Tags: #🧩 #📜 References: [[Kuntau-Background]] [[Knife-Background]] [[Weapons-Background]] Quellen: [[SSBD]] --- Posts und Aussagen von Maul Mornie (SSBD) – Zitate. ## Limb Destruction, Brunei und die Philippinen > How to destroy FMA limb destruction. > You dont see alot of limb destruction in Bruneian Silat and Kuntau because we feed on them. Traditional Bruneian martial arts are known for its posture and structure, but its getting watered down now due to influences from other styles and systems and the newer generations purposely trying to mix them with other martial art styles. > Before the coming of the west there were no borders between Brunei and the Philipines. We were one people. The modern borders now are compliments of the British and the Spanish coming to conquer us through "divide and conquer" strategy. > I am not trying to say that one art is better than the other, most westerners like to compile and put everything in labelled boxes, e.g. Southest Asian Martial Arts, Wing chun, Jiu jitsu, etc. > In southeast asia, each art is influenced by its culture, tradition, environment and community where it comes from. > First time an FMA friend told me he can break my hand by guiding my fist to his elbow, I was surprised. I said "can I feel it?", he doesnt try it anymore now... > “…The advanced is the mastery of the basics. ‘Effortless’ comes from constant correct practice. In SSBD form (structure & intention) is important from the beginning to end.” ## Basics und 1st Contact > A lot of people ask me how do I train in my free time. I train nothing but basics and conditioning, because that is all I think what is important. And most people would just say “That’s its? Oh… it’s a secret huh? I get it.” > I emphasize my personal training for 1st contact in self defence (not competative fights), because all movements begins with the 1st contact. The connection between the given intention & receiving intention (without contact), the connection at the point of contact between body and body, and then progressing to gerak langkah to the breaking of structure (or in Japanese terms from Sabaki to Kuzushi). > An Aikido friend introduced me to a clip of Shihan Seishiro Endo a few days ago and he took my interest straight away when he spoke about “Atari”. To my understanding it is the engagement and connection of intention (energy, ki or chi if you will). > When people ask me how do I make people bigger and taller than me fall without any effort, without physically training with me I can never explain it, but Endo Shihan is able to explain the concept in just over 1 minute. As Einstein said, > “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” > I guess that is why Endo Shihan is a master and I’m just starting my journey in understanding the art. ## Kicks > Question : Maul, in SSBD do you do high kicks? Do you target your kicks above the waist or to the head? > Maul : We dont do high kicks, we dont lift our legs above our own waist when we kick, but when we do kick, its usually targeting the head or towards the soft tissue of the abdomen (above the waist). > Question : How do you kick to the head/abdomen without raising you leg above your waist? > Maul : Simple, when your opponent is on the ground. ## Kein Old School, kein New School > would like to make a statement regarding Silat Suffian Bela Diri (SSBD). > There is NO old school, NO new school SSBD. > There are only people who learns and continue to learn, and those who has stopped learning. > It’s about learning and progressing in the arts, to perfect yourself as a martial artist. There is no such thing as SSBD is different 10 years ago compared to now. > Take karate or judo as example, 10 years ago everyone was a white belt, but that was 10 years ago everyone has progessed since then. To talk to a black belt level about how glorious the system was 10 years ago at white belt level is NOT relevent. The skill levels are far apart. > You either progess or you dont. > When you stop learning, there will come a time, when you look around you, everyone has progessed forward, except you. > Your level and understanding of SSBD is different 10 years ago compared to now, and if you continue to learn, your level and understanding will continue grow from now and it will be different in 10 years. > Growth and progression is the nature of learning. > You stop growing, you stop progessing when you stop learning. ## Geheimnisse > “Those who talks about secrets and mysticism (in silat) actually knows nothing” - my mentor Guru Utama Ramlan Hj Lamit, Silat Brunei Silat Betawi Tiga. > All the high level silat people that I have ever met never spoke about “secret” technique. They only show you up to the level of your understanding and ability. > People hide thier lack of knowledge with talks of secrets and mysticism (something unexplained). > Train more, less talk. Let your skill and ability represent you and your teachers. At the end of the day you are a martial artist, not a magician. Quelle: https://www.facebook.com/maul.mornie/posts/10163590034825150 ## Footwork «Grouping two» > At the SSBD closed door training