Pencak Silat camp 2010 with Guru Bambang Suwanda pt 2

Bandung was great for training and researching. We updated training with the music for the forms i.e. ibing or kembangan covering Paleredan and Tepak Tilu. Location was not the greatest but a make shift vacant lot but the local area was filled with kids and interested on-lookers. Was fun with a live band playing the music along with the local silat school performing demos for us to watch. Next day was onto another school whose head was Pak Momo. Nice elderly man who demonstrated techniques coming from Cimande & Cikalong.
We took a group photo with him and spent the afternoon training with him.
Next night was with Gagak Lumayang with the head from Garut. They took the time and travelled the distance from Garut to meet us. Explained in depth the origins of debus and susuk along with historical content on the styles found in West Java i.e. Cimande, Cikalong, Syahbandar, Kari, Mahdi, Cikaret, Tanjakan, Sanalika, etc. All this before we even started training with Pak Bambang !!! What a treat.
Garut was the next day destination to go to and hopefully to seek out Ibu Enny of Panglipur. Unfortunately we ran into the famous Indonesian traffic jam and had to Bandung to officially start Summer Camp 2010.

to be continued.