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Old 10-19-2009, 03:38 AM   #19 (permalink)
mikaeld
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I am not sure if he ever comes over to your area, but Guru Stevan Plinck has some students in Sweden and Finland as well as other areas of Europe, and might be around sometime for you to check out. He teaches Penchak Silat Serak, an Idonesian martial art that is very, very cool. You won't find many decent videos on it online, but if you ever get a chance to check it out, you won't be disappointed. It is one of the few remaining martial arts that has survived with integrity and understanding. Undiluted. Made to protect your village from people with machetes. Very cool, very serious, feels pure.

I went from seven years of mixed martial arts, including classical and non-classical wing chun, kali, arnis, kenpo karate, and brazilian jiu jitsu. This was all in one system. It was an attempt, like all mixed styles, at creating a complete martial art. One that handles all of it... ground, weapons, stand up fighting, etc. I was two weeks away from getting my second to last belt in our system, when I decided to drop it for Serak. I had seen Guru Stevan move, and he was off the charts. Everything like what I had imagined martial arts to be. Like magic... So I, as well as the rest of our small school, including my instructor, and his old instructor, all dropped what we were doing to learn from Guru Stevan Plinck. For me this meant leaving behind seven years of training. For my instructor, 40.

This all being said, if you get a chance to see him, do so, and then you can decide for yourself. He is pretty convincing... and not just videos. Don't take a video for proof. Go there, and throw him a punch, whoever you want to learn from, and see if you feel convinced. Can he do it to you, your friend, or whoever brings it? Get proof, then decide. And if you see something cooler, do that instead.

Good luck.
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