session in Melbourne, Australia. We were training footwork. > Maul : Brij, do grouping one. > *Brij does grouping one footwork > Maul : Grouping two > **Brij does grouping three footwork > Maul : Brij, grouping two, not three. > **Brij does grouping one footwork > Maul : Brij, that's one (wrong one), do two. > **Brij does grouping two footwork > Maul : Yes that one. That grouping two. > Brij : You should give names to these footwork, it's confusing. > Maul : I did, its called "grouping two" ## Die Sprache der Klinge > Reading the language of the blade in Silat. > By tradition Silat is an art of warfare, and in all warfare involves weapons. > From the beginning, in SSBD, we learn to respect the blade, hence we learn how to communicate with it, to understand the body language of how it is used. > Until a century ago before the coming of the west dividing our region into the modern borders it is today, Brunei's territory encompassed the whole of northern Borneo, the south of the Philipines and Manila. > Northern Borneo where I am from was known for their head hunters, they were feared and sought after for their blade skills and empty hands fighting system. > As a community, learn to fight along side them and to defend ourselves against them. > There are 2 old FMA masters when I watched their old footage that reminded me of the head hunter arts, the late John Lacoste and late Tatang Illustrisimo, the way they moved their feet and orientation of their shoulders, it was familir with the nuances of the old local head hunter movements. I found out through reading about them in the internet that they travelled and trained in the south of the Phillipines. ## «It's not easy if you make it complicated» > “Its not easy if you make it complicated”- Rodney Kofler | 30th May 2019 > The essence of Silat Suffian Bela Diri, in simple words. People usually say SSBD is complicated because they cant do it perfectly on the first class. > When you break it down, every move should have a potential to stop the altercation. It’s a learning progression. Quelle: https://www.facebook.com/ ## Kein Kult, keine Geheimnisse > Silat Suffian Bela Diri is a school of knowledge and physical education. It is not a cult group. > Our aim is to perfect ourselves as martial arts practitioners, not selling snake oil. > There are no secrets, there are levels of knowledge and skill. > There are no secrets, to be very good you have to train and practice regularly. > There are no secret techniques, everything is taught within the correct level of knowledge. > I am not a spiritual leader, if you are looking for religious and spiritual guidance please look else where. > SSBD is not a charity, it never was from the beginning. When you come to train you are paying for the instructor’s time and effort, for his years of investment in training and time away from his family and loved ones. Its like any other job. > There are no contracts. You come and stay, or go and never come back, as you please. No one is putting a gun to your head. All I ask is if you walk away, leave as you came, as friends. Do not burn the bridge of friendship. > I am not a sage, I dont give advice of how to live your life, but I can give advice on martial arts business that is within my capacity and experience. > While training SSBD you are free to train any other martial arts you want. You are an adult, its your life. > The only rule in training is, when you train SSBD, train to understand the basics of SSBD, explore SSBD’s fundamentals and practice to move with efficiency. If you going to mix it with your own expression that you learned from other arts then dont confuse other people by calling it an SSBD class/training seasion. > SSBD exist because your skill and ability gives it credibility. Dont use the SSBD name to sell yourself. Quelle: https://www.facebook.com/ ## Wachsen oder stehen bleiben > You will be more dissappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. > To grow and to stand still in Silat Suffian Bela Diri is a choice. I have opened the doors for you to train with my mentors. > When you choose to grow, you will be happier because you dont feel that you are left behind. > When you choose to stand still because you think you know everything, you will feel antimidated by those growing around you and you will look for others to blame. Quelle: https://www.facebook.com/ ## Curriculum: Parang Kembar und Reihenfolge > 3rd of 4 days re-organising, catagorising and standardising the Silat Suffian Bela Diri Parang Kembar (double machete) module with the active Silat Suffian Bela Diri German Training Group members - 1st, 2nd and 3rd phase of the curriculum - footwork, gili and positioning. > What is being shown is 1st and 2nd groupings. If you train with machetes you’ll see what we are doing, if you dont, you’ll assume you know what you are looking at 🤣 > There will be 7 to 9 phases on each weapon catagory. > Progression of learning the Silat Suffian Bela Diri Curriculum - Single knife, single machete, double machete, double knife, staff, tekpi then final curriculum kuntau (empty hands). > Once published