The Art of The Warrior - SARONG

Sarong is wear as an attire in the Malay Archipelago. Although there are also weared in other countries outside of the region. What important of, it is not how it was made a fashion but how effective and dangerous of it, if been in the hand of a silat experts. Widely in the ancient time sarong are used as a weapons. Most of the Malay Archipelago has a way and techniques of applying it. What applied in Malaysia will not be the same as in Indonesia and there goes to other countries as well, although they came from one clump.

In Silat Seni Gayong the art of sarong been considered as one of the highest and deadliest techniques should be learned. The art of grappling and striking can be applied from the sarong and also defense from others weapons attack. Various techniques of application can be applied from the sarong. Started from movement, avoiding techniques etc.

Breaking Roof Tiles Using Sarong

Often sarong are been wear as a headband, waist tie or been sling to the body or sometimes used a holder to a weapons such as machete etc. The sarong is used as a last resort for the warrior when protecting of defending. One of the weapons that can be defeated by sarong is kerambit. With an expert the sarong can blow a roof tiles or something hard provided applied the correct techniques.

In the ancient way training of sarong are made secretly, only with one candle light when the techniques is shown. Sometimes it was made training in a water pool for gaining the power of the striking of the cloth.

In today the teaching is still made as secret and a trustworthy and loyal student only will get the chance to learn the true art of the sarong. To preserved the secret an oath were made before the teaching. All this are to preserved the art and secret and culture of the Malay been guard accordingly.

May this sharing will open the eyes of the significant of the art of sarong and may we all be blessed.

Semoga kita diberkati.

Siapakah Yang Memiliki Ilmu Gayong? Sambungan Bahagian #4

Setelah diterangi dengan pola langkah "Ta" ia ditunjuk ajarkan sehingga ketahap 7 martabat silatnya. Dikhatamkan ia dengan 21 langkah hulubalangnya maka difahamkan akan ia dengan petua dan ilmunya, nafas dan geraknya. Maka berbelanglah ia memahami langkah keseterusnya dalam penyediaan ia bagi mengemudi gerak gerinya.

Dibawa ia kegigi ombak yang menghempas pantai.Kedengarannya mengersik pantai tersebut.Duduk ia disitu dihempas ombak dan badai. Direntang tali kuning sebagai payung perlindungan dengan izinNYA. Diharungi gelombang yang berhempas pulas menjawap panggilan. Tubuh Gayong itu tadi ditawafkan sebanyak 7 kali.Sehingga selesai berkenduri kendaralah ianya.

Langkah yang ada padanya sudah dimohorkan dan dijelaskan dan dilengkapkan bagi ia meneruskan perjalanan hulubalangnya. Simbolik perbendaharaan semasa dilautan menjadi saksinya. Dinyatakan juga dengan permohonan kepada Illahi akan penggantian bersilih agar langkahnya itu tidak hilang ditelan zaman dan permodenan. Itulah Khatam Keris sebagai pelengkap adat istiadat melangkahnya.Jika kita tidak menjalaninya ibarat baju yang tidak berbutang atau rumah yang tidak lengkap tiangnya.Direjam pucuk kelapa kearah jauh mata memandang disusuli 7 bunga wangi berserta kelengkapannya. Tiada yang berHAQ hanya dia yang memilih siapa yang berHAQ untuk memiliki akan ilmu kesatria ini.Kembali kita kepadanya, kembali kita kepada ibu, kembali kita berasal usul.

Sekadar Gambar Hiasan

Keris digenggam jika dihunus tiada hentinya kecuali mengalir merah jadinya.Faham kan ia supaya tidak sewenang mengenggam keris ditangan.Langkah hulubalang perlu dijaga adat dan adabnya. Genggaman bersusun dengan gayanya agar berkekalan tradisinya. Sesudah bersirih selengkapnya kembalilah ia dalam meneruskan perjuangan melangkahnya.

Nun awan putih melindunginya agar langkahnya tidak berhenti begitu sahaja. Ada yang kecundang dalam perjalanan, kecundang kerana merasakan langkahnya sudah sempurna dan sudah boleh menyatakan langkah.Mana yang masih bermaya meneruskan perjalanan tapi kali ini perjalanan yang lebih sukar yang hanya segelintir sahaja yang berpeluang pulang dengan pialanya demi mencari rahsia dalam kendi. Manakala yang tercicir tadi puas dengan langkahnya menjadi sanjungan para rakyat jelata.

Pencari rahsia dalam kendi pula berhempas pulas mencari titik nokhtah langkahnya. Direnung Nun disitu , berkalam yang penuh rahsianya, dilingkari ular saktimuna yang bernaung penuh kesaktian kuasaNYA. Kendi cuba dibuka tidak nampak cahayanya.Kelihatan segayong,sekendi,seperigi dan sejalan,sedarah dan sedaging,seminum dan sepadu,sejadi.Mencari sembilan "se" yang diduduk dipintu kendi perbendaharaan menunggu dengan penuh kesabaran.

bersambung.......

