Eddie Jafri is back in Indonesia armed with a vid cam courtesy of Greg Alland.
With color commentary, the tape starts in secluded Indonesian town complete with tall grass.
Pendekars/ Professors Sirun and Antal (Jafri's teacher) are featured.
Pendekar Sirun demonstrates two forms followed by Eddie Jafri performing a more dynamic variation of the form from an earlier tape. Sirun and Jafri then mock fight, play actually, stalking each other.
Afterwards, both men each perform another form with Pendekar Sirun playing with another Professor following.
Pendekar Antal is next, again both Jafri and Antal demonstrate forms before mock fighting. Professor Antal's son is next, performing a more Karate influenced form before playing with Jafri, Jafri toying with him really.
Silat Bajar with Professor Antal is shown and Silat Lamilif (Spiritual silat) comes next. The Silat Lamilif section is the most unusual, after seeing three practitioners demonstrate their skills and 2 forms, they take it up a notch.
We see each project their hands out and ward off attackers with invisible energy. This section well, the truth is up to you.
The Second half of the tape is a Silat Tournament. Each fighter must perform a form before fighting. Eight fights total including one woman's fight. The only padding is a kendo type chest protector, the fights similar to point Karate sparring. Before the 8th fight, we see a brief demo on Indonesian dance, Alland commenting on how Silat came from the dance patterns. The Eigth fight concludes the tape.
This tape is pretty long, it feels long, and is a documentary. The forms get boring after a bit but both Pendekars moved well for their age. The Spiritual Silat was unique, again the truth of it is up to you. The Silat tournament was interesting but monotonous.
With color commentary, the tape starts in secluded Indonesian town complete with tall grass.
Pendekars/ Professors Sirun and Antal (Jafri's teacher) are featured.
Pendekar Sirun demonstrates two forms followed by Eddie Jafri performing a more dynamic variation of the form from an earlier tape. Sirun and Jafri then mock fight, play actually, stalking each other.
Afterwards, both men each perform another form with Pendekar Sirun playing with another Professor following.
Pendekar Antal is next, again both Jafri and Antal demonstrate forms before mock fighting. Professor Antal's son is next, performing a more Karate influenced form before playing with Jafri, Jafri toying with him really.
Silat Bajar with Professor Antal is shown and Silat Lamilif (Spiritual silat) comes next. The Silat Lamilif section is the most unusual, after seeing three practitioners demonstrate their skills and 2 forms, they take it up a notch.
We see each project their hands out and ward off attackers with invisible energy. This section well, the truth is up to you.
The Second half of the tape is a Silat Tournament. Each fighter must perform a form before fighting. Eight fights total including one woman's fight. The only padding is a kendo type chest protector, the fights similar to point Karate sparring. Before the 8th fight, we see a brief demo on Indonesian dance, Alland commenting on how Silat came from the dance patterns. The Eigth fight concludes the tape.
This tape is pretty long, it feels long, and is a documentary. The forms get boring after a bit but both Pendekars moved well for their age. The Spiritual Silat was unique, again the truth of it is up to you. The Silat tournament was interesting but monotonous.