this will be part of the standard requirement to be given the permission to teach Silat Suffian Bela Diri. > SSBD INSIDE! > Bonn, Germany 29th May 2019. Quelle: https://www.facebook.com/ ## Trainieren statt jammern > In martial arts, when you moan and complain about everyone and everything more than you train, it is better that you take a break or just walk away and find something else that suits your interest. > Ask yourself why you started to train martial arts in the first place. > A martial art instructor’s responsibility is not to babysit grown men acting like children. You need a phsycologist for that. > If you constantly try to start problems then everything you do or say will stop to matter, no matter who you are, you can and will be replaced. > You move forward as a martial artist or you move on. Quelle: https://www.facebook.com/maul.mornie/posts/10162202460750150 ## Ambidextrie > Ambidexterity is is the state of being equally adapted in the use of both the left and the right hand. The degree of capability and versatility with each hand is generally the qualitative factor in determining a person's ambidexterity: few have complete and equal facility with both hands. Only about one percent of people are naturally ambidextrous. > If you are not naturally ambidextrous, like me, you can still be a part of that one percent out of the whole population of the world through relentless practice. Quelle: https://www.facebook.com/maul.mornie/videos/10159226087500150/ ## Seminar-Berichte von Shawn Zirger (Zusammenfassung) Shawn Zirger (Zirger Academy of Martial Arts, Kanada; Inosanto-Schüler und Dog Brother) hat seine Seminare mit Maul Mornie in einem Blog beschrieben. Zusammenfassung – Kampfkunst-Inhalte wörtlich. Quelle: zirgeracademyjkd.com. ### Wie Maul unterrichtet (Brunei) Zirger beschreibt Mauls Unterricht als sehr strukturiert: Etwa achtzig Prozent eines Seminartages galten zwei Techniken und den Einstiegen, um in die nötige Position zu kommen. > Maul presented us with two entries, one inside and one outside of the attacking lead. He then showed us how to sweep and how to cross to the other side of the opponent. Ultimately we ended up with 8 techniques or 4 that we were able to affect on either side either because of the way the partner fed the attack or by our choice, manipulating the attacker to the desired position. I get so excited about this kind of class structure, It is inspiring because Maul will choose a couple of simple techniques and thoroughly explore their application and then, just when you are getting into it, he shows you how you can use the principals to lego together a whole bunch of other techniques within the same principal. Quelle: http://zirgeracademyjkd.com/maul-day-1/ ### Brunei Silat Cakak Besuch beim Präsidenten von Brunei Silat Cakak, der offiziellen Kampfkunst Bruneis – Einführung mit Vortrag, Demonstrationen und Fragen. Zirger war beim ersten Mal skeptisch und hat seine Meinung geändert: > Cakak is in fact a very interesting find in the martial arts. It is a syllabus of the postures and attacks common to the many original sources of the content. Prior to 1955, there were many systems of Cakak, each family passing on their own variations and specific interpretations until it was decided that there would be and official martial art for Brunei. Those elements that were considered common to all of the families that practiced the art, were organized and recorded for the purpose of preserving the cultural heritage of Bruneian Martial Art. The refined art consists of seven postures which serve to bait an attack, and six sequences of attacking offensively. These baits and sequences form the basis of a complex combative game that operates much like a game of chess. From a visual perspective it is beautiful to watch skilled practitioners demonstrate these baits, attacks and counters. From a learning and teaching perspective however, it is a powerful tool for, not only preserving the art, but for sharing the attitudes and philosophies behind the fighting system. > The fact is, once a person understands the patterns and starts to absorb the subtleties of the art, there is so much that can be safely taught and learned. It is a matter of staying within the confines of the game that give the practitioner the opportunity to invite a given attack and to take advantage of that attack for a finish. This game teaches the student how to bait and how to stalk their opponent and all of this can be done a slow and deliberate pace, or for those inclined, with full contact and speed in tournament. > it is a very effective way to give the traditional context for the stages of conflict and one of the best ways I have seen to develop pre-engagement moments of the fight. Quelle: http://zirgeracademyjkd.com/bruneian-martial-arts-brunei-silat-cakak/ Der Gastgeber hat seine frühere Einfahrt in ein kleines Museum bruneiischer Silat-Waffen verwandelt (Schwerter, Keris u. a.). ### Der Weg zu Maul und Merantau Zirger kam über Guro Dan Inosanto (JKD) zum Silat, fand lokal keine Lehrer und lernte zuerst über YouTube. Als er bei Mauls Organisation