Kali Majapahit Culture - Martial Arts

[MataNusantara]

Silat is mostly speed, and there should NOT be a contest between all martial arts

They found Laguna Copperlate the oldest "Philipino" inscriptions 900AD, any Malays in Singapore, Malaysian and Indonesian can understand it well except for the sankrit words. Lankah Silat has 400 variations and most is still unkown to foreigners or anyone outside the Malay Archipelago ( Philiphines, Malaysian, Singapore, Borneo and Indonesia)

MataNusantara

[MrSolitude14]

@MataNusantara the oldest inscription in indonesia dated to 300 AD, it is YUPA inscription in kutai martapura of borneo, IF some one here are the true kali student, he/she must be familiar with the 10 datus legend, legend that said those 10 datus brought kali (silat) to phillipine from borneo. For the sanskrit, even now days some javanesse people still able to read it in indonesia.

[GaolisVideoLog]

@MrSolitude14 Glad we're all on the same road here. So, here my 2 cents: It doesn't say anywhere that the 10 datu brought any particular style of martial arts with them. (Okok, I know they most likely did, but there's no mentioning of A/E/K). Further, the Laguna Copperplate was neither written in Sanskrit nor did it use Devanagari. Additionally, there are still a lot of Sanskrit words in Tagalog & many academics start learning this language to uncover precolonial history.

[GaolisVideoLog]

@MataNusantara Well, The Laguna Copperplate Inscription (LCI), I would describe as the oldest inscription from Luzon. (I know I still stick to the differentiation between Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao.) The LCI was written in Malay Koiné, as it was the lingua franca, in SEA back then. It's a bit sad that that language got lost during the 400 years of colonial times.

[TheRolex1]

kali form of fighting was used by matt damon in the movie bourne identity he fought with the intruder in his girlfriebds house. very fast hand knife fighting. lightning fast

[buddhastrike]

Very nicely demonstrated as a complete fighting system with some of the healing aspects of the art shown !!!! Thxs 4 posting !!!!

[onephurba]

Culture includes dance/kembamgans to refine the techniques, but on another level its the transmission of a culture. Sadly in the west the pyramid is upside down, so competition rules and to serve others has little relevance. There is "Adat" missing. And so, for our lack of culture we are tourists flying around the world trying to externally compensate for our lack. In my believe we need to practise all four aspects if we wish to practise martial art as way of life. Otherwise its just fighting

[onephurba]

My master explained some fundamentals, Silat has four aspects that should be practised: 1-mental spiritual and healing 2-culture 3-application 4-(physical)competition. You could see it like a pyramid,with one as the basis, meaning most important(essence)and should be always permeating the practise and four as the tip(meaning least important but still necessary).

[tansao1]

EXCELENTE, GRACIAS por este video.

SALUDOS desde Argentina.

[feuna35]

this is where you see the tenets of real martial arts. what these guys doing are true martial arts techniques that are most applicable on the streets. combative sports fought on the rings are governed with rules where deadly techniques are always prohibited. Their graceful moves portrays their skills and discipline - clear manifestations that martial arts, in its Asian concept is not solely confined to fighting but as a way of life. It's the attitude that most matters.

[Godsmasher22]

did he teabag that guy at 1:35? vicious.

[rhkick23]

do u have some realistic sparring? i mean mma type of sparring or just techniques practice.. with due respect to ur training methods, i dont like schools which dont have some realistic sparring

[fredevrard]

Yes we do have sparring MMA style: boxing, kickboxing and ground-fighting (in FMA, Panantukan, Sikaran, Dumog). But not for beginners. We want to built the confidence of the student before introducing sparrings. Making people scared on the 1st class is not the goal :-)

[rhkick23]

i dont agree with ur style but i respect u and ur class.. nice work ur promoting warrior culture and teaching good so u have my respect..but as every human being i have my own opinion i like to push myself a few steps further harder than my opps to make sure i never loose.. its just me

[fredevrard]

Thanks.

