISTRATION IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST) If you’re not familiar with Combat Silat, you will be exposed to street ready silat that is systematic AND organic! I’ll be focusing on giving you the tools to see it coming, being pro-active rather than reactive, and even whether there…
https://www.facebook.com/events/999303150137063/ The Florida Seminar weekend is almost upon us! May 28th and 29th! US Tae Kwon Do Hapkido, 905 N Kingsway, Seffner, FL 33584 TOPICS ON DAY ONE: • Evading to Countering • Knowing your tools • Controlling Your Opponent • Being explosive and non-telegraphic • Controlling Chaos • Destroying Structure • Finishing Methods •…
Preparedness is not a moment in time. Being. Prepared. Is a current state of living. It requires attendance. It requires study. It requires training. It requires practice. And it requires testing. (See previous blog post.) It doesn’t just happen.
This is the process to understanding anything. Of course, in this case I’m focusing on pencak silat. Study. Train. Practice. Test. Repeat. Study: Listen, watch, and feel what your guide has to offer. If that guide is a hands on teacher. Great. If that guide is a static teacher such as a video. Great. (You’ll…
This was written to a student a while back who was struggling in his exploration of his own abilities. There are no secrets here, just basic info, but if you’ve never put words to the basic info that you, or your teacher just do, perhaps this is a good starting point. It’s very unlikely this…
6. Years of training in Pencak Silat Pertempuran have taught me that I still have years of training ahead of me in Pencak Silat Pertempuran. So do you.
5. Practice the same material over and over and over. When you’re done, practice it again and again. This is the way to great depth of understanding.
4. There are pencak silat people and systems that do not follow the path of silaturahim (brotherhood and sisterhood). They should be avoided if possible—as though they do not exist—not because we fear them, but because they bring nothing of value to Pencak Silat Pertempuran. Do not even utter the names they fight so hard…