ein Seminar anfragen wollte, kam die Antwort: «Wir kennen dich nicht. Komm doch zuerst mit uns trainieren.» – für ihn ein Zeichen von Integrität. Maul verkauft keine Online-Mitgliedschaften, Videos oder Zertifikate. > One thing about training with Maul is his attitude to cross training, he once told me that it is a part of the culture of Silat, that following their training, the student will go on a warriors journey, a Merantau, and learn from many teachers and many styles, in order to fully discover themselves and their own art. Quelle: http://zirgeracademyjkd.com/seminar-journals/ ### Maul an der Inosanto Academy Maul wurde an die Inosanto Academy in Kalifornien eingeladen, um Kuntau und Silat aus Brunei zu zeigen. Dan Inosanto stellte ihn mit einem historischen Hinweis vor: Brunei habe – wie die südlichen Philippinen – die spanische Eroberung abgewehrt, als Spanien Weltmacht war. Er nannte SSBD eines der besten heute praktizierten Silat-Systeme und verglich Maul mit seinen eigenen Silat-Lehrern John de Jong und Herman Suwanda. Mauls Unterricht führte vom kulturellen Kontext und einfachen Drills nahtlos zu dynamischen Anwendungen; am Ende konnten fast alle die Bewegungen zusammensetzen. Auch Marc «Crafty Dog» Denny (DBMA) war dabei. Zirgers Fazit: Maul tue für Silat und die malaiischen Kampfkünste, was Dan Inosanto für die philippinischen getan hat. ### Seminar in Memphis > Like any great martial arts teacher does, Maul spends time sharing the basic movements and drills of this Bruneian form of Silat. As long time student of the martial arts I was very excited to learn about the Pelampas, the foundational drills or steps. Not to be mistaken for jurus, or forms, it is a series of steps that translates directly to the techniques being taught. I kept thinking how simple it was, like a very short dance, not easy, but directly translatable to the fighting system that Maul so deftly demonstrates. > As the day progressed the material turned to applications, baiting, extended chains of impact, off balancing and crushing joint wrenches. Silat comes to life in these demonstrations and the pressure from the initial interception, is relentless through to the finishing moves, which are fact, every move. This seminar focused on empty hand and scarf-oriented techniques but used the knife to focus the lines used in the system. > In many of the seminars I attend, there are lots of flashy moves, and while this is true of Maul’s offering there is something familiar to it. The organization of the moves is such that by the time you have gone through the first quarter of the day, everything starts to stack tidily together. From one defense to the next, through the myriad follow-ups, there is a simple thread of commonality. So for the novice it might seem like one is being shown thousands of moves, in fact everything comes down to the very simple principles that are taught in the first 30 minutes, but refined continuously throughout the weekend. > Maul delivers the history and context with a story telling ability that takes you to the river villages and dark jungle paths of his home. He illustrates the thinking and the perceptions of the people who live and sometimes have fight to protect their villages, and delivers insights as to why the fighting systems of Brunei have their own particular ethics and style. He explains and demonstrates movements and techniques from the noble Kuntau systems, and impresses upon the students how the style is as much about establishing reputation and status as it is about physical self-defense. When you watch the videos and see his movement you might think, it impressive, but when you understand the context and glimpse that culture you will see another depth to the beauty of what is being shared. Quelle: http://zirgeracademyjkd.com/seminar-journals-ssbd-in-memphis/ Dazu beschreibt Zirger die Gemeinschaft: kein Schlechtreden anderer Kampfkünste, offene Haltung gegenüber anderen Lehrern, gemeinsames Essen vor und nach jedem Seminar. ### Italien Beim Seminar in Italien arbeiteten die ersten drei Tage nur an den Grundlagen. Keine Egos, keine Klagen über Wiederholungen – gegen Ende wollten gerade die erfahrenen Lehrer noch mehr Basics. Danach unterrichtete Zirger selbst in Turin (DSF Academy) und Rom; in Rom interessierte man sich besonders für die Dog Brothers. ### Silat und Kuntao in Brunei Zirger erzählt, dass Dan Inosanto Silat auf die Leibgarde Alexanders des Grossen zurückführt, die verschiedene Kampfkünste vermischt habe. Von Maul lernte er dagegen: > Guro Maul taught us, that in the history of Brunei, Kuntao and Silat were separated by caste systems, Kuntao being practiced by the noble and merchant class of the water villages, and Silat by the artisans and villagers of the inland. As I saw it demonstrated, the posture of Kuntao is proud, it speaks volumes about the societal position of the individual, who would neither bow, nor bend knee in the presence of their people. People whose long and ornate robes would not be soiled, and whose finely appointed headdress would not be allowed to fall from their crown. These people