Master Guru Abbas
Martial Experience and Background
Guru Abbas is the only representative authorised to teach Silat Sendeng of Malaysia in the UK and Europe from the official lineage of Guru Haji Hamid back to the Malaysian founder Guru Long Mamat.
Martial Back Ground:
Guru Abbas has trained in a number of martial arts but his roots are in Chinese and Silat martial systems. His initial exposure was from the age of 8, and the systems are listed below in order that they were trained in;
Karate
Shaolin Shuai Jiaou.
Mua Tai.
Silat Lincah.
Silat Ilm Harb.
Shaolin Hud Kar Pai/Lohan – Monks Fist of the Abbot Sik Kau Sum from Nanyang Temple Singapore.
Silat Sabar.
Silat Sendeng: Current, from The late Guru Haji Jamaludin bin Shahadan.
The above systems were a perfect preparation for Guru Abbas to start his journey in Silat Sendeng in 2009 with Guru Jamal where he lived in Malaysia and trained directly under Guru Jamal. Guru Abbas continues to practice Silat Sendeng as instructed by his teacher Guru Jamal with a roadmap to continously refine and develop the system’s within its core parameters. Guru Abbas also continues to practice arts within his martial background and focuses heavily on power, efficiency, and internal development. Recently he has developed new power generation methods and is training source roots of the system giving his personal imprint in the systems preservation.
Professional Experience
Guru Abbas was born and brought up in Luton England UK and often in his teens had to learn and use self defence due to the deteriorated state of the town’s criminal attacks, giving him a survival instinct from a young age. This, combined with a background in Army Cadets and selection as a Cdt. Lieutenant in ULAOTC gave him a disciplined and open mind leading to a desire to change society for better and led him into the Met Police in 2003 wanting to serve to make society safer. He was as such awarded an (AC) Assistant Commissioners Commendation for his efforts and strategies used to reduce crime in his division. He also attended Univeristy in London, and graduated in Business with a BA (Hon) and most recently completed a post graduate with an merit award in MSc International Project Management in 2023. He currently is also a UK Security licensed instructor training people for corporate front line security and client protection careers. Separate to standard industry training he places emphasis on training bodyguards’ abilities in hand to hand protection of their clients, proactive operational risk mitigation, and proactive situational awareness response training.
Culture and Esoteric Philosophies
Guru Abbas is from a Muslim background and in the SILAT system emphasises the importance of self spiritual development and restraint, especially as Muslim Silat Arts specifically emphasise boundaries in physical engagement. Often his focus is on use of meditation of Batin (Form of internal energy practice) to clear the mind with use of Zikr and become more self aware of the ego. The key being the mind to override the ego’s impulsive desire and responses generated from fear, anger, confusion. Similar to other spiritual disciplines the goal of becoming self aware leads to greater situational awareness of not just, in the exponents surrounding but also ones own internal response fight or flight mechanism. To respond to threat with reasonable force in the circumstances and allways, if not at the expense of personal safety, to show mercy and compassion.
“To be the warrior in the garden of peace, the warrior must nurture the garden to bring it to a harmonious existence”. For this to be, he must have balance as in the Quranic scriputure: And He (Allah Swt, God, Yehova) raised up the heaven and has set a balance [55:7] This is epitimised by the symbol of the Yin Yang.
The purpose of all martial and philisophical esoteric practice is to become a balanced perfected human being (Insan-Al-Kamil). Of course an ideal, and a never ending journey in which we fail and win at many times over. This is the constant rebirth.
Authorisations & Seal
Ijaza Guru (2010)
One to one training with the Master Tuan Guru Jamaludin bin Shahadan aka Guru Jamal commenced 2009 after initial character and internal disposition tests, to deem if the character of the student is fit and appropriate. Physical skills are tested along side tests of mind and spirit. The certificate although a great honour and achievement, is actually the start of the journey of physical expression, self developmet, self awareness, and service to communities and humanity. This element of service is emphasised in the Malayu and Bugis culture.
Certificate and authority of Ijaza (Permission) of Guru grade issued in February 2010 after 150 days extensive one to one training approximately 10 hours a day. This cert was also given in a Khatam ceremoney, where key existing senior teachers, and senior gatekeepers of their own provinces were called as witnesses. Guru Abbas continued to directly learn only Sendeng from his teacher Guru Jamal until his passing away.
Authorisation Cert 2012
This certificate of authority was released also with a video in 2012 to confirm again the position of Guru Abbas in the system and to be its gatekeeper and sole representative in the UK and wherever he wishes to expand the system. No other such person is authorised and if claiming association are in fact fraudulent and acting in dishonesty.
However Guru Jamal knowing wishing future generations to learn the system from the correct authorised source released this certificate with a vidio naming said fraudulent persons. Especially certain due ex-students who only trained 2 weeks and were expelled for severe misconduct and dishonesty and took the Guru Jamals videos and pictures claiming to be his continued UK representatives.
Guru Jamal was greatly dissapointed that his pictures and video snippets he shared in good faith, were being misued. Hence this further certification and videos.
The world may be fast food fast social media consuming but just as in the old days the signing and seal of the masters, and its lineage are even more so important. Priniciples and rules and honouring of oaths is still taken in high regard, and students are chosen carefully so as to not dilute or misuse the knowledge given, or to dishonour the ancestors.
Authorisation Video 2012
Further authorisation is given in this video to guide the next generation of exponents to the correct source and not be misled by those who exploit the Guru Jamal’s name for personal fame and profit. As such Guru Jamaludin released this video holding the certificate so as to not allow fake certificates to be produced, and nullify any existing certificates of those he mentiones in the video who infact only trained 2 weeks. The video has been released so that other than except, Guru Abbas, no one is authorised to share pictures and videos of the late Grandmaster to claim representations of Guru Jamal and if they do, only expose themselves as being the said dishonourable and expelled students. The respect of lineage and ancenstors is a must in our systems tradition and Orang Malayu principles.
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