WHAT WE TEACH
We
Proudly represent the following Martial Arts Organizations:
PEKITI-TIRSIA
PITBULLS
PERTUBUHAN SENI SILAT KUNTAU TEKPI
PERSATUAN PENDEKAR PERSILATAN SENI BUDAYA BANTEN INDONESIA
We
teach the following Arts:
PEKITI-TIRSIA
KALI
The legendary Visayan full-combat Art of the Tortal
family, as taught by the undisputed heir of the system,
Supreme Grand Tuhon Leo T. Gaje Jr. This is our main
system, and the foundation of all we do! We teach
all aspects of the Art as directly imparted to us
by Grandmaster Gaje. Areas of study include:
-
Single and Double Stick (Tri-V, Contra Tirsia Dubla
Doz)
- Sword and Dagger
- Staff (Malayu Sibat)
- Knife (Kol Demama Daga, Dagaso Tirsia)
- Combat Grappling (Dumog)
- Empty Hand Striking (Pangamut)
- Firearms (pistol and long gun)
“VIENTENUEVE
BATANGUENO”
A highly unorthodox, unpredictable and lethal style
of edged weapons and firearms tactics born and bred
in the infamous Batangas region of the Philippines.
The Batangueno knife/gun fighter develops an intensely
personal expression of the Art through mastery of
an essential template sequence of 29 (vientenueve)
basic cutting techniques applied with strategic footwork.
This style was passed to us by Manong Leon “Tito
Jun” Saludo - one of the original surviving
members of the group that “codified” this
knowledge. Tito Jun is among the last generation of
BATANGUENO
blademasters who truly LIVED his craft.
NOTE:
This is NOT a public class! Instruction will be made
available to select students only.
SILAT
KUNTAU TEKPI
Seni Silat Kuntau Tekpi was founded by Panglima Taib
(General Taib Bin Wan Hussein) in the Kedah region
of Malaysia around 1890.
Panglima
Taib learned various forms of Silat Kedah (Silat from
the Kedah region), including the Silat from Panglima
Ismail, which is the root of Silat Cekak and Silat
Kalimah.
Panglima
Taib organized his original syllabus into 360 Buah,
which taught and covered all of the basic principles
and pecahan (variations) of the Silat system. He taught
his daughter (Siti Aminah) and passed the system on
to her. She taught her son (Pak Guru) who taught his
son, Cikgu Sani.
The
modern syllabus was organized by Cikgu Sani as follows:
Level
One:
- 21 Buah (Basic) - Teaches fundamental footwork,
entries, throws and locks
Level
Two:
- 21 Buah (Intermediate) - More "direct"
combative Buah that draw upon the lessons and mastery
of the first level
Level
Three:
- Senaman Tekpi - Tekpi exercises for conditioning
and combat
- Counters for all 42 Buah (from Level One & Level
Two)
- Seven Buah Pukulan - Counter-offensive striking
responses to an attack
- Five Buah - These are five advanced Buah only taught
to Level Three students
- 21 Buah Tekpi - These are the Buah that teach how
to strike and fight with the Tekpi
CIMANDE
MACAN GULING and TERUMBU GAJAH PUTIH
Macan Guling (Rolling Tiger) is a well known school
of the Cimande system of Pencak Silat from Serang,
West Java. This style is under the authority of the
PPPSBBI (Persatuan Pendekar Persilatan Seni Budaya
Banten Indonesia) an old and highly respected organization
of 500,000 Silat players in West Java from 90 different
styles.
The
Cimande Macan Guling syllabus encompasses:
- Upper body striking (Juru)
- Footwork patterns (Langkah)
- Timing/fluidity/conditioning exercises (Kelidan)
- Machete (Golok)
- Knife (Pisau)
- Staff (Toya)
- Flexible weapons (Sarong)
