Magda Institute

AUG 5 –8th, THURS Through SUNDAY

Train on the floor of the world famous Magda Institute. It’s an intense 4 days loaded with excitement, new information, new skills, new philosophies. Turbo boost your skill level in these next 4 days. Sometimes we have Special guests (we never know who’ll drop by to teach or hang out). Past guests have included original Bruce Lee students and Filipino-Indonesian masters. It’s like a big family get together. Come and join in.

Guro/Sifu Cass Magda is a world-recognized authority of the Indonesian-Filipino martial arts and JKD. Known for his incredible teaching style, you won’t want to miss this.

Register early to guarantee your place. Limited enrollment. First come first serve basis. Camp fee does not include lodging. Restaurants and Hotel are within walking distance of Institute. We recommend the Howard Johnson’s in Reseda
Visa/MasterCard/Discover/Amex accepted.

Contact: Magda Institute
7255 Canby Ave
Reseda CA 91335
PH (818) 342-2455 email: Magdainst@aol.com

Training times every day:
10:30am –3pm

Register in advance by email, fax, or calling the school.

Camp participants are also invited to train free of charge in the evening classes of the Magda Institute during the week of the camp. Evening classes are every hour, 6-7, 7-8, 8-9:30. Note there is a special Kali-Buka Jalan Silat class on Wednesday night that you want to be sure not to miss.

Equipment suggested you bring

1.Pair of rattan Escrima sticks
2.Practice dagger
3.Sarong
4.Bag gloves and shin guards

Sticks, daggers, bag gloves and sarongs available for purchase at Magda Institute.
Wear comfortable clothing such as T-shirts, sweats, and shorts.

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One of the underlying themes to this years 3 day Silat Camp was the training method called  Sambutan. Sambutan is the counter for counter training method where just as one side attempts the technique, the other side counters and moves into his own technique and then the first side counters again. This goes on and on continuously. The camp trainees did punching against punching, locking against locking, and weapons against weapons. Most interesting was the staff against staff close quarter. Sambutan is a traditional method of developing the counter-attack that is powerful allowing the practitioners to develop their timing, distance and sensitivity for close in-fighting without the chance of getting hurt. This years camp had several MI staff members on hand to work with the practitioners and give “the feel” which is so important to understanding the pressure and angles to move on. In attendance were practitioners from New York, Virginia, Washington, and Florida as well as members from MI headquarters. Congrats to all.