October 2024

October 5: Pukulan + Jurus

October 12: Pukulan + Jurus

October 19: Pukulan + Jurus 

October 20: Special workshop. 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM at Nourishing Heart Yoga. For registration info. See flier above. 

October 26: Kembangan 

September 2024

September 7: Dive into Sikap (postures) and its practical applications.

September 14: Linking Sikap into Jurus (a series of postures) and Jurusan (application)

September 21: Class does not meet (see below *** for practitioner challenge)

September 28: Jurusan and Kembangan (Bloom - Culmination of everything).

*** Special Challenge

1. Create your personalized Jurus (15-20 seconds) based on everything we've covered so far. A jurus should have at least 4 postures linked together. 

2. Practice by repeating the jurus until you are able to,without thinking, do it at least five times in a row continuously, on either left or right side (or both sides!).

3. Record and share a snippet of your jurus with the group. 

August 2024

We welcome new members in our group sessions: Matece, Theron and Griffin.
Private sessions spots are avaialable but limited. Contact for more info. 

Every Saturday 3- 4:30 PM

August 3 - Sikap (postures) + Jurus (linking postures)

August 10 - Jurus + Jurusan (partner jurus work)

August 17 - Sikap + Jurus + Jurusan

August 24 - Kembangan Solo

August 31 - Kembangan Play

July 2024

Sat- July 6th Kembangan + Jurusan 

Sat- July 13th Conditioning + Jurusan

Sat- July 20th Conditioning + Silat Strategies for multipless

Sat- July 27th Kembangan

June 2024

Note the change in scheduling, session will meet on Friday June 21th (6PM), instead of June 22nd.

Sat- June 1st (we did mostly ground jurus with buaya crocodile and kucing cat postures, + applications). 

Sat-June 8th (Buaya croc takedown, harimau tiger finishes)

Sat-June 15th (Pukulan hits, kembangan and training for multiples)

Friday- June 21th (Pukulan on the ground and training for multiples)

Sat- June 29th (Kembangan)

May 2024

USA SBL conference in Houston happened the last weekend of April. It was a BLAST! 

Learnt tremendous amount of teaching methods, practiced and cleaned up my own techniques, and did some mental practice as well. At the beginning of the workshop, I also received my instructor certification. It was great experience teaching some there, and also being the demo person who took a decent amount of of hits, pins and foldings. 

May line up is as follows: 

May 4 - Harimau and Buaya focus

May 11 - Harimau + Buaya and bring on the turtle 

May 18 - Kembangan session (soft side / Yin side of Silat)

May 25 - Session is tentatively rescheduled to May 26 Sunday at 3PM

April 2024

I will be away attending the International Silat Buka Lingkaran camp in Houston Texas from April 26-29.) If you are interested in joining me, please let me know. The camp is for all levels. 

Another women self-defense workshop this month! 

Here's the April line up! 

April 6-  Exploring Silat based movements in all directions 

April 13 - Jurus Endurance, pukulan on the ground drills, movements in all directions

April 20 - Jurus Power focus and partner work application, explosive movements

April 27 - Session is tentative, Arthur is away gathering knowledge  

May line up
May 4 - Harimau and Buaya focus

May 11 - Harimau + Buaya and bring on the turtle 

May 18 - Kembangan session (soft side / Yin side of Silat)

May 25 - Session is tentative, Arthur is likely away.

March 2024

Many happenings in March! 

Welcome Chad Eagleton to the group!

Welcome John Paulson for a session in March! 

Glad to also have Camden for a private session!

Arthur was interviewed by IU Student TV on the topic of self-defence. Check out the blog on a summary on what I think self-defense is about. I gather viewpoints from many established authors, thinkers to compile this. 

Arthur and BIS will conduct two group self-defense workshops, on March 5th and March 6th. BIS will also conduct another one in April. 

Here's the schedule for March. 

March 2 -  Kucing (cat) focused jurus and kicks. (endurance)

March 9 - Kucing (cat) focused jurus and partner drills. 

March 16 - Kucing (cat) focused jurus and locks. 

March 23 - Kucing (cat) focused jurus and takedowns.

March 30 - Kucing (cat) jurus for power. 

February 2024

February 3: Entry, Pukulan, and techniques. Combative partner drills

February 10: Jurus: Ground mobility, and Pukulan  

February 17: Jurus: Conditioning for Power, reaction time (using pukulan)

February 24: Jurus: Conditioning for Endurance. 

