First european Silat Lian ilham seminar 2014. Buahpukul

First european Silat Lian Ilham seminar 24th-25^th of May 2014

What is Lian ilham?

Lian ilham is a silat system from Johor Baru in Malaysia. Lian Ilham is considered a buahpukul system, which indicates that it is both striking oriented (Pukulan) and have some chinese heritage (similar to kuntao). Cikgu Alis vision for the system was to standardize the sullibus and make it easier to learn and follow. As a result the system is very pedagogical, well structured and has a very pragmatic approach. It is based around four jurus (short forms or handforms) and four lian (long forms or legwork forms, similar to langkahs in other silat). The jurus have both offensive and defensive applications and you learn how to counter your juru applications with your lian applications and vice versa. In addition to the forms there are eight buah or technical/tactical guiding principles. Finally there are palampas that drill and strenghten striking and kicking ability and power. The system is layered in such a way that you first learn to overwhealm your opponent, then you learn to react through sensitivity and finally you learn to dictate your opponent during combat through setups and limiting of choices and drawing them in.

Unlike many silat systems the focus is not primarily on takedowns, locks and finishing moves, but rather on your standup game. It allows you to utilize advanced setups and tactics to minimize your timing requirement and maximize the effect of your strikes and controlling your opponent. These elements are paramount to your combat effectiveness, since obviously your takedowns, locks and finishing moves are hard to apply sucsessfully if you cannot controll standup fighting to your advantage.

 

What is Buahpukul?
Buah Pukul is the name of a group of Malaysian martial arts originating from Yunan in China, but influenced by lokal silat styles. In this sence Buahpukul is similar to kuntao, it is also similar to indonesian pukulan and philipino panantukan, i.e dirty boxing.
What is worth noting is that all Buahpukul systems come from one original common source, the diferent systems are more like the founders personal interpretations or expressions of Buahpukul than completely different systems. These expressions are often called ”lian” and are branches of one tree of knowledge. So the different systems of Buahpukul are not realy all that separate from each other, the difference in the systems has more to do with lineage and the interpretation of one teacher or another than completely separate systems. You could argue that Buahpukul is one system with several branches.
Buahpukul means literally to ”smash or punch fruit”, the name is to be understood as an allegory ”to smash like a fruit” or ” the fruits of (the knowledge of) punching”
According to history a chinese muslim or arabian trader by the name of Abdul Rahman Al-Yunani (the name and origin varies somewhat in diferent sources) arrived in Singapore in 1897 from Yunan. He beat up an infamous gang of criminals in the docks. Word of this reached the local Sultan who sent his personal bodyguard, Dato' Awang Daik who was a renouned silat sunting master to test Abdul Rayman. Dato' Awang Daik did not come alone, he came together with a silat sendeng master; Pak Long Muhd Yassin .Abdul Rahman defeated both silat masters and Buahpukul was since trained by the sultans men for several generations and was for a long time known as the royal martial art.
Lian Ilham is a branch (lian) from senjata lapan, Cikgu Ali trained under the late head of Senjata Lapan Pat Mat Kedidi. Senjata Lapan means 8 weapons and refer to 2 fists, 2 elbows, 2 feet and 2 knees ie the 8 weapons of the human body. The concept of 8 weapons is a general one for all Buahpukul systems.

About the seminar:

Cikgu Ali is holding his first ever european buahpukul seminar in Stockholm the 24.-25. of May 2014. Attendees will leave with a solid base from which to start their own training. The seminar is open to any and all interested and no prior training or knowledge is required. For the inexperienced this can be a great way to start training and for those with prior experience in southeast asian martial arts it can be a good opportunity to improve your striking and standup game

Binding aplication must be admitted the latest 24^th of april 2014: info@kuntao.nu