lived in areas of commerce, on the river, in stilted homes connected by plank wide bridges, they lived in the deltas, natural harbors of the South East Asian islands and spent their lives elevated above the mud and water, or riding in trading vessels and their fighting was as much a statement about status as it was a matter of survival. > The farmers, who in the course of their work, were already close to the ground, if not toiling in the dirt directly, practiced Silat. Their fighting was about survival and family honor and the safety of the village. And it is the tribal mentality of the villagers that gives rise to the progressive inevitability of Silat’s signature finishes. When honor is everything, when it affects everyone you love, neither submission nor submitting an opponent is an option. > “If one would shove a man off the mountain, that man should hit every rock on the way down.” Quelle: http://zirgeracademyjkd.com/a-closer-look-at-silat/ ### Was einen guten Instruktor ausmacht Laut Zirger bleibt ein guter Instruktor immer Schüler – er wächst und hinterfragt, während er weitergibt. ## Ambidextrie mit dem Tekpi > Ambidexterity in Silat. > From the 1st of 2 days Bruneian Martial Art - Silat Suffian Bela Diri seminar in Scheveningen, The Netherlands. 26th August 2017. > If you want to train ambidexterity then train with the TEKPI, also known as Trisula or Tjabang in Indonesia, Taipee in certian Bruneian silat systems, Sai in Okinawan Karate, Siang Tépi (雙短鞭 lit. "double short whip") in Hokkien Chinese. ## Diskussion: Old School / New School Stimmen aus den Kommentaren zu Mauls Post: > As i said before, i still have the videos of SSBD 2008-2010, the raw beginnings in Germany as proof. No difference to now. Same jurus, same footwork, same principles of movement, same bodymechanics, from which result countless applications. And yet, every time i attend an SSBD seminar, i learn something i overlooked before. New details, new applications. Called "the process of learning and perfectioning", aka evolution or progress. And it is a life long process. Quelle: https://www.facebook.com/maul.mornie/posts/10160740092420150 > Jan Bloem Hmm if your words are true i.e. about learning and progression, and you claim that SSBD did not change when compared with 10 years ago, it would mean that SSBD as a system is static and insensitive to change. And so would you being the one who pulls the whole thing. A system is made by people. People are not made by the system or should not be. Therefore a system is progressing and changing through the years because the people involved are changing. > And indeed this has nothing to do with old and new, just progression. However, this old and new thing is something to be seen in many styles and is mainly put forward by students to claim a legitimate status for themselves. Sometimes masters do it like in systema, which mainly has economic reasons. Quelle: https://www.facebook.com/maul.mornie/posts/10160740092420150 > But at the end of the day, a punch is a punch and it was a punch 10 years ago, 100 or 10 000 years ago. Same for a throw. As long as humans were walking upright we punched, grappled, kicked, used weapons the same way. The only difference was the background of fighting like swamps, clothing, armor, range and balance of weapons. Gorillas fought the same way 10 000 yrs ago. So did lions. Why change effective techniques? Compared to what? To MMA? 🤣😂 > Old martial arts come from life and death situations. And over long period of time, the succesful techniques stayed, the unsuccessful ones were thrown out. Kung fu, silat, kenjutsu, muay boran, kalari payat, fma and countless others had all the centuries to evolve. Quelle: https://www.facebook.com/maul.mornie/posts/10160740092420150 ## Kümmere dich um dein eigenes Training > To all SSBD family members. > Please mind your own training, dont worry about other people. > Train to be the best version of yourself and the best representation of the SSBD mindset. Show SSBD to the best of your ability or dont show it at all. > If you are good at what you do, your skills and ability will talk for you, you dont need to use your mouth. > The more you speak the more you look intimidated by other people. Quelle: https://www.facebook.com/maul.mornie/posts/10162132954520150 ## «The tallest tree in the forest» > “To be the tallest tree in the forest, refrain from chopping every other tree around. Just grow.” - Guro Dan Inosanto. > Dont waste your energy on bad mouthing other martial artist and their martial arts journey. Focus on your own growth and journey to success. > When you backbite (talk meliciously about someone without them present) stop trying to convince yourself that you are being honest and a straight talker, you are NOT being honest nor being straight, you are intimidated by their growth and success that is why you are talking behind their back, so people dont find them appealing. Quelle: https://www.facebook.com/maul.mornie/posts/10161958070830150 ## Aufgaben eines SSBD Group Leaders > What are the responsibilities of a Silat Suffian Bela Diri (SSBD) Group Leader and