Saturdays Silat Class at Guru's house

Today we worked FLOW. We had stick & knife vs stick & knife. Then we went Knife vs 2 knives. Then we worked the defense against the "shank". And then we worked finding flow in the sambuts. Then we worked counter for counter using only Maningkabau postures from sumatran Silat ground fighting. First unarmed then with knife and kermabits on the ground with out the ability to "STAND UP". Talk about CARDIO! After the session we did some Tenaga Dalam & Hoshin Tao Chi kung to recoup and heal any injuries we had a few nicks, and hit noses, and a few sore backs. But thank God all that went away with a little Energy Healing.

It seems to me that the best teacher in the martial arts is the art itself and movement. Bottom line is you just have to move and not have people feed you a "SET" pattern or angles. Just have them feed you random attacks with full intent to get your mind/body moving and dealing with the stress. We started slow so we could "SEE" & "FEEL". But as time went on we just kept going and allowed the SILAT to express itself. In the end there is no JURU no FORM no Langkah no Sambut, all that stuff has to become natural and part of who you are and how you move. The REAL SILAT is the freedom and effeciency of motion with intent and breath to back it up. I could be wrong but it follows nature. Do we see lightning striking, hurricanes destroying, and volcanoes exploding in set patterns????
There may be some but its all natural movement and expression of the elements. Ultimately this is where your SILAT has to go.



This pic is great! I hope there house didn't explode! Talk about KILAT!!!!

Positive Vibes Healing II

More Chi/Reiki/Hoshintao Chi kung/Tenaga Dalam for aches & pains and over all healing.

Hope you enjoy and feel better.

Remember to keep tongue touching the roof of your mouth while you watch or meditate in front of screen. Stay RELAXED, BREATH with lower belly, and smile. Be receptive and open to heal if you need it. The UNIVERSE is filled with an unlimited source of healing energy.

Best wishes,

Guru Santiago Dobles

Silat for the Youth!

My Son Izaac doing his daily "Kitchen training" before dinner is ready. Unfortunately Luca had too much homework to engage in his training. But I have a feeling that at that age things get absorbed much faster than normal and just being around people training they pick things up.
Enjoy!
Guru Santi

A good example of good SILAT

One of my students sent this to me. It ain't pretty but certainly ANIMALISTIC!

Laci Szabo's JAWS Blades & fierce "Filipino Box Cutter"

http://szaboinc.com/

One of the BEST kerambits I own and use in my training is the LACI SZABO design "filipino box cutter". You can find them here
http://szaboinc.com/

The Jaws Blade reminds me of a good "Persian" style blade. Suites any Silat player well.

Laci is a good guy and close friend with a great vision for blades. His stuff is 100% quality. And he knows how to use them so he designs things based on what works.

peace,

Guru Santiago Dobles

Reiki/Tenaga Batin/Hoshintao Chi Kung Healing

Just sit and relax and close eyes for 3 minutes and do deep belly breathing with your tongue touching the roof of your mouth. be receptive to receive the "Healing Vibes". The video and audio is loaded with Reiki, Tenaga Dalam, Tibetan Mantras, positive energy, and breath.

Watch as many times as needed to get results. Energy can transcend time & space. It can permeate any space. It has been around a lot longer than we have and has an intelligence of its own.
Healing is also part of SILAT.

Enjoy.

Guru Santiago Dobles

TRAIN Like a MONK!

My Son Izaac at 9 practicing Sera Silat. He is now 11. I can not wait to see him at 20! Yikes

Here is a bit from my SILAT NEWS LETTER

Enjoy!

The Dobles Institute News:
Silat Tip 31: Ask Yourself These Questions...

Here is what I want you to do.
Answer the questions below, and then save it, and in a year re-open this page and then re-answer the questions to see if you have made achievements, improvements, or to see if you have become. Be Honest with yourself!
Ask yourself a few questions....
What do you want from your training?
What are you currently lacking and need work on in terms of your training?
Are you as comfortable with your SILAT on the ground, lying on your back, on your side, sitting down, kneeling as you are standing?
Are you capable with a blade? A stick? A staff? a Machete? A sarong or flexible weapon? A gun? Are you good at weapon retention? Weapon deploy? Weapon disarms?
How is your ability to get into and out of locks? Dissolve locks?
Everyone is good with a knife of a gun but few can get them out in time. Start training the deploy of a gun or knife.
Are you content with your physical ability?
Are you rooted?
Are you centered physically?
Are you centered emotionally?
Are you content with your mental ability?
Can you train them both harder?
Are you comfortable with dealing with more than one attacker if you had to?
What are your strong point in your training?
What are you weak points?
What do you plan to do to improve what needs to be improved?
Can you find a new way to do something old?
Can you find a new way to look or analyze something old?
Do you know your jurus?
How can the motions be used to Hit, Dissolve energy, Break, lock, tear, displace balance, counter strikes, get out of locks?
Do you know the jurus out of sequence?
Do you know them backwards?
Do you know your Langkahs?
Do you know your jurus with a knife in your hand? What about a stick? or a chain or a sarong?
Are you comfortable with doing silat while you sit in a chair? In your car seat? While you walk?
Do you know your pressure points? How to use them for healing how to use them for hurting?
What are you doing to improve your circulation of your blood? Chi? Mind?
How is your breath control?
How is your flexibility? Are you stretching enough?
What are you doing to prevent getting sick?
What are you doing to age healthy?
Are you doing some form of yoga or Qi Gong or tenaga dalam?
How is your ability to Walk? Run? Swim?
How is your ability to climb over a wall? Or Climb over a fence?
How are your abilities to heal? What are you doing to improve this ability?
Can you smile naturally?
Can you sit and meditate at least for 5 min a day?
What if your life or your loved ones lives depended on your arts, your skills, your emotional control, your physical control, your ability to use a weapon, your ability to heal?
What are you afraid of?
What needs improvement in your life?
What motivates you in your training?
What centers you in your life?
Do you understand how the 5 elements work in combat & healing?
Are you looking at the "yin" and the "yang" sides of your training?
All the answers can be found in your training.
Be honest with yourself. Best wishes to you all!

Peace
Guru Santiago Dobles


P.S.
The First Annual Dobles Institute Summer Boot Camp will be June 18-22.
You can learn more and reserve your spot here.
http://www.umaatantra.com/events/summer_di_bootcamp.html