The History of Paiketan Paguron Suling Dewata
" It was long long time ago before the centuries, in Bali,
there were only two big of association of traditional martial arts of of fightings
who controlling Bali island , they were Perguruan Silat Matahari
( The martial arts of the sun ),
and Perguruan Bulan Sabit ( martial arts of the
cresent moon ), unfortunately centuries it was storied , these two big of The Martial Arts of Fighting which had many followers whho lived in th eisland could not live side by
side and they lived in disharmonies from generation to generation
, they did not trust to each other and they fought to each other
in anyhere in Bali. Finally the final fighting was then held in
Batur mount in Kintamani area in Bangli Regency , the fighting was
taken placed for 7 days and nights, it was believed and storied that after the
final fighting at Mount Batur 's slope , mostly all of the followers
/ Yogi and Yogini from both of these combative art of fightings
were dead ( Yogi means man priest, and Yogini means women prient
), there was still only one follower who was still alive with
injured badly , his name was Ki Goplo, Ki Goplo was one of a students
/ followers of Paguron Bulan Sabit , from sub of Martial Arts of Suling Dewata .
" Ki Goplo with years later was famous called as Ki Suling , was very bad injured hardly to arrived at
" Pertapaan Candra Perwata" which was located on Batukaru
mount at west of Bali, he then isolated himself in a special holy
alcove , doing meditation dan cure himself , learning the spirit
and the essential of combative arts of fighting in order to complete
his knowledge in it , he did not appear or out for years from the
alcoves . For centuries later after the fighting of the two combative
art of fightings, the world of Martial art of fighting in Bali was
in darkness and slowly start to be forgorten by Balinese people or even the world.
" In the 5th century, a young monk from Jambu Dwipa ( India ),
Ki Byanlu Syamar came to Bali , he was looking for a place called
Watukaru, but he did not know what was the Batukaru means, was it
a name of an Island or was it a name of a kingdom ? , he kept searching
the world to the east from India. he sailed the sea introducing the way of Budha and Budha religion it'self and he traveled
to Swarna Dwipa ( Sumatera, ) , Jawa Dwipa ( Java Island ), he finally
reached Bali . in Bali he was known and called as Ki Budhi Dharma,
Ki Budhi Dharma was very expert in Kundalini that he learned for
40 years from his great teacher , Swammi Prajnatara . In Bali he
then met with Ki Goplo , after he discussed and sharing their knowledge
to each other, Ki Budhi Dharma was very happy finally he found Watukaru
the place that he was looking for miles away from India , he was
very impressed with Ki Goplo and admired him , he asked Ki Goplo
to teach him the original Martial Arts of Balinese fighting " Seruling Dewata " , as
he knew the knowledge of Ki Goplo in Balinese combative arts of fighting
, life phyloshopy and also yoga was perfect. Ki Goplo agreed to
take him as a student and then took him to Mount of Watukaru to
teach him and appointed him years later as the 1st Elder Generation of the
combative arts of fighting " Paguron Suling Dewata " with
big responsibilities to develop this association after for centuries has been forgotten , he was appointed
in 5th century ( year of 63 , month of 11 , day of 26 / year caka
in 463 ). He then re set up again the association of Martial Arts of fighting of Suling Dewata, and devided the students into 8 groups
, the group of Ground, Water , Fire, Wind, Sky, Star, Sun, and the Moon. Years later before Ki Budhi
Dharma left Bali to continue his journey to overseas and was believed to China and other countries, in China he teached monks with martial arts of fightings and known as Martial arts of Shiva Lingga temple after he did a meditation of creating this martial arts of fighting for 9 years in a temple , the martial arts of Shiva Lingga later is know as Shiv Ling, in China Ki Bhudi Dharma himself is known as Dharmo Chawsu or Datmo Cauwsu or Tatmo Cauwsu .Before he left Bali Dwipa he assigned and appointed Ki Mudra and Ki Madra as the 2nd
Elder Generation in association in 6 century , year of 96, month
of 7, day of 15 ( caka year in 596 ). Ki Hanuraga was appointed
as the 3rd elder Generation of the association replacing Ki Mudra
and Ki Madra in 9th century , year of 92, month of 6th , day of
15th ( caka year in 892 ), during Ki Hanuraga was as the chief of
the association , the Combative art of fighting of Suling Dewata
was in glory, he traveled and explored most of the area of the Indonesia
for 3 times ( Indonesia during that period was known and called
as Nusa Ning Nusa ) , or even overseas ( to Jambu Dwipa = India,
Langkapura = Srilangka, Tibet, Tionggoan = China, Kuroyewu = Korea,
Jepun = Japan ) , Ki Hanuraga also translated and booked all the
signs and pictures of the martial arts of fighting into 72 Holy
heritage of Books and arranged as a poem nicely, while he was traveling
around Nusa Ning Nusa or Indonesia archipelago , the people knew him and called him as Ki Suling
Gading ( The Great fighter , with the Flute as the weapon, he was
very expert in sounding of flute and mastering 18 kind of rythems
of Heritage " Suling Dewata " ).
