Inti Ombak Pencak Silat Maryland

09/10/2026

Home away from home

08/30/2026

Have good time in Yogyakarta

11/28/2025

This Milk.Blitz.Street.Bomb article was published in September of 2017 a few years after I had met Kang Rafijen on my first "solo" training trip to Indonesia with Tharyana Sastranegara in 2014. I had first traveled to Bandung with Kang Yana, where I met with Kang Rafijen and a few other Sundanese si...

08/17/2025

Dirgahayu Indonesia 🙏

07/14/2025

This Milk.Blitz.Street.Bomb article was published in September of 2017 a few years after I had met Kang Rafijen on my first "solo" training trip to Indonesia with Kang Yana in 2014. I had first traveled to Bandung with Kang Yana, where I met with Kang Rafijen and a few other Sundanese silat instructors before continuing to East Java. This was a very memorable trip because it was more independent and because I was able to get some sleep (the previous three training camps are more of a pleasant blur.) On this trip, I also started my training with Mas Amien, who you can read about in another article and hit a major linguistic milestone. I ordered pulsa (kind of like go-juice for your cell phone) and some salak (snake-fruit). Additionally, I am fairly certain someone in the market was keeping a tiger because its roars were regularly vibrating the corrugated metal walls of one of the houses. Fun times.

https://www.pencaksilat.guru/post/voices-of-nusantara-kang-rafijen-of-maenpo-peupeuhan-adung-rais

This Milk.Blitz.Street.Bomb article was published in September of 2017 a few years after I had met Kang Rafijen on my first "solo" training trip to Indonesia with Tharyana Sastranegara in 2014. I had first traveled to Bandung with Kang Yana, where I met with Kang Rafijen and a few other Sundanese si...

06/18/2025

The motion of Inti Ombak Pencak Silat (IOPS) is influenced by two major traditions from the islands of Java and Madura. The central Javanese aspect of IOPS is represented in high, upright stances and precision striking. Many of the low stances and grappling movements are representative of the Madure...

05/31/2025