entorma
02-17-2005, 11:39
The Boxer rebellion saw the Kung Fu fighters from China take on the European colonial powers brought to light the brutal fact that most Chinese classical fighting arts were found to be combat ineffective! A secret society was formed calling upon the top masters at the time to develope one fighting art totally reliable in real life or death encounters!
The top masters gathered together behind closed doors and strong combative action took place to decide which fighting methods were most effective. Notes were taken, eighteen warrior monks agreed which skills from each system studied were proven totally reliable. From these notes, these monks created a unified natural and formidable fighting art. The end result was kept secret under penalty of a death oath!
With the victory of the colonial powers, these monks were put on a death list and forced to flee the country! One of the monks, Huang Wu Wen, brought this art from the Wu-Tang Temple, which he called the Original Ultimate Fist, with him to Indonesia. In Indonesia, Pak Serak the wise one, was the shaman of the Badui people in the 19th century. He had only the use of one arm and one leg on opposite sides of his body! Serak created a fighting art which bears his name, and he was extremely formidable in actual combat despite his handicap!
Mas Djut was Serak's friend and training partner who learned Serak's complete art. After Pak's death, Mas Djut became a nomadic wanderer who traveled throughout Asia periodically for many years observing and learning various fighting arts!
Huang thought he had the ultimate art until he ran into Mas Djut! Mas Djut shocked Huang with his lower body leg kicking art. Mas Djut was impressed when Huang got around his lower body art and broke thru Djut's upper body guard! Both masters became great friends and practiced together for 3 years merging their fighting methods into a new eclectic art named Tjimindie after the village in Java where they first formulated their new combined art!
Willy Wetzel was a student of Huang. He came to America in 1956 and opened his school in 1960. I started classes in 1961, and am a 3rd generation student!
About 30 years ago, the Indonesian government undertook a survey to document the various fighting arts throughout the islands. They found approximately 200 various Tjimindie styles! If someone says they know Tjimindie, okay which one? Each Tjimindie style will have one or more names preceding or succeding it in order to identify which Tjimindie style it is!
The top masters gathered together behind closed doors and strong combative action took place to decide which fighting methods were most effective. Notes were taken, eighteen warrior monks agreed which skills from each system studied were proven totally reliable. From these notes, these monks created a unified natural and formidable fighting art. The end result was kept secret under penalty of a death oath!
With the victory of the colonial powers, these monks were put on a death list and forced to flee the country! One of the monks, Huang Wu Wen, brought this art from the Wu-Tang Temple, which he called the Original Ultimate Fist, with him to Indonesia. In Indonesia, Pak Serak the wise one, was the shaman of the Badui people in the 19th century. He had only the use of one arm and one leg on opposite sides of his body! Serak created a fighting art which bears his name, and he was extremely formidable in actual combat despite his handicap!
Mas Djut was Serak's friend and training partner who learned Serak's complete art. After Pak's death, Mas Djut became a nomadic wanderer who traveled throughout Asia periodically for many years observing and learning various fighting arts!
Huang thought he had the ultimate art until he ran into Mas Djut! Mas Djut shocked Huang with his lower body leg kicking art. Mas Djut was impressed when Huang got around his lower body art and broke thru Djut's upper body guard! Both masters became great friends and practiced together for 3 years merging their fighting methods into a new eclectic art named Tjimindie after the village in Java where they first formulated their new combined art!
Willy Wetzel was a student of Huang. He came to America in 1956 and opened his school in 1960. I started classes in 1961, and am a 3rd generation student!
About 30 years ago, the Indonesian government undertook a survey to document the various fighting arts throughout the islands. They found approximately 200 various Tjimindie styles! If someone says they know Tjimindie, okay which one? Each Tjimindie style will have one or more names preceding or succeding it in order to identify which Tjimindie style it is!