No matter where I go Silat finds me.
A friend told me that my local community college teaches North African martial art. I have never seen this style so I was curious to discover this mysterious martial art. When I talked with the instructor Nathen Carlen he told me the art was Pencak Silat, an Indonesian martial art. I had a few months exposure to this art before in South Central Los Angeles.
Time goes by and while I was training in Kali Silat I came across an article about Bobbe Edmonds on the net. I checked out his blog. From there I came across Mariah Moore.
More time goes by and I discover a DVD by Suzanne Luna Spezzano on YouTube. I asked Bobbe his opinion of Suzanne and her DVD. He gave glowing recommendations about her and her DVD. I must say that this DVD is quite a find. She explains each technique clearly and repeats the moves a few times. The DVD is well organized and is a better production than most martial art DVDs.
I emailed Suzanne to compliment her DVD and we began to email each other back and forth. She invited me over to where she trains in Marina Del Rey. I took Bobbe's advice and drove down to the Inosanto Academy. When I got there the training facility looks like a HUGE garage with lots of training tools available (bags, wooden dummies, sticks, staves, boxing gloves). I would put up a picture but the place has a no camera policy. The people there are very nice, especially the head instructor Guru Dan Inosanto. He's around 72 and he moves super fast and makes everything look easy. Guru Dan is also super nice. One of the most humble man I ever came across.
I'm looking forward to training with Suzanne when she gets back to Los Angeles.
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