Study Group Leader? > The responsibility of an SSBD Group Leader is to promote the art within their own country and area. They lead the group that he/she is responsible with on learning the materials that he/she has learned directly from me until the present time. The goal is to grow your group, to set up study groups and assist those groups grow in quality and quantity. All study groups are under the training group leaders of their own country, unless different arrangements are discussed and agreed upon. > SSBD Group leaders and study group leaders are not responsible for groups outside of their own country/region/area. > SSBD Group leaders and study group leaders should not concern themselves with the what is going on with other countries that is not within your responsibility. Focus your energy to promote and grow your own group and study groups. Bluntly, if it’s not your problem, then dont make it your problem. > SSBD Group Leaders and Study Group Leaders should not invite themselves for other groups to host them, unless I am recommending you to them. > There are no politics in SSBD but there is a guideline to keep order and avoid chaos. > There is a reason why I have elected group leaders and through the group leader’s recommendation we select study group leaders. These selected individuals are meant to be propogators of SSBD and problem solvers in their country/region/area; not problem makers. > My goal in promoting SSBD globally is for people passionate about martial arts training to find a home with other passionate martial artist. To forget the stresses of reality and avoid martial arts politics. We dont try to tell people how to train, how to promote their school or how to run their martial arts business if it doesnt concern SSBD. > If its for the positive growth of SSBD then it should be seen as something positive. Quelle: https://www.facebook.com/maul.mornie/posts/10162486391545150 ## Maul unterrichtet in Schichten > Actually Scott, with respect, he would use his Silat. Maul teaches his system in layers. 1. Move your arms like this. 2. Move your body as you move your arms. 3. Step as you move body/arms. 4. Lower your weight as you step/move body/arms. 5. Heels off the ground. 6. Hope your hands like this as you ... 7. No, not like that, like this. 8. Will you take a look at that. All that time you've been doing as you are told, you have been conditioning in areas that enable you body's structure to be able to support the strikes and blocks, and withstand the strikes and blocks. Now you are ready to learn Terikan. > Somewhere in all that, the tactics and strategies are taught. > Remember, SSBD is essentially a 3 move system, literally applying weapon movements to empty hand. So yes, when Maul fights, it looks like SSBD, because it is the only way that he knows how to move. How do I know this? Because you spend some time with him and he moves like that all the time, and after 6+ years of training with him, I find that everything I do has an SSBD filter, to the point that I can be showing someone boxing or Muay Thai and people who train SSBD laugh at the in joke (I even catch myself saying"Yes, yes, no, yes?" at the end of sentences. Lol). > The problem is, you won't see him fight in a ring/cage. Not because of some kind of deluded "too dangerous. Only for the STr3eTz" mindset, but because ring craft is counter intuitive to what he is doing. His system is designed to work against a committed "kill or be killed" attack, where the idea of feints and baits are viewed entirely differently. It doesn't help that he's a cheeky smart arse who doesn't feel the need to justify himself, and so his replies tend to be playfully frustrating, when people accuse him of being a fraud (I remember him replying to one of Ryan Hoover's posts about knife defence by saying something to the effect of "Or you could just break his arm with a hammer fist", while sharing a video of him smashing a coconut with his fist, and then not replying to anyone) > It's interesting that I struggled to show people how it worked for the first few years, because I'm normally fused to in close fighting. When I played with the ranges a little, it's amazing how you can get a frustrated "oh yeah. I'm gonna prove this is bullshit" kind of guy, and make him look like he's following choreography. > Good question, Scott. There are 4 main weapons in SSBD, and each tool trains an attribute. > Machete, range > Knife, precision > Staff, body mechanics > Tekpi (Sai), power generation > Each of these attributes feed into each weapon, and in turn, empty hand. > Fun tidbit, before I "started to get" SSBD (I still have a long way to go), I used to occasionally injure my wrists while punching a heavy bag (if you saw me, I have arms like toothpicks...and that's insulting to toothpicks). Now my wrists don't move due to forearm strength developed through the very basic Terikan (body conditioning) that I know. My thighs are also strong enough to make Muay Thai style leg kicks annoying for the kicker and I need to remember to back off a little when blocking, during friendly sparring, because my