" Ki Tepus was appointed as 4th Elder Generation in 12th century
, year of 41st , month of 6th , day of 15th ( caka year in 1141
), he then replaced by Ki Wela who was appointed as Elder Generation
5th in 14th , year of 61, month of 11, day of 15th ( caka year in
1361 ), Ki Wela was then replaced by Ki Lungka in 16th , year 46,
month of 11, day of 15th ( caka year in 1546 ), Ke Wela appointed
Ki Lebur as the 7th Elder Generation of the association in 17th
century , year of 74, month of 10, day of 24th, ( caka year 1674
), Ki Sendang replacing Ki Lebur as the 8th Elder Generation of
the association in 19th century, year of 24, month of 7th , day
of 21st, ( caka year in 1824 ), Ki Nantra was the only one student
of Ki Sendang was appointed as 9th elder Generation of the association
in 19th century, year of 99, month of 7th, day of 19, ( caka year
in 1899 ), he has built a place in Tabanan, called " Pesraman
", where he teachs his students from all over the world about
the original Balinese martial art of fighting taken from 72 heritage
holy books of Suling Dewata , learning about Yoga and Meditation,
and also as the central of spiritual activites.
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Ki Goplo or Ki Suling
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| Ki Budhi
Dharma or Ki Byanlu Syamar or Biksu Darmo | , he was appointed in 5th century ( year of 63 , month
of 11 , day of 26 / year caka in 463 )
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| Ki Mudra
and Ki Madra | ,was appointed in 6th century , year of 96, month
of 7, day of 15 ( caka year in 596 )
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| Ki Hanuraga or Ksatria Suling Gading |
, was appointed in 9th century , year of 92, month of 6th
, day of 15th ( caka year in 892, as 3rd elder generation
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| Ki Tepus |
, as 4th elder Generation in 12th century , year of 41st
, month of 6th , day of 15th ( caka year in 1141 )
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| Ki Wela |
, was appointed as elder Generation 5th in 14th , year of
61, month of 11, day of 15th ( caka year in 1361 )
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| Ki Lungka |
, was appointed as 6th elder Generation in 16th , year 46,
month of 11, day of 15th ( caka year in 1546 )
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| Ki Lebur |
, was appointed as the 7th Elder Generation of the association
in 17th century , year of 74, month of 10, day of 24th,
( caka year 1674 ),
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| Ki Sendang
| , Ki Sendang replacing Ki Lebur as the 8th elder Generation
of the association in 19th century, year of 24, month of
7th , day of 21st, ( caka year in 1824 )
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Ki Nantra
, Ki Nantra was the only one student of Ki Sendang was appointed
as 9th elder Generation of the association in 19th century,
year of 99, month of 7th, day of 19, ( caka year in 1899
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