SILAT FITRAH
The Malay Art of Natural Self Defence
WELCOME TO SILAT FITRAH
Silat Fitrah is an art for people who want:
To study a complete, holistic martial art that includes meditation and breathing practices.
Learn and apply Principles of Movement that incorporate striking, kicking, takedowns, ground fighting and weapons.
Learn and apply Principles of Performance Management that incorporate emotional management, strategic and tactical thinking, decision-making, skilled attention-giving.
Be part of a safe, welcoming, and friendly Learning Community.
Study online at their own pace and for their own reasons.
Have the opportunity to attend 4 weekend Training Camps every year.
Have the opportunity to grade and become an Instructor.
THE ARTS
The Martial Art
The simple, principle-based syllabus incorporates groundwork, footwork, striking, kicking, takedowns, the use of a variety of weapons and tari – a free-flowing, martial dance. The art can be practised in a relaxed, gentle manner, with an emphasis on physical and emotional wellbeing, and in a dynamic, aggressive way more suited to physical self-defence.
The Life Art
This is the study of how and when to apply various Principles to add value into everyday life. The focus is on emotional management, resiliency, skilled attention giving, teaching oneself, communication, creating positive relationships, and taking appropriate action. Meditation and breathing practices are also taught and are of value to both the Martial and the Life Art.
THE TEACHERS
The two senior teachers are Guru Tua Chris Parker and Guru Eddie Quinn.
GURU TUA CHRIS
Chris met his Silat teacher, Hj Bapak Idris bin Alimuda, in Cheltenham, England, in 1976. It was the start of a lifelong relationship.
More than three decades later, Bapak named Chris’s expression of the art, Silat Fitrah.
Inspired by Bapak, Chris has spent over forty years studying the relationship between communication, influence, and human performance. He is a highly accomplished teacher and the author of 18 books.
Chris began his practice and study of meditation shortly after meeting Bapak Idris.
GURU EDDIE
Guru Eddie became a private student of Guru Tua Chris in 1993 and has been training with him ever since.
Eddie is known globally as the creator of an award-winning method of self-defence, The Approach, which is drawn from one aspect of Silat Fitrah.
Eddie is regarded worldwide as an inspiring and highly skilled teacher. He has taught children, members of the public, martial artists, police officers, royal bodyguards, and members of the elite military.
Like Chris, he has studied with Bapak Idris. Guru Eddie is the lineage holder to Silat Fitrah.
BAPAK IDRIS
Photo By Johan Ariff Ismail
HOW WE CAN HELP YOU
The Online Learning Community
Is a worldwide community of people with different martial arts backgrounds, using our ever-growing Library of content to add value into their lives in their own ways.
We produce material six days per week. This includes a variety of filmed lessons and written articles and quotes.
Members can also join our monthly Zoom Get-Together, in which individuals’ questions are answered and topics explored, and share content in our Creative Community space.
The Camps
Held seasonally, our camps are social events that are a mix of principle-based training, attention to detail, fun, the occasional challenge, and opportunities to develop skilled attention giving, and emotional management.
Numbers are limited to ensure individual tuition.
Instructors Programme
This is a 13-month intensive training programme with the grading for Guru Muda – the first Instructor level in Silat Fitrah – in the final month.
Training is delivered through a mix of online and face-to-face sessions.
TESTIMONIALS
‘If you are seeking to learn and grow within a community and truly experience the many fantastic benefits of martial arts, then I highly recommend joining the Silat Fitrah Online Community.’
Connor Mcleod
"Silat Fitrah is based on essential, natural, and transferable principles that enable students to not only move better, but also live life to the fullest."
Guru Muda Katherine Hill