sparring partners hate bruised arms. > Official Announcement for 2020. > Without prejudice, > Silat Suffian Bela Diri (SSBD) is a martial arts system taught globally. SSBD is changing due to our association with various government departments, and the law and policy requirements in different countries. > We will also introduce and implement new guidelines in SSBD as and when required, to protect the SSBD name from being miss-represented, miss-used and abused. > The management of SSBD is not the same 10 years ago, it’s not the same 5 years ago, it’s not the same 2 years ago, it’s not the same 6 months ago, and in the future it will keep on changing to fit the laws and policy requirements of different countries. > So if you are one of those people who glorify what is SSBD 10 years ago, unhappy and refuse to change with the current and future management of SSBD, you are not forced to stay in SSBD. > SSBD is looking to grow with positivity, stability and adaptability into the future, we are not living in the past and we are not bound by the past. We are a traditional martial art for the current times. > These changes will and are only discussed with the designated group leaders, if you are not the group leaders the discussion will not be any of your concerns. > If you are only interested in training and to perfect yourself in your personal martial arts journey, there will be no change for you. If you are part of the positive growth of SSBD, there will be no change for you. If you and your organisation is part of the cooperation to mutually grow together with SSBD, there will be no change for you. > - Maul Mornie | Washington DC, USA | 25th November 2019 > *No part of this symbol / logo may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission from Maul Mornie Quelle: https://www.facebook.com/ ## «Questioning the validity of SSBD» (Zusammenfassung) Ein langjähriger Kämpfer (seit 1980, Dog-Brothers-Gatherings, JKD, FMA, Muay Thai) antwortet auf die Kritik eines Forum-Moderators an Maul und SSBD – aus eigener Erfahrung: - Er sah sein erstes SSBD-Video, rief sofort an und bekam zur Antwort: «Wir kennen dich nicht – komm doch zuerst an ein Seminar.» Anfangs wollte er die spektakulären Würfe; später wollte er das ganze System, das «Wie» und den historischen, geografischen und kulturellen Kontext. - Zur Kritik, SSBD arbeite fast nur mit Angle 1: > while we often focus on the #1 strike, it isn’t because it is the only strike. It is because it is common and also because #1 is a starting point, as it is for most arts. The fact is that SSBD is a symmetrical system. It uses all of the angles any other system does, however, it uses them differently than most and, it is extremely simple in its teaching structure. In fact, I have often described SSBD as the combatives version of Silat because Maul has done such an excellent job of reducing the fundamentals to something that can be delivered in the first hour and a half of each seminar. The problem with the combatives descriptor is that it doesn’t imply the depth of the art, and SSBD in a very very deep system of martial art. You have basically 8 things to learn, and then you can just explore, it is an impressively simple structure for and amazingly well rounded art. - Zur Kritik, die Partner liessen Maul gewähren: Ohne kooperative Partner kann man keine Kampfkunst unterrichten – auch im JKD musste man bei den Demonstrationen den Drang zu kämpfen unterdrücken. Erfahrene Fallschüler (z. B. Eric Olea, oft mit Judo- oder Jiu-Jitsu-Hintergrund) machen es möglich, alles zu lernen. Wer sich voll wehren würde, verlöre Trainingszeit – und Maul wäre ein sehr ernstzunehmender Gegner. - Zur Kritik, das Training habe keinen Wert für die Realität: In jedem Seminar vermittelt Maul Prinzipien und Grundlagen, die sein Verständnis, seine Bewegung, seine Einschätzung und seine Vorbereitung fast aller Aktionen verändert haben – mit positiver Wirkung in seinen Kämpfen. SSBD sei für ihn ein «Brunnen des Wissens». Quelle: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1463392707142923&id=100004166220507 ## Footwork als Initiationsritus > This photo shows a right of passage for those of us old school practitioners of Silat Suffian Bela Diri. If you haven't experienced two days of this footwork training you don't know our art. Without conditioning there is nothing, just empty movements. > You can replicate techniques but can never replace the knowledge and conditioning that we experienced at those first training group sessions with Maul Mornie. > We see the emptyness of your movements because of the 12 pain filled hours in these photos. > #og #ssbdtg #noemptytechniques #stripes > 1st day - Kerambit vs Knife > 2nd day - Kuntau (empty hands vs knife) - langkah (footwork), Sapuan (foot sweeps), Bantingan (throws) and Kuncian (joint manipulations). > 3rd day - Kapak (axe, tomahawk) vs machete/stick/knife. ## SSBD ist nicht verschnörkelt > There are people that try to assume and promite SSBD movements being too complicated, the techniques are too flowery and not efficient. > SSBD techniques are not complicated nor flowery, its