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i have seen some serak from that camp, and i mean no disrespect, but according to pa herman suwanda, they were missing many pieces to their serak,and some of the jurus were incomplete. i trust pa herman, because he never put anyone down,and he was like a treasure in indonesia.he never bad mouthed people, he just said that if what they are doing, is making them happy, then its ok. but the few serak jurus used in mande muda were different. also, pa hermans father founded ipsi, and the title pendekar came from ipsi. silat can be very effective if practiced against american style fighting. also, togkat is staff, and the people in other serak camps, bought all of suwandas tapes, then all of a sudden have new styles to teach. if whatever you learn makes you happy, your ok. but dont believe any american, or dutch guy say he is a master of cimunde, or some of the other arts, that are closely guarded. i have friends who were brought to cimunde village by suwanda, and they all said that the cimunde taught here is bogus. so again, im not saying suwanda was better, or anybody else is worse. what i am saying is that there are more masters in the usa, than in the rest of the world, so be careful, people calling themselves masters should be taken with a grain of salt. |