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ABOUT GURU DEREK OWINGS
Guru Derek Owings holds the Guru rank in PCK Silat under Guru Besar Jerry Jacobs, the Grandmaster of PCK. He started his Silat journey back in 1998 and has been teaching since 2001. Raja Naga Academy was founded in 2004 in Murfreesboro, TN.
Guru Derek studied extensively for 26 years under Guru Besar Jerry Jacobs and has also had supplemental training with Guru Ismail Sujadi, Cecep Rahman (John Wick 3) as well as numerous other teachers.
Guru Derek sits on the Board of Directors for Pukulan Cimande Kombinasi International as the North American and Tennessee Director, has received the Gold Sash Award which is the highest achievement award possible in PCK and is also a Guru of the World Kali-Silat Society.
Guru Derek teaches traditional Pencak Silat and traditional Indonesian meditation at Raja Naga Academy in Rockvale, Tennessee. For information on classes or private instruction contact us below.
WHAT IS PENCAK SILAT?
Pencak Silat is the collective name given to the ethnic fighting arts of South East Asia, including Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Pencak Silat is not a sport, nor is it what most people consider a typical Martial Art. Pencak Silat is a “Warrior Way of Life” used for survival. It's an art form that teaches and guides you on the path of becoming a Silat Warrior. A way of life, that will develop you Physically, Mentally and Spiritually.
Our teaching is the perfect confluence of ancient Indonesian combat combined with modern innovation and technology. The result is one of the most deadly self-defense systems on the planet. Never watered down and never used for sport.
Our art is based in a system called PCK Silat. PCK was founded by Guru Besar Jerry Jacobs and is rooted in Cimande, Sera, Cikalong and Harimau systems of Pencak Silat from various lineages. These systems, along with Guru Derek's personal contributions, make up Raja Naga Academy's curriculum.
OVERVIEW OF CURRICULUM
- Empty Hands
- Kicks
- Advanced Footwork Platforms
- Sweeps and Throws
- Multiple Attackers
- Ground Fighting
- Combat Drills
- Trapping
- Grappling
- Locks
- Knife
- Machete
- Stick
- Kerambit
- Meditation
- Breathing
- PCK Silat, Cimande, Sera, Harimau, Cikalong
THE 3 ASSUMPTIONS
At Raja Naga Academy our training functions under the assumptions that we will:
- We will be engaged by multiple attackers.
- They will be armed.
- We will be attacked by surprise.
With these assumptions in mind at all times, we are able to develop skills that are effective in the real world and not just sport settings.
THE 8 PRINCIPLES
1. DECEPTION
Includes Decoying, Camouflage and Stealth techniques. Making yourself appear to be vulnerable or using baits and feints to entice your opponent into a false sense of confidence. Also includes Off Timing (mental, visual and auditory) "Steal your Opponents Awareness", indirect vision and indirect hitting.
2. DESTRUCTION
"Destroy or Get Out" The systematic destruction of your opponents incoming attacks beginning with Joints, Muscles and then finally Nerve Destructions. Hunting the opponents limbs (arms and legs).
3. PENETRATION
This is the ability to close within striking range of the opponent, (taking their space) and the proper way of striking the opponent so that the target is broken, destroyed or put out of action.
4. ADHESION
Sticking to the opponent. Once you enter the opponent’s space with the principle of penetration, you never give that space back. Includes the use of tarik (pulling) and dorong (pushing) to off-balance and sweep opponent to the ground, sticking to them the entire time, pinning them and finished with multiple strikes.
5. COMPACTING
Utilizing your body as a weapon by collapsing one blow into another (the secret of kilap and poison hand). Small arcing blows flowing one into another with no wind-up or pulling back.
6. THE THORN
The rose bush can have a few beautiful flowers and they will draw your attention away from the 1000's of deadly thorns. The thorns of your body are your knees and elbows. When an opponent throws in a strike they will naturally get impaled by these thorns.
7. BAMBOO
Utilizing core awareness and angulation of the body to be flexible like bamboo. Bending the body to angle and give with the opponents blows, without backing up or retreating and snapping back immediately with strikes.
8. BODY ARMOR
Positioning your body to protect yourself at all times; also called “Stationing”. Always covering yourself utilizing both arms, both legs and body position in regards to your opponent. If one hand is high, then one is low, etc.
MAIN CONTRIBUTORS TO OUR SILAT
PCK SILAT
POEKOELAN TJIMINDE
SILAT PANGLIPUR
Pukulan Cimande Kombinasi is based on Guru Besar Jerry Jacobs extensive training over the past 20+ years with various teachers of the Indonesian Martial Arts. It is a combination of Silat styles from West Java and Sumatra. PCK is a mix of traditional martial arts with a modern approach.
SILAT PANGLIPUR
POEKOELAN TJIMINDE
SILAT PANGLIPUR
This Style is taught by Kang Cecep Arif Rahman and is a combination of West Javanese/ Sundanese Silat systems including but not limited to Cimande, Sera, Cikalong. Sabandar, Pamacan, Pamonyet. Kang Cecep has helped us reconnect to our roots in Cimande and Sera with his extensive knowledge and direct Lineage.
POEKOELAN TJIMINDE
POEKOELAN TJIMINDE
PUKULAN CIMANDE PUSAKA
This is the style of Silat propagated by Willy Wetzel, who brought the art to the United States. A handful of schools in the United States teach variations of 'Poekoelan' as it is also known. This is where our 4 animal systems come from (monkey, tiger, snake and crane) with the culmination of the Dragon or Raja Naga.
PUKULAN CIMANDE PUSAKA
PUKULAN CIMANDE PUSAKA
PUKULAN CIMANDE PUSAKA
This is the style of Pencak Silat propagated by William Sanders as passed down from his teachers, Guru John Malter (student of Willy Wetzel) and Pendekar Eddie Jafri. This is the Sera, Cimande, Cikalong, Sabandar influence from the Man Jud Lineage.
CIMANDE TARIK KOLOT
PUKULAN CIMANDE PUSAKA
CIMANDE TARIK KOLOT
Cimande Pusaka, Trumbu, Sera and Pamacan as taught in the village of Tarik Kolot by Pendekar Mama Sukarma, who traces a direct lineage to Embah Kahir.
SERA KOMBINASI
PUKULAN CIMANDE PUSAKA
CIMANDE TARIK KOLOT
This is a style created by Mas Jud in the twentieth century, based on Sera, Cimande, Cikalong and the five animal silat styles. This is the original river source of Willy Wetzel's art of Poekoelan Tjiminde and ultimately the original river source of Pukulan Cimande Kombinasi.