Knife Workshop

One of the techniques taught at the Knife Workshop. The workshop covered techniques from Malay, Filipino and Indonesian Combat Systems. This particular technique is from the cimande system. If you missed the seminar you be able to catch up on our soon to be launch online Silat training program. If you haven't already pre register, and you like more info, send me a email guruliam@hotmail.com or join our mailing group (see side column) and be first to get all the latest information and special deals.


Some of the Students comments

Tony Devey "Todays Seminar Guru Liam ..in nearly ten years practising Silat and been to many seminars by various Hosts....You`ve just managed to Top the lot. awsome seminar loved every second of it "

Cormac O'leary .."In bits after today's knife seminar, but it was well worth it"

Brian "Great seminar today. Shock and Shatter technique very good ".

Anthony.. "Deadly Knife seminar today im Friar tucked and full of bruises but it was worth it".

Michael.."Great Advanced knife seminar on Sunday. Feeling battered and bruised but was well worth it".

Chidrens Silat Grading day

A great big well done to all the kids who turn up for the weekend Gradings.The kids over the past few months have put in loads of work and prove worthy of the grades. They have made all who help them proud.I also like to thank the parents for all their support over the past 6 months. Look forward to seeing all the nice new shinny belts in class.

Class with A difference

Ok guys next Monday 29th March. I'm going to do a really special class and take your silat training to a new level. This is something new and will give you a "Instant reality check". So if you want to be the first to try this, be in class Monday 7.30pm Firhouse (Bring towel and change of clothing) Class open to all Students.

Lameco

Congrats to the guys who today completed and passed their Lameco Eskrima Knife Module 3 (Hold Up's) well done for putting the work in. Next Module 5 which covers Ground Work defences against Knife starts in Fitness Dock Gym Sat 17th April 10am. Cost €60 max 12 people for course so confirm your place in advance. email guruliam@hotmail.com

UPDATES

1) Filming and Post Production of Bela Diri 1 and Bela 2 of the syllabus will be completed and Dvds will be available to buy from end of April. Filming of Monjet aspects of Cimande will be film in May.
2) Memberships / Training Books will be available in April. Passport photos from all students will be required next month.
3) Our Online / Long Distance Programe will be available from 20th April, we are now Pre registering applicants for it, email guruliam@hotmail.com for details.

Sweatshirts Sale

End of Line Sale on the remaining Grey Hooded Training Sweatshirts. Normal Price €35 Sale Price €20. Only 5 remaining (3 xl plus 2 Large)

Update Saturday 13th March - All remaining sweatshirts sold!

Continuous Flow

Continuous Flow is one of the 11 Principles of Combat, which make up our Style. This is the ability to continually keep striking the attacker, with a series of punches, kicks, elbows, knees etc..This is a short clip from a Class. If you any questions about this leave a comment or email guruliam@hotmail.com

Training Tip 2

Try to arrange a permanent slot for your training times ie. Tuesdays and Wednesday 7.30pm. So no matter what comes up (unless its a complete emergency) you are going to train. This will create in a few weeks a mindset that will mean your mind and body will be ready to train, and you won't procrastinate or try to come up with an excuse to yourself (or teacher) why you shouldn't train. As human being we do like a set timetable and a routine, we grow comfort from knowing where we should be, plus others will know what time you train. From my own experience students who fail to develop a good training pattern and start going to different classes and time slots each week, end up attending less and become frustrated. What come happen is the following.

Monday night.... "Ahh you know what I was on the drink at the weekend I give it a miss tonight, I feel better tomorrow night.."

Tuesday night... "Boss doing my head in, girlfriend wants to meet me.. ahh I give it a miss tonight, sure I catch up tomorrow night, I don't usually go Tuesday"

Wednesday night.. "Football on tonight , I want to see the match mmmhh sure I go tomorrow night"

Thursday night... "Jeess shouldn't have went to pub last night, I'm wrecked, need to catch up with myself, you know what I go at the weekend, that make up for missing class"

Weekend .. " Hey the weekend for party, to much to do, sure I prob wasn't missed at class, anyway Monday a new week sure I restart then, new week and all!

Is this You??

