Greetings

[Mushtaq Ali]

Hello all,

 

My name is Mushtaq Ali. I managed to find my way over here from the RMAX forum where I was in a conversation with one of the people here.

 

Since the conversation seems to be (more or less) still going on over here I though I might join this forum and perhaps join in.

 

For anyone who is interested, my background is:

 

Teacher of a poorly known Indonesian martial art

Have practiced a little Chi Kung and such like

am a linguist and translator of obscure languages

have done a lot of traveling

don't take most people seriously, especally myself

[Trunk]

Interesting to have people of an increasingly diverse background here.

Welcome.

[sean]

Welcome Mushtaq. It's great to see you here. I've enjoyed your posts on RMAX for a number of years now. Feel free to jump in on any discussion any time.

 

Sean

[Mushtaq Ali]

Welcome Mushtaq. It's great to see you here. I've enjoyed your posts on RMAX for a number of years now. Feel free to jump in on any discussion any time.

 

Sean

 

Thanks for the welcome Sean

 

I will be happy to take up our conversation were we left off.

[freeform]

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Edited January 7, 2020 by freeform

[Mushtaq Ali]

Welcome Mushtaq,

 

You piqued my interest mentioning the poorly known Indonesian martial art - can I ask what it is? (Pencak Silat by any chance?)

 

 

That would be the one. The particular school of silat is Silat Zulfikari, which you can read a bit about here.

[freeform]

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Edited December 18, 2019 by freeform

[Mushtaq Ali]

Zulfikari looks pretty good. I'm not a martial artist, but have been thinking of starting Silat training with Steven Benitez in London - apparently a very talanted martial artist... His particular style is Walisongo Silat - I like it because it's traditional with internal aspects but also very much applicable in 'real life' - and it combines ground fighting, weapons, multiple attackers etc.

 

have a look at eastweststudios.com for more info on Benitez - there are a few interesting articles there too.

 

I know a couple of the Wali Sango guys. It seems a nice system if you have strong knees Personally I like "old man" silat, much less work. From what I have seen though you could do a lot worse than studying with this group.