Tags: #🧩 #📜 References: [[Silat-Background]] [[Buah Pukul]] Quellen: [[Silat]] --- ## Bunga und Buah (Kembangan) Text von Guru Jerry Jacobs (Jacobs Martial Arts Academy USA) – Zitat. > Over the past 22 years, there have been numerous instances when someone makes a remark about the dance-like movements or “bunga” (flower) of Pencak Silat, either in-person, in a magazine article, on a website, blog or more recently on social media. The remarks are usually something like “we don’t dance, we fight” or “what’s up with all that dancing shit” or “that would never work in a fight”. To the untrained eye and to anyone not initiated into the closed-door practice or tight inner circle of Silat training, this would appear to be a waste of time, however the practice of Bunga or Kembangan is an integral part of all REAL pencak silat training. > You see there are 2 distinct yet intrinsic parts to all Silat movement, we term the Buah and the Bunga. The Buah refers to the “fruit” or the physical, destructive, male aspect of Silat. This would include belligerent Pukulan (striking), bela diri (self defense), etc. The opposite of the Buah is the Bunga or (flower) aspect. This is practiced in order to internalize all movements learned (jurus, langkah, bela diri, pukulan ,etc) into your muscle memory. It is practiced in a slow, meditative manner in the beginning, almost like a moving meditation. You learn to detach yourself from the world and be in the moment and be at one with everything at the same time. You learn to breath and use peripheral vision, and develop your RASA (intuition) to perceive things that other cannot normally perceive with their 5 senses. It also allows you to relax every part of your body and make every part of your body come alive with Tenaga Dallam (inner energy). This allows your body to become a conduit for this energy, in which you can use for Killing or for Healing. Make NO MISTAKE, old Silat and Kuntao were KILLING ARTS, meant for survival against wild jungle animals and rival tribes. Before Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity, ANIMISM was the ancient spiritual practice or religion in most if not all native cultures around the world. > When you truly reach the inner teachings of SILAT, you must learn the Bunga, Kembangan or “The Crawl” as they called it in the Wetzel lineage. You must detach yourself from reality, yet have one foot in both the physical and the spiritual world at the same time. You harness the energies of earth, air, fire, water and spirit, along with the guidance of the higher power and the balance of EVERYTHING in the physical and spiritual world. As you progress and let go, you turn into a completely fluid, fast moving, spontaneous black tornado of destruction moving toward your opponents with NO FEAR of anything or anyone in your path, leaving a bloody trail of death and destruction of anything or anyone that gets in front of you. Ultimately, this is where your SILAT training should lead you, but it’s a long, hard path, filled with ups and downs, fears, doubts, pain and uncertainty. It’s not meant for everyone, that’s why they talk about the “Secrets of the Chosen Few” in the Wetzel lineage. However, if you trust your teacher and have faith in your art, the secrets will be unfolded to you over time. You will learn what it means to “Be Calm but Be Deadly” and you will learn the REAL secrets behind “The Deadly Dance of Silat”. - Guru Jerry Jacobs (Jacobs Martial Arts Acadamy USA)