Netherlands Trip 1998
By
Jim Ingram
It's been a long time since I've written
about Pentjak Silat. Almost each year, I travel to
Holland to learn more about Pentjak Silat and the way
it is practiced in Holland and Indonesia. In Holland,
I've met many pioneers in Pentjak Silat and Kuntao.
This year, I visited Don Kessing, Kepala Aliran
("head of the system / school") for Pentjak Silat Manyang - who runs
numerous schools that specialize in training young people.
Don is the only Pentjak Silat instructor in Holland
who has been knighted by Dutch Queen Beatrix for his
service in Pentjak Silat.
Incidentally, my son Raymond has trained for
five years in Manyang and he's an assistant instructor in
the system, teaching in Holland and Belgium.
I also visited Bapak Dave Nelson,
Kepala Aliran of the Pamor Badai system. He gave me a history
of Pentjak Silat written in Dutch that will be translated
into English and published later this year by Dr. Andre
KnustGraichen, head of the Pentjak Silat USA organization.
I visited my old friend, Dolf de Vries, who's the oldest
son of Ernest "Ventje" de Vries and Kepala Aliran of
Pa Serak. While there, I interviewed him about the
Serak system.
In addition, I met with other prominent Silat
gurus in Holland. They included V. Phefferkorn, Kepala
Aliran of the Setia Hati system; Bapak Rudy Vink, of the
Cimande and Cikontak systems and who is an advisor for the
Manyang system; and Hebpy Vincent, Kepala Aliran of the
Pukulan Betawi Combinatie system.
Moreover, I had a conference with Mr.
Bud Ottens, who is the only original head instructor of the
Kuntao system in Holland. He has several schools and
gave me the history of Kuntao in Indonesia.
Then I traveled to northern Holland to
visit Bapak Maurice de Thouars who plans to visit the United
States next spring to participate in seminars on the West
Coast in Washington and California.
Here is a list of the names of
the pioneers and the league of elders that established
the Nederlands Pentjak Silat Bond (NPSB) - the Netherlands
Pentjak Silat Union - that covers all of Europe. The league
of elders consists of people from different Silat systems.
Nederlands Pencak Silat Bond (NPSB)
| Bapak Arlo |
Bapak Pilauw |
Bapak Schmidt |
| Bapak Boham |
Bapak Smits |
Bapak Bonora |
| Bapak Tan |
Bapak Cromvoets |
Bapak Theuvenet |
| Bapak Croque |
Bapak de Thomis |
Bapak Flohr |
| Bapak de Thouars |
Bapak Tonjes |
Bapak Drijsen |
| Bapak Geugten |
Bapak Vermaessen |
Bapak Kneefel |
| Bapak Vink |
Bapak Liem Hong Ling |
Bapak Visser |
| Bapak Nelson |
Bapak de Vries |
Bapak Ost |
| Bapak de Vries |
Bapak Ottens |
Bapak Wynhamer |
| Bapak Phefferkorn |
Bapak Beynon |
|
Hormat,
AMERINDO SELF-DEFENSE SYSTEM
J. W. Ingram
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