Salleh, a Rembau chap, a year my senior (Form V) and I would go up a flat-topped hillock, half mile away from the hostel to practice Ju-Jitsu using pictures/diagrams provided by a correspondence course. We did not achieve much.
During college days I spent a few months learning Silat Gayung. It was a futile exercise because I have no knack for silat moves. Come one vacation training I was posted to a Harrison & Crossfield Estate in Merlimau, Malacca.
The estate manager, Md Zain introduced me to a silat bathin. I had to fast 40 days without missing the obligatory prayers, memorise ayat Khursi and incite Sheikh Suhaimi.
On completing the requirements I was given a tangkal woven in a red waist band. During the initiation ceremony, lo, and behold I was rolling on the ground and the silat moves came by themselves that night.
The last time I tried doing the silat was late 1980. Could the silat come if I try to practice it? But I have forgotten the verses and the whereabout of the tangkal is misplaced!
The art of Silat Gayung which is still popular nowadays was founded by one Dato' Meor.
The estate manager, Md Zain introduced me to a silat bathin. I had to fast 40 days without missing the obligatory prayers, memorise ayat Khursi and incite Sheikh Suhaimi.
On completing the requirements I was given a tangkal woven in a red waist band. During the initiation ceremony, lo, and behold I was rolling on the ground and the silat moves came by themselves that night.
The last time I tried doing the silat was late 1980. Could the silat come if I try to practice it? But I have forgotten the verses and the whereabout of the tangkal is misplaced!
The art of Silat Gayung which is still popular nowadays was founded by one Dato' Meor.
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