Enjoying my three kids,my son, whom I see growing into a man and has made me a grandfather. My new daughters who are beginning their tours of the planet, I am truly blessed. Searching the martial art world for the truly interesting forms of self defense or offense however you look at it. I like working out, weight room, swimming, surfing. Cooking and eating , especially the barbeque while kicking back with my friends, sucking up a few cold ones.
I have trained with several great teachers, first and foremost would be
Dr. Bahati Mershant.....
Bahati has kept me close even in my fickle times, when I questioned who I was and what everything was to me. He has introduced me to a myriad of martial arts "greats" along my travels with him. As we have met these men, we have trained the information together and made it fit. As I mention the next names, I would like it to be known that if not for Bahati, I would not have met/known/trained with/shared laughs with/cried with any of these people. As we train in the info they have left with us we give great honors and respect for the arts & them.
Pendekar Jim Ingram of "Pukulan Pentjak Silat Mustika Kweetang Tjimande" now known as Amerindo. Jim was a wonderful teacher who left us with much of our fundemental info which is now taught to any new student as the basis for moving forward. As I learned to teach this system I found there was much more than fundementals and the roots run deep in the art of Silat.
Pendekar Herman Suwanda was a deep, and dark river of martial arts info. I cannot ever really describe the feeling of having Herman show me a technique, because I never really saw it. I just felt it ! Herman was never good with english and we had to suffer hard knocks & painful locks to understand what he was trying to get across. I was also one of the few people in the martial arts world to know his wife Shannon before he did. That is a story you'll have to ask me about in person. She was an exceptional human being ! To this day Herman's teachings are my favorite. We miss their presence on the earth !
Uncle Willem DeThouars has blessed me with his presence, his wisdom, and his family pride in the latter years of his life. I have learned more in principle from his 3 a.m. talks and training than all the technique work I have seen previous. The enlightenment of body function, systemic frailties, and the stimulus that makes it weak at the point of attack has completed the circle for me. I will never look at anyone through one eye when they wake me up at 3 a.m. to tell me something. It just may be the most important point of all !
Tuhon Tom Kier of Sayoc Kali ! Exclamation point ! Tom is dynamic, prolific, and a technical menace. Plus he is huge ! My knife work expanded tenfold after training with Tom. That is a big thing after training "there is no Silat without the knife". My new found info source has expanded to the FMA and here we go on a new chapter. Thanks Tom !
I have studied other teachers arts, all have been good, but these fine men have all touched me, in training, sharing their families, breaking bread together, births, deaths, happiness, sadness, tears & fears & through it all the training remains the same, Tolin (pure) and the thing that carries and links us all together.
Hopefully, one day, I can be remembered in the light these men will be .
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This page will now be dedicated to my Martial arts studies, interests, friends and contacts. I have had a nice run in several arts and continue to try and excel in the high octane world of martial arts, while growing older, and having two new daughters. I am opening a new chapter in my studies/teaching as my teachers grow older and want to bow out of the physical challenges that come from this kind of training. I vowed to myself and my family that I would be in the best shape of my life at fifty (4 short years away) and have some awesome students pushing me along. Welcome to the journey with me ! I will be adding new skills, drills, talents, and focus to my training, which is not for the faint of heart. The focus will be on training all those traditional skills into functional working talents that can be called upon when threatened at home, work, shopping, travel etc. etc. No nonsense type of mindset for those that see a day coming where we will need to draw on our inner strengths to keep our loved ones safe. The Government isn't gonna do that for you !
For those of you that contact me at a family level please see my other page at : http://www.myspace.com/danajmattos
Who I'd like to meet: Those who strive to make the most of life, soaking up the riches other people can bring with their life experiences. Open minded, well rounded, sane individuals with a sense of self worth, without being overbearing in their own opinions.Martial artists who pursue the arts as a true warrior, who understand what most don't when it comes to hitting the floor for real. Those that have talents of their own to share as well as having the hunger to see yours as valuable.Those who strive to make the most of life, soaking up the riches other people can bring with their life experiences. Open minded, well rounded, sane individuals with a sense of self worth, without being overbearing in their own opinions.Martial artists who pursue the arts as a true warrior, who understand what most don't when it comes to hitting the floor for real. Those that have talents of their own to share as well as having the hunger to see yours as valuable.
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