New Pukulan Cimande Combat Silat Branch in Athlone

We are please to opening our next new Pukulan Cimande Combat Branch in Ireland which will be in Athlone, and will be taught by Guru Baharu Tom Hickey. Tom is a very good teacher with many years of great experience not only in silat, but in the world of Martial Arts. We wish Tom the very best.

NEW CLASS STARTING AT THE
ATHLONE REGIONAL SPORTS CENTRE
BALLYMAHON ROAD ATHLONE CO, WESTMEATH,
STARTING ON THE, SAT- 07- NOV,
TIME – 11-00AM TO 12-00PM

Places are limited so reserved your place early

Contact – Guru Baharu Tom Hickey
Mobile – 087-9708780
E-Mail – Gurutomhickey@yahoo.ie

New Article - The Weapons of Pencak Silat

Great new article by Our UK Rep on the linkage between the weapon training of Pukulan Cimande Combat and the various animal mannerism that make up our combat style. This is the link to the article, well worth a read www.pukulancimandeuk.blogspot.com

25th Silat Anniversary

To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Silat becoming Established in Ireland we will be holding a week long festival starting Monday 17th May 2010 -23rd May 2010. One of the main highlights of this event will be, inviting different students, who have reach Instructor level over the 25 Years, to teach for couple of hours each, during the week or at the weekend. Each of these Instructors will be able to show their skill and passion, and what they learn personally from the Art, how it influence them and where it has led them today. They will talk about how they got involved in and maybe tell some funny stories of things that happen. We are going to to film this and present it as a living history of how our Association came into being, the ups and downs, and the dedication shown by a number of people to keep the Art alive. This way at the 50th Anniversary in 2035 people can look back and have accurate recording of the early years.

Also during the week Guru Liam will be teaching a class in exactly what he was teaching at different intervals. Monday 1985 , Tuesday 1990, Wednesday 1995, Thursday 2000, Friday 2005.

Other major events are also planned for the week long festival and over the next few months these details will be announced. We want to make this event a celebration of the fellowship of Silat.

Children Self Defence Classes

New Childrens Silat Self - Defence classes start Monday 21st Sept in Firhouse Community Center 6.30pm and on Tuesday 22nd Sept in Lucan Sports Center 6.30pm. Places are limited so reserved your place early. Tel Liam 087 9956569

Lameco Eskrima

Sat morning Lameco Eskrima classes restarted today at the Fitness Dock Gym on Camden St. and it was great to get back in the swing. Students started off with some basic warm up drills from the Hubud Lubud Drill using outer and vertical strikes, punio and some dumog. From this students work on disarms and locks coming in to your left side incorporating some arm drags, and using the attacker weapon against themselves. The class finish with some quick release techniques in case the attacker holds onto your stick. Roll on next sat when we can continue by adding in some knife and the seniors can try out the full contact.