Pencak Silat Kuda Dongkak is the trademark system of Guru Neal Bryant founder of ABMAG. Indonesian Pencak Silat also the Dutch spelling Pentjak Silat, is an extremely secretive and unforgiving art. For many years the teaching of this art has been regulated by the Indonesian Government to retain the national readiness of their country. So secret in fact that some villagers who are experts in silat will deny having any knowledge of the art at all and will only teach it to close family members. For them, Silat is for combat survival and is kept a secret until needed for defense.

Pencak Silat is an unforgiving battle proven martial art that was used against the Dutch invasion and forced capitalism of Indonesia in the 16th century. It is not a sport, it is not typically televised, and is a very rare  martial art with very serious martial applications.



                       The Beauty and Dark Mystery of Pencak Silat


The practitioner of Silat uses his/her entire body as a weapon from any position by using sudden and discreet directional changes. Often silat practitioners will slap their own body in various places to offer audible distractions. The head, hands, and torso jerk independently of each other in order to appear physically confused and dysfunctional to your opponent. The eyes are deceiving, with abrupt irrational movement that can mislead those who dare to look at them. Even some Pendekars (the spiritually enriched) have hypnotic powers capable of manipulating the mind to create defeat in the opponent even before physical contact. There is no wasted movement in this beautiful art, and the result of proper application will put you in control; leaving your opponent with what can be described as a puppet-like feeling. 

  
 

Pencak Silat Kuda Dongkak TM  is the trademark system of Guru Neal Bryant and Authentic Bela Diri Martial Arts Grouip San Francisco - San Jose. Pencak Silat Kuda Dongkak TM is an umbrella Pencak Silat system comprising of Cikalong, Symbandar, Kari, Madi, Serak, Monyet, Cimande, Rikesan, Harimau, and Bukti Negara. Each Pencak Silat style has strong ties to the terrain and the surroundings of it's origin.

For instance Cimande fighting techniques were born along the Cimande River by which the location and village name derives Cimande's name. It is also a very heavy-handed forearm fighting style adapted where the use of foot or kicking techniques would be less practical to use on the muddy and slippery banks of a river.

Harimau a tiger system low to the ground and powerful, was born in the grasses of Sumatra, and so again the efficiency is made maximum based on the terrain on which it is applied.

 

Pencak Silat Kuda Dongkak TM employs stomping, dynamic kicking, leaping, sapu sweeps, bisets, kenjits, khakis, kunci joint locks, chokes, and powerful standing long range and seated kicking techniques similar to those of sepok depok of Sumatra. Of course elbows, head butts, open hand slaps, punches, throws, foot trapping, joint rolling, and joint locks more common to Javanese sytems are also integrated. All sweeps are performed in both luah and dalum and all techniques are trained from satu, dua, tiga, empat, and lima positions. The use of empty hands and or bladed weapons like the kris dagger and karambit are always considered and may also be deployed at any time.

The training of authentic Pencak Silat is typically performed with gamelan gendang music. Jurus (hand forms) and langkas (footwork) are practiced to help cultivate the skills needed to perform Silat.

Pencak Silat Kuda Dongkak TM emphasizes the application of the "buah of Silat" or the "fruit" of Pencak Silat. The buah is at the core of Pencak Silat fighting and emphasizes "bela diri" which is the application of hand to hand combat. The exercises or latihan performed in Pencak Silat Kuda Dongkak are strictly geared towards combat.