The Silat Warrior

The Silat Warrior

The Silat Warrior walks fearlessly, with calm grace through the mysterious wonders of Life

His Knowledge has been imparted to him by his Master Teacher – a direct link in an unbroken chain of succession – guided by the sacred Ancestral spirits of his lineage. Forever seeking to refined his own understanding of the Art, the Silat student strives to be worthy of a place, within their ranks, and to be an inspiration to future generations of Warriors.

His skills have been forged and tempered to a razor edge, by countless hours of dedicated practice. His techniques, honed to lethal perfection through direct combative applications in the training ground, now stands ready in the depths of his sub conscious mind – awaiting only a moments warning to serve in his defence. He has intimate knowledge of the Way of the Warrior’s path: Blade, Stick, Swords, Chains.. holding no fear for the Silat Warrior, for they are his constant companions. He also knows that if necessary, he can unite any element in his environment as an extension of his Will to overcome and adversary.

His Spirit, is tranquil and receptive – reflecting the very elements of Creation. The Elements of Water, The Grace of Air, The Stability of Earth and the Destructiveness of Fire all find appropriate expression in his being. He learns the lessons of Nature directly from his wise teachers. He can call esoterically upon the Monkey, Snake, Tiger, Crane and Dragon, well as all of the sacred medicinal herbs of the forest to learn their profound secrets often used his spiritual energy to heal, but also can apply it in ways more destructive order to preserve the lives of those he protects.

His character is the clearest expression of his Spirit. From the elders he has learned Honour and Respect. Remembering the great skills of his teachers bestowing humility upon him. As a result of his realistic training, he has learned the value of his life and therefore regards all life as precious. He would harm if only if face with no other alternative. He is mild in manner, and soft spoken avoiding vulgarity. He is at peace with his convictions and feels no need to confront those who challenge his views. He has absolute faith in the Supreme power that guides his existence and can identify it’s presence in all the many religions that men have created to honour it. He recognized the elements of Truth in all traditions and strives for it within the way of his own chosen path.

Thus armed only with his own strength and wisdoms the Silat Warrior stands ready to accept the Challenge of his Destiny…

Buah

Short Clip of Guru Robert and Guru Denny practising a lock at the recent Guru Cass Magda Seminar. Both Robert and Denny teach every Monday night in Ballymena

Knife Defence Workshop

Experience a Exciting Journey through the Combat Arts of South East Asia with Fighting Concepts from Malaysia, Java, Sumatra & Phililippines

St Annes GAA Sports Hall, Bohernabrenna
Tallaght, Dublin
Sunday 28th March 11.30am – 3.30pm
Cost €40 Advance / €50 at the Door
To Book contact Liam 087 9956569 / 01 4620828
email guruliam@hotmail.com

Workshop open to All

Training will cover
●Knife Disarms
●Knife Takedowns
●Defences against Hold Up
●Training Development Drills
●Defence against most Common Attacks
●Footwork and Strategies
●Advance Knife Concepts

21zentury Health Gym

We planning to start teaching workshops at 21stZentury Health Gym in Bray. This is a great new gym studio that has recently open on the beach front in Bray and run by Mark Seery and Pamela Mc Cormack http://www.21zenturyhealth.com/ The studio gives a unique few sea front view with mountain view to the side, means you get a real feeling of training with nature.
The first workshop will start in April and are plan for Sunday mornings or Saturday afternoons. (depending on demand). We also hope to have weekly evening classes commencing soon in Bray and look forward to this exciting prospect.

Saturday mornings Lameco Class

Short clip of the 12 Angles of Lameco Knife. Classes are held every saturday morning at the Fitness Dock Gym on Camden Street. If you to join us you be more welcome so send us a email to guruliam@hotmail.com

March Competition

We be running a competition during March again based on Attendance, but this time you will have a partner. On Monday night all current members names will be put into a draw. Pairs of names will be drawn together and the top 5 teams with the best attendance during March will be enter into draw at end of month for Prize. So now you be responsible to keep your training partner motivated.

Feb Competition

The winner of the Feb Competition will be drawn from the hat on Monday for a exclusive Silat prize. The top Class attendees for Feb Training

1st Guru Jon O' Neill & Kathleen Mc Cabe - 14 Classes Each

3rd Brian Kennedy 9 Classes

4th Stephen Fortune, Guru Baharu David Cranmer, Kieran Ward and Mathis Hasle - 8 Classes each

The above names will be enter into draw, congatulations all of you and well done for keeping your training going during Feb. Full list of attendence abvailable on request and all classes will go towards your summer grading.

