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Hi Ray, Try this and see how you Go.

regards Simon.

Two sites you may want to check out:
www.santacruzsilat.com/
www.gerakansuci.com/
They are both in Santa Cruz, so not quite Mountain View, but short drive. Also, I belive that Guru Mike Roberto, who runs santacruzsilat.com, knows some of the folks over at pentjaksilatusa.com and might be able to help you.
Good Luck.

Thanks for the replies. I will continue to search for instruction that is close. Santa Cruz is a bit of a drive, but if I really want this I have to keep my options open.

I did find a school in San Francisco www.authenticbeladiri.com that looks promising.

I was contacted by Prof. KnustGraichen of Pentjak Silat USA and he gave me the link to his site and his program.

I have to mull over a distance learning method vs. testing my current skills and improving them with live players.


Peace,
Ray

Might be a bit of a drive for you, but if its not there is a very good Ba-Gua school near Berkeley that also teaches Petjak Silat Serak.

www.stillnessinmotion.com/

I highly recommend Guru Rennie Saunders of Pencak Silat Gerakan Suci.

He can be reached at: sales@artificium.org

Good luck.

There are several classes for Pentjak Silat in the San Jose/Sunnyvale area.

Check out www.pentjaksilat.biz

Hi Rayman,

I am also very much interested in finding a school and other information on Silat, Kuntao etc. in the San Jose area. I dont have any experience in the art but know a little bit about it and would definitely like to learn/train with someone who does. Let me know if youve had any luck finding anything locally.

Thanks,

Dilshan

Silat is a term used by the peoples of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Southern Philippines to define their indigenous methods of fighting.
Silat training approaches the spiritual, psychological and physical dimensions which are one with the course of instruction.
Silat is done by knowing, not by thinking; confirmed by doing, not by rationalizing. It conceptualizes truth, not theories.
Through experience, we discover what to consider, not consider what to discover.
Through truth, consistency and patience we begin to perceive. Then we can distinguish the evident from the hidden, the superficial from the substantial, the circumstantial from the essential of what we think, do, and become.
This is a rare opportunity to experience an art that is still taught from the original perspective. One that remains unchanged and unaffected by contemporary trends and influences.


Further details, call
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