408kali
08-23-2007, 02:17 PM
Hi All,
I was just reading this article and thought I'd post it here for those of you who have an interest in Silat.
Enjoy!
~John
Buah Pukul of Malaysia (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/silatworld/message/4001;_ylc=X3oDMTJxcXM1NGgyBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElk AzY4MTA3MTYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY4ODAyBG1zZ0lkAzQwMD EEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTE4Nzg3NDAxNw--)
Posted by: "Mohd Nadzrin Wahab" silatseni@yahoo.com (http://us.f903.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=silatseni@yahoo.com&Subj=%20Re%3ABuah%20Pukul%20of%20Malaysia)
Salam hormat all,
A few comments here about Buah Pukul. In
Malaysia, Gayang 5, LianPadukan, Silat Awang Daik,
Gerak Silat Lian and many more fall under the category
of Buah Pukul which has been variously defined as
Shield and Strike or Striking Techniques or just
Striking.
The name Buah Pukul is used exclusively when speaking
of a root style taught by a Chinese trader who came to
Singapura in 1897. He is known by various names, but
the most common is Abdul Rahman Al-Yunani with some
later practitioners claiming him to be of Chinese-Arab
descent (even a descendant of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad, PBUH).
Some even add on the title of Sheikh, claiming him to
be a Muslim missionary. His skills (and successful
defence against Singapura dock workers who tried to
fleece him) caught the ear of Sultan Ibrahim of Johor.
The Sultan ordered his personal bodyguard, the then
High Commissioner of the Mersing district, Awang Daik,
to investigate the incident and maybe even court the
trader to teach.
Sensing his skills incapable of testing Abdul Rahman's
own, he asked that a friend, Pak Long Muhammad Yassin,
the Muar Chief of Police to accompany him.
In a friendly contest, both of them conceded defeat
and managed to persuade Abdul Rahman to come to Johor
to teach. It was there that Awang Daik and Pak Long
Muhammad Yassin became masters of the style. In Buah
Pukul lore, Abdul Rahman disappeared soon after, never
to be heard of again.
Meanwhile, Awang Daik and Pak Long Muhammad Yassin
modified the style and it's not impossible that they
even enhanced it with local pukulan forms of silat,
Sendeng being one of the more prominent Johor ones at
the time. Awang Daik, himself a Buginese, would have
had some contact, if not familiarity with Sendeng and
other pukulan forms including local Kuntau. However,
this remains an interesting hypothesis at best.
Buah Pukul was then taught to the Sultan's personal
army (Johor used to have its own army separate from
the Malaysian Armed Forces up until the the turn of
this century) and flourished. To this day, there are
still remnants of these army folk who pass on the
knowledge and their particular blends to their
families and students.
In the palace, Buah Pukul was known as Lian Paduka or
Royal Lian, but the art filtered outwards to the
kampungs by way of Awang Daik's students and gained
names such as Gayang 5, migrated to Pahang, and called
Gerak Silat Lian, etc.
One of the more prominent Buah Pukul is LianPadukan
[http://silatmelayu. com/modules. php?name= News&file= article&sid= 23 (http://silatmelayu.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=23)
you have to register as a free member to read this
article] which has made strides away from the original
Buah Pukul, including incorporating a left side lead
and connection to the right side lead and a
simplification of the 99 Lian forms into 16 core ones.
In Sabah and Sarawak, there is a particular pukulan
style called Silat Spring (sometimes Sapring, or
Sepiring) which resembles Buah Pukul. Recently, we had
an interesting lead when AB Rahim, one of our research
team members posted there, reported that Spring lore
tells of a Chinese Muslim merchant named Abdul Rahman
Abdullah who came to Sarawak and spread the art. So
maybe he didn't 'disappear' as we all thought. You
guys are among the first to hear of this. We haven't
nailed down any chronologies yet but we hope to soon
and publish our findings in SMC (SilatMelayu. Com).
The most interesting part is that AB Rahim was himself
an intermediate student of LianPadukan and he reported
that what he saw in Spring is reminiscent of the old
Buah Pukul forms, a continuous fist rolling that only
exists in LianPadukan as a three-strike barrage. The
inquiry is ongoing.
Now, as for Lian Yunan (the only one on Phil's list I
didn't touch on yet), although some Buah Pukul
practitioners use this term for their own variants, I
personally know of one strain that claims no descent
from Buah Pukul.
This Lian Yunan comes from Melaka and was last taught
by a Soh Ah Chee to Pak Anwar (full name unknown to
me). It is claimed to originate from one of Hang Li
Po's bodyguard entourage (she was a 'princess' bride
from China for the Malaccan sultan, although some
people dispute her royalty for lack of records).
Having seen and practised slightly both LianPadukan
and this Lian Yunan, I can personally say the
difference in method and technique is vastly
different.
However, when I described Lian Yunan to guru utama
Mohd Hasyim Mohd Salleh of LianPadukan, he seemed
pleasantly surprised, saying that that was a really
old form of Lian, which he thought did not exist
anymore. Curiouser and curiouser.
