Scary Urumi

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Many came for training last night. The seniors are back to train Silat. Good for me as their return would make our learning environment more lively.

Tonight, I did some warm up with some belati moves, did a quick revision on the eight Belati Buahs, the eight Tekpi Buahs, and four Sakti Pencawangan Buahs.

During training, I asked Pendekar Scott, his opinion about Merantau, the latest Indonesian Silat movie that is currently playing on Malaysian cinemas which features Silat Harimau. Well, his opinion matters because he and Guru Ed is a Guru in this system. His comment was something like, if you like watching Tony Jaa, then you'll enjoy the movie. I think he also said that there are more knees than what they usually do in Silat Harimau.

After class, as usual, had a quick tea session with Guru Jak and fellow students. Interesting topic that Guru Jak talked about was something about Bodhidharma and his possible origin, (a theory that would probably shake the entire Martial arts world). He also said something like Kalaripayattu being one of the most deadliest Martial arts in the world and described how Urumi, a Kalaripayattu weapon, would be a really terrifying to go against, as it is a long sword made of flexible steel, sharp enough to cut into flesh, but flexible enough to be rolled into a tight coil. A Kalaripayattu practitioner wielding an Urumi would probably laugh at our own Ekor Pari (Stingray's Tail) flexible weapon used in Silat Harimau Berantai if they were to go against each other in a duel. He probably says so to describe how devastating this Urumi can be.

I looked up Wikipedia.org and Youtube.com about this particular flexible weapon, Urumi. Take a look.



What do you think? Scary? Share your thoughts and leave some comments.

Salam.