strategical i.e. to create openings to get a clean strike. We always assume our attacker is a competent fighter not a mindless thug. > I can stop a fight with one strike, I can crack your skull with a follow up strike, and I will break any of your hands that try to stop me with that same strike. Is that "direct and efficient" enough for you? > I will use a full husk coconut to show what my strikes can do. Can you, who is so enthusiastic to compare your art to mine do this? But then if this is how or what I teach, it will not be self defence anymore, its murder. > What is your goal teaching martial arts? I am a self defence / martial arts teacher and my goal is to share my martial culture to educated and mature martial artists, Im not here to go on a childish debate on who has the best martial arts system in the world. > I trust in the arts I train, I am here to honor my teachers and mentors, the people who trains with me are passionate about the art I share with them. > If you want to train with us, then come, the door is always open. But if not, then no need to spread negative stories about us. ## Practice makes perfect > Practice makes perfect. > A good silat teacher shares everything that you need to learn the art. All you need to do is train them, practice and keep repeating them until it becomes a habit. > If after 3 months I see you and there is no improvement, how can we progress from there? > Realitically at your laziest, after 6 weeks at minimal 2hrs a week of correct training, understanding breakdown and intention, although not 100% perfect, the body will show it has been practicing, because it has been repeating the same movements, it becomes a habit. > Most SSBD applications will NOT work when you try to "remember" a technique. > Quality of movement is a habit, not an act that needs to be reminded or remembered. ## Zwei Regeln im Strassenkampf > There are only 2 rules in a streetfight; hit fast, hit hard. > You see how the guy who threw the first punch was the first coward to get on his bike? > If you can only teach your children basic self defence technique, teach them a good checking/deflecting hand and a good powerful cross (left and right hand). If trained correctly these 2 techniques teaches distance awareness and correct timing. ## Attacking Footwork > Attacking footwork in Traditional Silat. > Subtle unbalancing and unorthodox footsweeps are the visual trademarks that sets Silat Suffian Bela Diri - a martial arts from Brunei, apart from other silats styles. > Unbalancing is usually done through micro strikes and joint manipulations to distrupt structure and gain a strong position. > Once a disruption of structure and strong position is gained - sweeps, throws and takedowns becomes effortless and efficient. How effective it is depends on your understanding of strategy. > This is a small window from the private SSBD US Training Group session in Texas. > Concepts of application from the 3rd grouping of footwork found in SSBD Quelle: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PencakSIlatPlayers/ ## Come and train, no excuses > So if you are one of those guys who constantly keeps saying “I cant come to this one, I’ll come to the next one”, you may not have any chance to come to the next ones when I start cutting down the SSBD seminars the next few years. > Im not getting any younger, my family is growing and my priorities are changing. > I will only prioritise training dates for the SSBD Training Groups. > Come and train with me while Im still alive and at the peak of my skill and ability; dont be one of those people who wait until I die, and get second hand knowledge when you can get it directly from me while I am still physically and mentally able to share this art. > And dont be one of those guys that says “We’ll come to you”, you’re not even there when Im regularly visiting your own country (or close to your country). So if I am accepting any visits to my home, then it will be from the people that regularly comes to train, not random people. > We move differently in different phases (ages) of our lives. Dont decide to come to train with me when Im 60 yrs old, then you’ll be moving like the 60 yrs old Maul and you wont be getting much out of me then. > Come and train, no excuses. ## Seminarbericht aus Scheveningen (Zusammenfassung) Ein französischer SSBD-Lehrer über zwei Seminartage mit Maul und der SSBD-Familie in den Niederlanden: Begonnen wurde mit den Pelampas-Übungen mit dem Messer – nach sieben Jahren entdeckt er bei jeder Erklärung neue Details; SSBD sei Goldschmiedearbeit, alles liege in den kleinen Details. Techniken beschreibt er bewusst nicht, weil man Kampfkunst erlebt und fühlt und nicht aus Büchern lernt. Was jedes Seminar besonders macht: die Schönheit und Anmut der Kunst, die Präzision einfacher Bewegungen, die Stimmigkeit der Prinzipien, die gute Stimmung und das Niveau der Teilnehmenden, und dass Hautfarbe, Herkunft, Geschlecht und Religion keine Rolle spielen. Am zweiten Tag: keine unnötige Geste, jede Bewegung mit Grund und vielen Anwendungen – und der Kerambit «wird in Mauls Händen lebendig».