About Inti Ombak Pencak Silat

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Inti Ombak Pencak Silat or Inner Wave Persatuan Pencak Silat is an Indonesian martial art with direct roots that can be traced back to two silat lineages from Yogyakarta (the Mataram Kingdom) and the island of Madura.  

 

 

 

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Guru Daniel Sulestya Agung Prasetya (one of the three caretakers of IOPS) opened this art to the public in the U.S. for the first time in 2004.  Guru Daniel is the direct descendant of Hamengkubuwana I from the Mataram Kingdom in Central Java.  His great grandfather, Mangun Hardjono, passed on the family’s silat lineage to Guru Daniel. In the past, this art was only passed down to members of the royal family.  This style is characterized by high stances, diverse, flowery hand motions that allow for long, strong, fast striking and extensive langkah patterns or footwork.  It has a strong emphasis on self defense, as well as, the development of daya batin or internal power.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guru Daniel was also taught silat from the island of Madura by his uncle.  The Madurese style is characterized by low/wide stances and direct hand motions that allow for manipulation and control.  The fusion of these two diverse silat lineages helped give birth to Inti Ombak Pencak Silat.

 

     IOPS offers a highly effective, holistic, and diverse curriculum for both novice and experienced martial artists.  The curriculum provides students with instruction in self-defense, with a focus on blade awareness, and defense against multiple attackers. In the beginning, students build a strong foundation that incorporates the use of basic stances, blocks, strikes, langkah (Pencak Silat foot work) and the introduction to IOPS Kaedah or the IOPS rules of engagement.  As students progress, they begin to further explore the curriculum through the practice, exploration and application of jurus (Indonesian forms). Within Inti Ombak Pencak Silat jurus, students learn specific aspects of close quarter combat, weaponry, healing, meditation, and spirituality.  Throughout this progression, students also learn the Daya Batin or Tama Yoga curriculum. This unique aspect of the complete IOPS curriculum incorporates dynamic and stationary yoga sets that are coupled with specific breathing patterns that help improve respiratory function, circulation, muscle and bone alignment, and promote overall good health while cultivating the silat student’s tenaga dalam or inner power.