Semoga kita diberkati.

Suatu Ketika Dulu

Terpanggil untuk menulis sedikit tentang pengetahuan yang sempat ditimba ketika di Pusat Latihan tertinggi  Silat Seni Gayong  di Taiping suatu ketika dulu. Berkenaan dengan sandang yang dikurniakan dalam Silat Seni Gayong. Bukanlah untuk membincangkan secara terperinci tentang keseluruhan tingkatan sandang yang ada, cuma sekadar membuka kisah tentang sandang orang bergelar. 

Secara adat-istiadatnya orang bergelar dilantik dalam majlis pertabalan adat istiadat Silat Seni Gayong. Perlantikan pula berdasarkan ciri-ciri yang telah ditetapkan dalam Silat Seni Gayong.Salah satu cirinya mestilah berbengkong Hitam Harimau Pelangi Chula Sakti 6 dan beberapa ciri-ciri lain. Mungkin akan ada persoalan , ada juga yang menerima gelaran tanpa ciri-ciri ini. Disini bukan hendak membincangkan bagaimana seseorang individu itu menerimanya. Yang mahu dikongsikan sebagaimana kisah yang disampaikan oleh Arwah , secara rasminya ianya hendaklah dijalankan majlis adat istiadat perlantikan secara beradat Silat Seni Gayong dan cirinya sebagaimana yang digariskan.

Sekadar Gambar Hiasan

Sesuatu itu perlu ada panduan agar ianya boleh menjadi panduan dimasa hadapan.Juga dikongsikan semasa penuntutan dikhabarkan suatu perkara menarik, bahawa orang bergelar tidak ada sandang khusus.Orang yang bergelar boleh memakai pelbagai sandang tetapi pengesahan gelarannya itu dirasmikan didalam majlis adat Silat Seni Gayong.

Penceritaan ini disampaikan secara jelas dan hendaklah menjadi sebagai khazanah Silat Seni Gayong.Walaupun pelbagai pandangan dan penceritaan penuntutan dari sudut yang berbeza tetapi bahagian penceritaan ini tidak terkecuali untuk kita menilai atau membentuk yang terbaik. Bagi yang berevolusi teruskan dengannya dan bagi yang masih mahu kekal ditahap adat istiadat yang dikatakan adat istiadat yang perlu dijaga, dipelihara bersama kita mencari jalan terbaik mengekalkannya.Sebagaimana yang dipesankan oleh arwah supaya menjaga adat istiadat ini keseluruhannya kerana Silat Seni Gayong berdiri dengannya.Adat dikendong agama dijunjung.

Semoga kita diberkati.

Points To Ponder

Martial arts grow rapidly like a mushroom thru out the continent. What worries is the changing of trend of the martial arts group. We can see they are starting rebranding their product to be related with silat. Although their nature art is nothing related to it. I think Silat has become a phenomena in the martial arts community in some particular area. They need a new kind of brand that can be sell for the needs of their customer. How far will it goes and how long will it sustain? A questions everyone has to wonder and ponder out. Or will it be rebranding again with constructive new kind of martial arts after this phenomena or will it circle back to where it started. I foresee it will be slightly towards a new brand of arts. Why do I emphasize on this. There are few reason which thru my experience towards this issue.

The Japanese martial arts becomes famous after the second world war, follow by the Chinese in the 70'.Then comes Capioera Brazilian art, Kali the Philippines arts, Thai Boxing and then Silat or Penchak Silat. Although Penchak Silat was brought to the western world in the 40' but the development was not rapid as today. Whatever related to the South East Asia art or as I would say Malay Archipelago there will be called or brand it as Silat.

The community intend to have a fast learn self defense and which can result with protecting them when they need it. Beside that it will act as an exercise to keep fit and health. There will have no time of humbly themselves for an art of traditional which might take their entire life. Although there are still believers of that sense.

Most of the school are trying to packaged their curriculum for one stop centre and provided various style for their students or as I would say customers need. Although some of them are trying to be a one man dictionary for everything, which if we think logically as a human being it would not be achieved.

Most of the communities are keen of hopping from one place to another just to find a suitable techniques or just to enhance their knowledge in some angle for their understanding or maybe for their next planned of having a place of their own. Others are intend just joining the crowd as it is only following the trend.

Some of this reason may taking of constructive a new kind of martial arts that only suit for certain purpose and it might not as we called it preserving the art of the true warrior in terms of spirit, brotherhood, tradition, bushido and related feeling. There will be only formed of techniques for as it is the arts of the martial science.

I summoned for all the lovers of the traditional Malay Warrior arts , let us be the individual that preserved the original arts which are fit thru out the live of the world at no cause.