Welcome John Paulson for a session in Feb! 

Welcome Pauly Tarricone to the group! 

Welcome Chad Eagleton to the group!

January 2024

Happy New Year!

Class schedule for the next three months:

Saturdays 3- 4:30 PM

January 6: Jurus: Conditioning for Endurance and  

January 13:  Weapon and Pukulan (hits).

January 20: Jurus: Conditioning for Power

January 27: Partner Drills and Combatives.

March 2

March 9

March 16

March 23

We also welcome Aaron Travers to the group! 

December 2023

Class schedule for the last month of 2023! Come train. 

Saturdays from 3 PM - 4:30 PM

December 2 - New jurus + pukulan (hits) + play
December 9 - New jurus +Kucing moves + play 

December 16 - Review Kucing moves + play 

December 23 - New jurus +pukulan (hits) + play 

December 30 - New jurus +pukulan (hits) + play 

November 2023

Saturday Nov 4th, 2023! Come into the space for charitable donations, check us out, and learn concepts from Indonesian movement art for fitness, health, and self-defense.

There will also be an in-house showcase from a few regular practitioners. Check out what the group of regulars have been up to. 

Consider donating unexpired, unopened, non-homemade, and non-perishable food items. These will be collected and brought to Hoosier Hill Food Bank. 

This session is suitable for everyone. You will get differentiated instructions in a safe, friendly, and positive environment to learn new skills. 

Nov 11, 2023 - regular time and location

Nov 18, 2023 - regular time and location

Nov 25, 2023 - regular time and location. 

October 2023

Saturday, Oct 28th session will be at the regular location. Our invitation to a showcase has been postponed. 

Saturday, Oct 7th session (regular time). Matt Miller will lead the session.

Saturday, Oct 21 session will be rescheduled to Friday, Oct 20, 6 PM. Outdoor Switchyard Park weather permitting.

September 2023

Welcome Ricky S. to the group. We are excited to have you join us.
BIS also welcomes Lee L. to the group. Lee is taking private classes now and will join the group soon.
I'm excited for both Ricky and Lee to harness the benefits from Silat training. 

NEWS: BloomIndosilat gets invited to do a showcase at GELORA INDO FEST at the IU Campus. 

Check out additional important October schedule announcements above. 

August 2023

Welcome Camden H. to the group! We are excited to have you join us and be on your way to achieving tangible benefits from Silat practice. 

A few important announcements for September: 

Assistant Sasha will not be able to join us from September onwards as she handles new academic challenges. I'm sure she'll step on the mat when she's back in town. I believe we all appreciate her assistance during the past few months. Thank you all for giving her the opportunity to share her insights. 

With that, I need to reschedule the Saturday session on September 2, 2023 to Friday (9/1/23) evening at 6 PM. 

The Saturday session on September 9th, will have to be canceled because I will still be out of town. Unless the group would like to work on something, I'd consider appointing one of you to lead that session :). Please let me know and I'd be happy to provide some tips. and materials to review. I think it'll be fun as the group is very supportive of one another.  Give that some thought.

July 2023

No session on July 15th.

Private training appointment link is up. Check it out here:

May 2023

All sessions in May will be on Saturdays (3:00 - 4:30 PM). 

Open House on May 27th. Check it out and RSVP.

April 2023

All April sessions will be on Saturdays, with one exception: 

April 14th Friday (6-7:30PM)

March 2023

Upcoming event

Open House on March 26th, 3 PM.
RSVP. 

There will be some rescheduling in March 2023 due to weekend work conferences that I have to attend. 

Affected dates: 

March 4th ( replacement March 5th, 3:00 PM)
March 18th ( replacement, March 19th, 3:00 PM)

March 25th (replacement, March 26th, 3:00 PM) 

February 2023

Welcome, Anagha Gore! 

Welcome to Bill Harkins!

I lead two self-defense workshops at the workplace this month. The first one covered physical self-defense tactics and escapes when upright. The second one will emphasize again emphasize escapes when on the ground. 

February group class theme will continue to be the preparatory phase: focusing on Kucing (cat) + Buaya (crocodile) conditioning, footwork drills, multi-directional awareness, and sweeps applications. 

January 2023

Commence or jumpstart your journey to better health, and awareness this year. Learn new movement skills, and improve your coordination in a supportive and fun group. Plus, you learn self-defense skills from time-tested Southeast Asia battle arts.