Brunei's Master of Silat Suffian Bela Diri

And on to Melbourne, Australia where martial arts enthusiasts are being treated to a master class in Silat Suffian Bela Diri, a self defense system from Brunei.
Maul Mornie is from the Nation of Brunei, located on Malaysias island of Borneo. He imparts the martial arts techniques of Silat Suffian Bela Diri. But its not your typical martial art. This self defense system was created by his family four generations back, as a matter of survival in hostile times.

Today in Melbourne, hes teaching core aspects of the system.

[Maul Mornie, SSBD Master]:
"Basically what I'm teaching everybody is to teach knife defense, knife awareness, and a little bit of cultural side of martial arts."

The knife defense techniques of Silat Suffian Bela Diri, have attracted world wide interest since being made public in 2007. Maul welcomes the martial arts academies, and law enforcement agencies seeking his personal teachings. But says certain other groups need not apply.

[Maul Mornie, SSBD Master]:
"I'm not looking for violent people or thugs, because what I teach is self defense, not how to fight."Thats not to say his teaching methods lack impact. Or that the term knife awareness is just a mental concept.

[Stuart Holdsworth, Six Harmonies Kung Fu Academy]:
If someone pulls a knife out and goes to attack you straight away, if you hadnt done anything, you might not know how to react. So it could help you in that respect.

The events organizer John Schieven, first learnt about Maul Mornie, when searching the internet for instruction in knife self defense.

[John Schieven, Australian SSBD Host]:
Not only general people, but also highly regarded martial artists around the world, see his material and just love what he does, the way he does it, just the ease, the practicality, and thats why hes so popular.

An easy going nature might have something to do with his popularity as well.

[Davie Allen, Construction Sales Rep.]:
Hes a funny guy, hes a top bloke, yeah hes alright.

[Roy Harding, Company Director]:
I dont know when he rests to be honest, he sort of flies in, takes two days, or gives two days, and then flies out.

And its a good thing he sleeps well in flight, since his schedule for this year, includes 47 international weekend seminars.

Robert Apicella, NTD Melbourne

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[SantomPh]

Malaysia's island of Borneo? it's an independent nation on the island. Malaysia owns thef the northern bit and Indonesia has most of the island. But Malaysia doesn't own the island.

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[kerrrang]

@dss103 i think you ought to see Master Rolf Harris for that...... = )

[dss103]

I wish to battle Kangaroo. With your tecknicks can I will be able to fight them? They continue to steal my baby and I cannot defense!

[Sitbatan]

nice...congrats

[CaiRemnant]

Collecting good airmiles then!

[nananut]

good video and exposure for brunei silat. well done mate! just a clarification about borneo. borneo doesn't belong to malaysia. there are 3 countries situated on borneo island: brunei, malaysia (sabah and sarawak) and indonesia (kalimantan). here's a little history for the history buffs. the brunei empire at its peak during the 16th century used to include the whole of borneo and the southern part of the philippines during the reign of sultan bolkiah, 5th sultan of brunei.

[Yawara1967]

Great coverage Maul - Worldwide accolation my friend ! Looking forward to hosting you again on on the 25th October at Newport. Alun (Total Body Defence)

[allanmacd1980]

Great article!  Lots of respect, and best wishes.

[candreis]

Great Master