BoTB @ SMAF

Who Says We Don't Have Fun?

A few shots of Jones, giving it to "The Man"

Back!

Detroit and Rochester at SMAF

Wow! What a weekend. As soon as I catch my breath I'll be back with more pics and stories (parental guidance suggested)

Sunday Silat Melayu

If it’s Sunday, it must be Silat Melayu! Today’s class: understanding how a specific buah can be executed as pukulan (striking) or kuncian (locking) depending on the niyat (intention) of the practitioner. Empty-hand examples were duplicated with single and double tekpi for added clarity.

We like to think (and hope) our dear friend Coach Lan would be proud!

Coach?

Tribute to a Legend...and a Friend

On Tap for SMAF

The Saratoga Martial Arts Festival 2012 is just a few short weeks away. Here's a description of one of the classes I'll be presenting:

From Blade to Buah: The Integration of Filipino Kali and Silat Melayu

This unique training experience will utilize a very basic close-quarter attacking pattern with the knife – taken from the Pekiti-Tirsia system of Kali - as a basis to teach an unarmed student how to ‘enter’ (using tangkisan or “soft parries”), disrupt the flow of the opponent’s knife, and place the opponent into various kuncian – or full-body immobilizations drawn from a very rare form of Malaysian Silat. Various follow-up techniques such as buangan (throws), pins, and knife-disarms will be integrated into practice. This is a very “tactical” form of grappling that is ideal for scenarios involving multiple, armed aggressors.

See you there!