These videos show Juru Satu in slow motion and also shows Mr. Gartin and Uncle and how different the both perform the same Juru. Mr. Gartin takes a bit to get going in his videos, please be patient.
"All Abouth the Blade" Workshop!
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Fantastic workshop today in Detroit organized by our Associate Jermaine for
the members of his Kali-Silat/Handgun study group. Jermaine (kneeling) is
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9 years ago
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I enjoy this post because it shows how Mr. Gartin and Uncle move so differently. Uncle moves with very small motions and he does not drop as low either (like I would because of my old man knees)
Mr. Gartin's style is certainly very "loose" in terms of what he does with his arms in sections- he seems to be very "pendulum-esque" with respect to his hand motions... I wouldn't call him fluid, some of his motions are far from fluidity, but they are definitely monkey-influenced. As opposed to watching Uncle or Aldon, it's a very different style of Satu.
But then you watch his horizontal elbows and I, personally, am absolutely blown away with the /speed/ he is putting out with such minimal effort. He's also putting his entire body into those elbows (hence the coming off the ground, I'm assuming...?) which is absolutely evidenced when you watch the 1/2 motion speed film of them- his elbows simply aren't caught mid-flight in a few of the clips- that's how fast they're going.
...I might have re-wound a few times to watch a few pieces...
As for uncle, I can see where he absolutely knows what he's doing, but it /looks/ to me like his joints don't allow as free motion as they once did and it has affected his style. I've heard Aldon talk about the fact that Uncle is very deceptive in this, so until he personally beats me to a pulp, I'm inclined to give an old tiger the respect it deserves. His roll-punches still look like they could put a man halfway across a room.
Stylistically, Uncle seems to be much more grounded than Gartin does. His feet don't leave the ground as often and his overall footing seems to be more solid than Gartin's does. Granted, Gartin gets far lower than Uncle, but I honestly can't tell whether or not that's a physical capability thing or a style-choice. Where Gartin is pendulum-esque, Uncle is very economical. Gartin's large-motion "newton's cradle" (he drops one hand to slap the other back to come up double-hand to the face) just before the double-hand-block is a radical departure from uncle's choice (omission?) in this instance and really speaks toward their "personal styles" of silat.
...I'm rambling, so I'm gonna stop. Anyone have anything else to add?
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