Boulder Inner Wave Pencak Silat

08/01/2025

In Inti Ombak Pencak Silat we call the opening with the over hook spin "sleeping crane". This is a fun way to parlay that into a takedown.

06/19/2025

Conrad Bui often talks about being a MAN (martial arts nerd), but that's only one facet of most people who stick with martial arts. It's not unusual at our Boulder practices to geek out about a wide range of topics such as physics, mathematics, linguistics, dance, physiology, science fiction, music accounting and philosophy -- and somehow it's all relevant to what we're drilling.

We're proud to train with all sorts of nerds.

02/21/2025

Awesome to see kids learning knife awareness with a bit of pressure testing. Note to self: get a set of safety goggles for sparring classes.

01/03/2025

Looks like there is still room. This unique camp that will focus on the more esoteric aspects of pencak silat not often seen outside of Southeast Asia. Also it's a great opportunity to get a more local Hawaiian experience.

Contact Pencak Silat Inti Ombak for more details.

10/24/2024

The Pencak Silat world lost a legend and its first global ambassador on 24 October 2024.

RIP, ikut berduka cita Mbah Doel Wahab. It was an honor getting to meet and train with you.

Here is an article from year's past that describes his legacy not only for silat but also for barongsai (Chinese lion dancing) in Indonesia.

Finished products: A woman passes between two barongsai lion heads hung by Doel in front of his workshop

07/10/2024

Here's an interesting event for those in the Boulder Area. The 8th World Naginata Championship will be at CU Boulder this weekend. For those unfamiliar with the term Naginata is basically a Japanese spear. I believe competition includes both sparring/fencing and kata/forms.

United States Naginata Federation website for providing information about USNF activites. A Japanese martial art of both power and grace, is characterized by the grandeur of its sweeping movements. Naginata is for people of all ages interested in either competitive fighting, or in the physical beaut...

05/05/2023

Happy Birthday Inti Ombak Pencak Silat
5/5/5 - present
Our style is now old enough to buy ci******es and vote

05/05/2023

Classes start tonight!

02/04/2023

Excited to tear into this book and delve deeper into the healing side of Pencak Silat.

The methods and various recipes presented in this book are an accumulation of generations of anecdotal traditional medicine passed generation to generation within the Inti Ombak Pencak Silat / Lakutama family systems. These methods and recipes have not been evaluated by the United States Food and...