I had the amazing opportunity this last weekend to travel to Los Angeles and train for two days with Guru Maul Mornie, a Silat master from Brunei. [...]
I'm trying to get real, to teach fighting techniques that actually work in a situation where you might be unprepared, and facing someone big and mean. [...]
This week in class we worked the Octopus series from Maphilindo Silat. Maphilindo is the personal Silat style of Guro Dan Inosanto, the famous teacher of Southeast Asian martial arts. [...]
I perceive that the movements of Silat have become a part of me. I am in love with the art. It is so fluid, fast and aggressive, but at the same time it requires no power. In that sense it harmonizes very well with the other arts I study and teach - Hapkido, Jujitsu, Kempo. [...]
Someone recently characterized Hapkido as "Evil Jujitsu". I like that. In any case, our Hapkido grab defenses are highly effective, in my opinion. [...]
Silat is a true battle art, with no wasted movement, only highly efficient and direct attacks. It focuses on elbow and knee strikes, twisting the head, trapping the feet, sweeps and reaps, devastating takedowns, joint breaks, and attacks that use rapid level changes from low to high, or high to low. [...]