Greetings from West Java, Indonesia

[Antara]

Hi all,

I am from Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. I am in my mid 30 and only been studying traditional silat for two years. Still not good at it .

Glad to see you all here.

Salam hormat...

 

[terryl965]

welcome

 

[Tensei85]

Awesome! Love Silat, what style of Silat do you train if you don't mind me asking?
By the way Welcome to MT!

 

[stickarts]

Welcome!

 

[Antara]

Thank you for the welcome,

Awesome! Love Silat, what style of Silat do you train if you don't mind me asking?

Of course not. In my place it is common to ask about other people’s mainan (literally: toy, or a game, a polite way in Jakarta ethnic language to refer to one’s martial art).

I am studying Golok Seliwa, a minor Betawi (Jakarta) style. I don’t think any of you ever heard about it. As minor as that we are not even a school. Like many of other traditional styles in Jakarta, we are practicing informally within our small communities.

 

[Tensei85]

Great! I had a minor stint with "harimau silat" & "serak silat", what I mean by minor stint is my Wing Chun Instructor avidly trained in Silat & Muay Thai so he used to train us quite a bit when he would receive new material.

It's a great system, I enjoyed the training, unfortunately there's really no where in the State that I can further or even actively train. But who knows about the future...


Welcome again & I am looking forward to your posts.

 

[just2kicku]

Hello and Welcome!

 

[Carol]

Welcome! I have also trained some Indonesian Silat. Great to see more on the board!

 

[Antara]

Thank you...
... and thank you for enjoying silat, Tensei85 and Carol.

Just realized that someone posted Golok Seliwa here. What a pleasant surprise.

 

[SahBumNimRush]

Welcome to MT, the greatest thing since.. . um, chuck norris' beard!

 

[bluekey88]

Welcome!

 

[Brian R. VanCise]

Welcome!

 

[morph4me]

Hello, welcome to MT

 

[Tensei85]

Welcome to MT, the greatest thing since.. . um, chuck norris' beard!

Hey, remember everything involving his beard is strategically placed & evenly proportioned.