Understanding the Jurus

Urban Silat - Understanding the Jurus.

In Urban Silat from our Pukulan Cimande side we have 18 standing Jurus, which form the foundation for our Cimande training. These 18 Jurus are divided into Male Odd numbers and Female Even Number Jurus.

At the start, the Jurus offer a solo training format for the student to practise at home and in class to develop correct movement. The student will focus on developing the techniques on both sides of the body, before adding footwork covering the four directions, sometimes knows as Lanka Umpat. The Jurus flow continuously and blend with the footwork. The next stage of training is adding the Low and High gate to the Jurus. This means doing the Jurus in a low posture and high posture, and then adding off timing movements to the flow, through hand slapping, decoying and stomping which helps increase the power of the hit.

As the student advances they begin to add in the animal mannerisms and elements to the Jurus, which all helps the Jurus become fully alive and a perfect unison between student and Jurus. From here the student adds his own flavouring to the Jurus, and begins to add different weapons to the Jurus.

Outside of Solo training the student can practise the Jurus against another student, developing the combat applications, which on Jurus one (The Father Jurus) teaches students the first two blocks as shown in clip, buka a opening move against a punch, and the delivery of punches and elbows. So you can see each Juru has many levels and we havn't even touch the internal aspect. Jurus are like icebergs, what you see is only really the tip, as much more depth lies within the Jurus, just out of sight. If you like the clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NMXAxI_PMs&feature=youtu.be and this small post then please join us at www.facebook.com/urbansilat or share the post.

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How to say Goodbye

"How to say Goodbye "  point has come up to me a number of times, and I thought it could be the topic of first article for 2013.

 There are certainties in life, death and taxes as the saying goes but for martial arts teacher the third one is students come and students go. For some the journey of them training in a class can be short and others in can be long. The relationship between the student and teacher can also be very different. For some there nothing share between the two except money and service, while other teachers teach, in a more open, friendly and martial arts brotherhood way. Depending on the way these two relationships are, corresponds to the way you should say goodbye.

 If the relationship is simply about you pay and get a service, there probably no need for a good bye, other then making sure, you have paid up to date and given the proper notice of time to cancel according to your teacher requirements.

If the relationship is a good one between you and your teacher than these simple steps are a good guide and a honourable way to do things. 1) Tell your teacher directly and in person you are leaving in . If this can't be done then phone and talk, please don't do it by text or email, or even worse don't even let your teacher know (AWOL) or your teacher finds out second hand, it's soulless, disrespectful and means you didn't value your time with your teacher. He may be disappointed (least that's better in him be happy you going lol ) but he will respect that you took the time to tell him. Remember.. and this is always overlook by many " Your teacher accepted you, with all your faults, into his class and took the time to help you settle in, and tried his best to help you" he didn't have to do this but he did accept you ! 2) Make sure you give your teacher a bit of notice your intentions about leaving. Don't wait till a training payment is due and tell him then. Most teachers now have to commit months in advance to hire hall, pay insurance, make them selves available to teach etc.. by giving your teacher a bit of notice of what happening with you and your training, your teacher can make arrangements to look for another student. Most teachers have to budget for their clubs especially nowadays, and so by your actions you can suddenly change the budget, placing short term hardship on your teacher or club. Remember if you were in a job and your boss said to you, at end of today you no longer working, what kind of stress would that put you under. Teachers nowadays are under the same pressure, so try and give some notice, allow your teacher the time so he can either re adjust the budget or find a new student.

Now I know people today are more self center and don't care about others, but if you find yourself in a place where you have to leave training, these simple steps can help the process and does shows, even though you cant continue training you do respect what you learnt.. As a teacher myself I know how much it hurts inside when you put time into a student who claims they wants to learn and he just walk away without a thought. While others who stop training the proper way still remain friends outside of martial arts and may even return at some point. It parts of the martial arts process older students give way to newer students. Try and do the decent thing, no matter what style your teacher teaches, if you enjoy your time, and your teacher has tried his best for you..

Good luck to all the students and teachers of all styles in 2013