Liam

Book of Eli

Want to learn Fililipino Martial Arts ???



Denzel Washington trained in Fililipino Martial Arts under Jeff Imada for the fight scenes in the film "Book of Eli"

Intensive Lameco Knife Training

Intensive Lameco Eskrima Knife Defence Training Classes
Sat 27th Feb, Sat 6th Mar, Sat 13th Mar
10am - 11am
Fitness Dock Gym, Camden Street, Dublin 2
Cost €18 each or €35 for the 3 Classes

This is a opportunity to explore Lameco Eskrima Defence Knife Training and experience one of the most streamline combat system in the World today. Classes open to all. If interested contact Liam 087 9956569

Lineage of Pukulan Cimande Combat

Below is a lineage chart and format that is used by Pukulan Cimande Schools, so students can trace back their lineage. The use of the term Well, and River are to give respect and linkage to the Cimande aspects. I have only used the names of the Gurus that have a direct lineage to my learning. They are many other very highly respected Gurus in our Family tree. Having a lineage is important to understand what came before us, very skillful dedicated people who have kept the Art alive for us to learn, and in doing so, we are blessed by having this Art in our lives. To return this favour we can pass the Art onto the next generation, by doing this simple act, we keep this beautiful Art alive, so the River of Cimande Knowledge keeps flowing through all our and future lives!

The Well - The Art itself
First River - The Founders, i.e. Oei Kim Boen and Mas Djut Bang Salemoen
Second River - Mas Goeroe Agoeng Willy Wetzel.
Third River - Goeroe Malterer,
Forth River - Pendekar Sanders
Fifth River - Guru Besar Liam McDonald
Sixth River - Guru Dan, Guru Jon, Guru Robert etc... (Students of mine who have reach Guru Level)
Seventh River - Students of the above Guru's

The power of the Slap

One of the most underestimate tools use in Combat is the slap. Usually thought off as a very feline technique to use in combat, its mostly forgotten by men. This is usually down to lack of knowledge of how to fully deliver a powerful slap and what parts of the attacker body to aim at. Slapping is a painful, powerful and disorientating technique especially when use with good body mechanics which bring in the power and motion of using your whole body behind the blow and not just you shoulder !

In training the past couple of weeks students have been working on developing this tool and there are 5 main types of slapping techniques #1 Straight Palm Slap - This can be done to front of attacker face or chest. #2 Inside Slap - Is a slap which is travelling inwards across the center of your Body which targets the side of face. #3 Outside Slap - Is a slap which is travelling outwards from the center of your body it targets the side of face. #4 Inside Slap Travelling Upwards which targets the chin - A slap which comes from a low position and travels upwards. #5 Tiger Claw Slap - This Blows targets the Attacker Groin.

Students should train these techniques singularly than in combinations adding in Elbows, Knees and Headbutts to develop a very complete array of striking tools.

Intro Course

We offer a Intro Package to all of our classes. This is opportunity for new students to come in and try Silat - Kali to experience all that we have to offer. The Intro package has two options

1) One class a week for 8 weeks. 2) Two classes a week for 4 weeks. During the Intro period we will supply all the training equipment you will need, no uniform to buy, no contract. At the end of the Intro Course you can decide if this is something you wish to gain furthur knowledge on and you can become a member or if you feel this is not for you, you can simply walk away.

So what kind of training does a student learn during this time? We teach the fundamentals of striking using basic core techniques such as Slapping, Knees and Elbows along with Kicking. We will cover the most common forms of street attacks and along with the defence to get out of these more common forms of attacks, we will teach you awareness and prevention tips. Each class you will have a cardio workout on pads and a light stretching warm up to loosing the joints.

Most nights you will try simple co ordination drills to help you develop your body mechanics, and each night we finish with something for everyone! Where the whole class gets together and try out a new technique or a concept.

Training is informal and fun. We treat everyone with equal respect and when you leave class you be sweating and smiling. So if you feel you want to open yourself up to a new experience and try silat or Kali give me a call 087 9956569 or email guruliam@hotmail.com and registered yourself a place. Hopefully see you soon !