On my side, efficiency is important too for any serious martial artist. But I know but experience that many "good fighters" can fucked up there personal life and end-up so unhappy. The most important fight is Life, and we have to train for it much more that fighting with our fists.

Best regards

[Bladestar7]

i'm training with some people that do kali/silat so I understand th value of learning the drills before you get into sparring. Sparring will come, but not before u get the foundations. Otherwise you might as welll be using your weapons like a like a clumsy club. you have to learn to crawl before you walk.

[devilsnevercry322]

if your already advancd or black belt rank you will spar with a guy with same rank and newbies will watch you and you have the aid of stick knife and fists

[mike2b1]

Why this kali use Majapahit as its name ? Majapahit was a kingdom in Indonesia. Is it related to this kingdom ?

Kali's from Philippines, isn't it ?

[fredevrard]

Our name comes from the lineage of our system: Kali, Silat, Muay Thai, Kuntao. All originated in the ancient Majapahit area (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines, South Thailand)

[MrSolitude14]

@mike2b1 its also make me confuse mike, but nevertheless kali is just another tagalog name for silat

[GaolisVideoLog]

@MrSolitude14 "Kali" is not Tagalog. The word, and that's the ironic part, comes from California from the 1970s & was coined by Dan Inosanto himself. No document prior Inosanto ever mentioned "Kali" as a name for this style nor was the style used in the Philippines before the 90s. Funny, eh? (I'm a linguist btw)

[MrSolitude14]

@GaolisVideoLog yeah, actually I little bit suspicious bout this word ,some say it derived from `kalis` the other word of keris of philippine , other said the pinoy-american who responsible to create this word in USA, cause one writer here Youtube said that even the pinoy-phillipine werent call this MA kali >.<

[GaolisVideoLog]

@MrSolitude14 Yeah, no one calls it that way, you can find "Arnis", Escrima"/"Eskrima", "Doce Pares", "Estokada"/"Estukada" and stuff like that. "Kali" is a myth to glorify precolonial Philippine culture. Don't get me wrong, there are proofs of martial arts in the Philippines before the Spaniards, even in written form, but the term "Kali" was never used.

[mbugnosen]

A complete system for the "Maharlikhan" warrior, great blade control and stick work..... great flow!!

mabuhay ang mandirigmang Maharlikano, Mabuhay ang kali majapahit!!

[abanico32]

Great demo. Congratulation! I like the Sarong... Very rare to see a "young" Guro who knows it that well (especialy a foreigner).

[2000karateka]

High skills demo. I heard the guy is an ex student of Jeff Espinous, like the Kurae no Ken guys. Anyone knows him ?

[silat1970]

Yes, his website confirms it. He is one of Jeff Espinous oldest student. I can see some of Espinous's style in him. Looks like Inosanto Kali sometime also!

[silat1970]

Great demo. Good Kali and good Silat. If this is really Life Blades (I looks like it is), this is even more impressive. Congratulation.

[eskrimarouch]

Woua! how are those guys? Where are they? I wanna learn

[rayadistri]

Hi! The demo was done by Ni Tien Martial Arts Schools in Singapore. If you ever happen to pass by here, you are our guest to train together! It would be a pleasure. Take care until then.

[eskrimarouch]

OK thanks. That's a bit far for me, but if I ever go there... I'll come for sure :)

I just checked your website. Amazing! Are you Fred, the guy who went all over the world for martial arts training? His resume is impressive.

[rayadistri]

Hi! No, my name is Ben. I am a student of Guro Fred and part of the Ni Tien Martial Arts Schools. So, yes, whenever you pass by Singapore, the Philippines or Tahiti, you will be a welcomed guest to train with us!

Have a GREAT day!

[eskrimarouch]

Hummm! Singapore, Tahiti or the Philippines :) Guro Fred choose his training centres with taste lol!

If you guys open a centre in the US someday (NY for exemple), please LET ME KNOW. I defintitly wanna learn Kali Majapahit.

Thanks Ben.

Cheers

[rednatsyb]

sweet