Salam persilatan,
Mohd Nadzrin Wahab
I was just reading this article and thought I'd post it here for those of you who have an interest in Silat.
Enjoy!
~John
Buah Pukul of Malaysia (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/silatworld/message/4001;_ylc=X3oDMTJxcXM1NGgyBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElk AzY4MTA3MTYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY4ODAyBG1zZ0lkAzQwMD EEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTE4Nzg3NDAxNw--)
Posted by: "Mohd Nadzrin Wahab" silatseni@yahoo.com (http://us.f903.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=silatseni@yahoo.com&Subj=%20Re%3ABuah%20Pukul%20of%20Malaysia)
Salam hormat all,
A few comments here about Buah Pukul. In
Malaysia, Gayang 5, LianPadukan, Silat Awang Daik,
Gerak Silat Lian and many more fall under the category
of Buah Pukul which has been variously defined as
Shield and Strike or Striking Techniques or just
Striking.
The name Buah Pukul is used exclusively when speaking
of a root style taught by a Chinese trader who came to
Singapura in 1897. He is known by various names, but
the most common is Abdul Rahman Al-Yunani with some
later practitioners claiming him to be of Chinese-Arab
descent (even a descendant of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad, PBUH).
Some even add on the title of Sheikh, claiming him to
be a Muslim missionary. His skills (and successful
defence against Singapura dock workers who tried to
fleece him) caught the ear of Sultan Ibrahim of Johor.
The Sultan ordered his personal bodyguard, the then
High Commissioner of the Mersing district, Awang Daik,
to investigate the incident and maybe even court the
trader to teach.
Sensing his skills incapable of testing Abdul Rahman's
own, he asked that a friend, Pak Long Muhammad Yassin,
the Muar Chief of Police to accompany him.
In a friendly contest, both of them conceded defeat
and managed to persuade Abdul Rahman to come to Johor
to teach. It was there that Awang Daik and Pak Long
Muhammad Yassin became masters of the style. In Buah
Pukul lore, Abdul Rahman disappeared soon after, never
to be heard of again.
Meanwhile, Awang Daik and Pak Long Muhammad Yassin
modified the style and it's not impossible that they
even enhanced it with local pukulan forms of silat,
Sendeng being one of the more prominent Johor ones at
the time. Awang Daik, himself a Buginese, would have
had some contact, if not familiarity with Sendeng and
other pukulan forms including local Kuntau. However,
this remains an interesting hypothesis at best.
Buah Pukul was then taught to the Sultan's personal
army (Johor used to have its own army separate from
the Malaysian Armed Forces up until the the turn of
this century) and flourished. To this day, there are
still remnants of these army folk who pass on the
knowledge and their particular blends to their
families and students.
In the palace, Buah Pukul was known as Lian Paduka or
Royal Lian, but the art filtered outwards to the
kampungs by way of Awang Daik's students and gained
names such as Gayang 5, migrated to Pahang, and called
Gerak Silat Lian, etc.
One of the more prominent Buah Pukul is LianPadukan
[http://silatmelayu. com/modules. php?name= News&file= article&sid= 23 (http://silatmelayu.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=23)
you have to register as a free member to read this
article] which has made strides away from the original
Buah Pukul, including incorporating a left side lead
and connection to the right side lead and a
simplification of the 99 Lian forms into 16 core ones.
In Sabah and Sarawak, there is a particular pukulan
style called Silat Spring (sometimes Sapring, or
Sepiring) which resembles Buah Pukul. Recently, we had
an interesting lead when AB Rahim, one of our research
team members posted there, reported that Spring lore
tells of a Chinese Muslim merchant named Abdul Rahman
Abdullah who came to Sarawak and spread the art. So
maybe he didn't 'disappear' as we all thought. You
guys are among the first to hear of this. We haven't
nailed down any chronologies yet but we hope to soon
and publish our findings in SMC (SilatMelayu. Com).
The most interesting part is that AB Rahim was himself
an intermediate student of LianPadukan and he reported
that what he saw in Spring is reminiscent of the old
Buah Pukul forms, a continuous fist rolling that only
exists in LianPadukan as a three-strike barrage. The
inquiry is ongoing.
Now, as for Lian Yunan (the only one on Phil's list I
didn't touch on yet), although some Buah Pukul
practitioners use this term for their own variants, I
personally know of one strain that claims no descent
from Buah Pukul.
This Lian Yunan comes from Melaka and was last taught
by a Soh Ah Chee to Pak Anwar (full name unknown to
me). It is claimed to originate from one of Hang Li
Po's bodyguard entourage (she was a 'princess' bride
from China for the Malaccan sultan, although some
people dispute her royalty for lack of records).
Having seen and practised slightly both LianPadukan
and this Lian Yunan, I can personally say the
difference in method and technique is vastly
different.
However, when I described Lian Yunan to guru utama
Mohd Hasyim Mohd Salleh of LianPadukan, he seemed
pleasantly surprised, saying that that was a really
old form of Lian, which he thought did not exist
anymore. Curiouser and curiouser.
Salam persilatan,
Mohd Nadzrin Wahab