Change is in the Air

Hello everyone! You may have noticed that across the world over the past few months the vast majority of Pukulan Cimande Pusaka schools have changed their last name. Our Pencak Silat style in now termed "Pukulan Cimande Kombinasi" This change in name was necessary for a number of reasons:


1. We as an Association could no longer follow the direction, promotion and leadership of Pendekar William Sanders. We have different philosophies on how the art should be promoted and presented to the public and because of these differences we had to seperate ourself from Mr. Sanders and his Association!


2. After forming closer links to the Motherland of our Art in West Java, Indonesia, we discovered that the term "Pusaka" should only be reserved by the Indonesians for the original Cimande as it means it is the "center" or 'origin" of ALL Cimande. It was a sign of deep disrespect to all of the Cimande Elders and Cimande brothers and sisters for us to continue to use the name!


3. The final reason is to pay respects to the Masters of this beautiful and deadly art, Mas Jud and Willy Wetzel. Mas Jud called the style that he taught "Cimande Kombinasi" and Willy Wetzel termed it "Pukulan Cimande" when he brought it to the United States! So our name pays respect to both Masters in the union of the two names culminating in the art of "Pukulan Cimande Kombinasi"!


The Art that I teach, is the exact material and requirements, that Pendekar Sanders taught me over the past 13 Years. We have an extensive catalogue of Dvd's showing every single seminar that Mr. Sanders taught and you can see what we teach is exactly the same! I developed both the curriculum and ranking system for PCP by taking all of the information I learned over the years and putting it into a logical progression. I reached the highest grade possible in his Art "Guru Besar" and was also awarded the highest honor of the "Black Naga" by Pendekar Sanders. I was the only Guru or Rep in the United States with a full time PCP school for the past 13 years!


Pukulan Cimande Kombinasi is a living energy that will just keep growing and expanding! We have a long distance program, but it is just as difficult to earn rank as training in any of our chartered schools! You will start right from the beginning and learn the exact same information as if you were actually in the classroom with me. The DVD's will take you through our entire curriculum step by step but you will also have to maintain contact with myself and at some point, train with myself or any or our certified instructors in person. I believe that you can learn through video training but you also have to experience this art in person to feel the spirit and power of its movements!


So, for all of those who were concerned about the name change, I hope this clears up any confusion. When it comes down to it, it's not the name that is important but the knowledge, respect, humility, emotions and friendship that are behind it. In the past month we have reconnected with many of our Pukulan Cimande brothers and sisters from around the world as well as many other silat brothers and sisters in general. We are happy to be working together and building friendships in the Silat community not only here in the United States but around the world. I would like to thank ALL of my students who supported me in my decisions regarding this matter and continue to support me and PCK. I would also like to give a special thanks to my following senior students who will also serve on the PCK board of Directors:


Derek Owings
Darren Felsot
Laura White
Bryan Jacobs


Also a special thanks to Guru Gorka Echarri for designing our NEW PCK logo, we love it! Terima kasih


*Finally this Art is not for the Chosen Few and there are NO secrets! It's for all people, of all races, religions and nationalities, for the rich or poor, for the very young and the very old. If you come in friendship, we will share our knowledge. Silat is the "Art of the People"!


Selamat,
Guru Besar Jerry