General Lloyd on 12 Nov 2006 05:18 pm
Piper Links
These are links to Piper on the web. The recent resurfacing of this blade method can be attributed to The Traceless Warrior. His blog can be found here: http://tracelesswarrior.blogspot.com/ His writings on Piper and African knife may be found here:
- Friday, December 03, 2004
African Lessons, part one - TEACHING
http://tracelesswarrior.blogspot.com/2004/12/african-lessons-part-one.html - Saturday, December 04, 2004
The legacy of Umslopogas - More African Lessons
http://tracelesswarrior.blogspot.com/2004/12/legacy-of-umslopogas.html - Thursday, October 27, 2005
South African Knife Fighting
http://tracelesswarrior.blogspot.com/2005/10/south-african-knife-fighting.html - Friday, October 27, 2006
The African Knife
http://tracelesswarrior.blogspot.com/2006/10/african-knife.html - Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Life at the edge, more on the African Knife
http://tracelesswarrior.blogspot.com/2006/11/life-at-edge-more-on-african-knife.html - Thursday, November 16, 2006
Proof that one can have an intelligent, reasonable discussion about Piper
http://tracelesswarrior.blogspot.com/2006/11/proof-that-one-can-have-intelligent.html
Mushtaq is an awesome fellow, and now a generous friend. He’s a skilled Silat stylist. a blade-maker, a researcher, a traveller and writer. His friends are many and distinguished. He has much to teach if you are open to receive.
Where forums are concerned, there is a great deal of discussion that’s been going on for some time.
One recent dialogue that I was involved can be found here on the TPI forum (Total Protection Interactive) at http://www.totalprotectioninteractive.com/forum/. TPI is owned by Southnarc from ShivWorks. Lots of info to be found there.
Go to Video Center > Video Clip Discussion > Piper Blade, search on the word ‘Piper’, else use this direct link: http://www.totalprotectioninteractive.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5184
There is an interesting discussion by Bandile Dlabantu and others, including Marc MacYoung, on the Eskrima Digest forum. Click this link to go to the search page. Search on the term ?Piper System?. I found 7 fascinating articles ranging from Okapi knives, Black tribal history that many will find enlightening as it kills a few sacred bulls, information on South African township culture and more. Bandile is an intelligent, accomplished Martial Artist whom I met some years ago when he invited me to teach a seminar at his MA school in Grahamstown. Marc MacYoung is the author of several superb books and videos on criminality and personal safety, and we have drawn on the knowledge and experience he has shared with us in our own learning.
Tom Furman has added an interesting blog article about us on his blog at http://physicalstrategies.blogspot.com/2006/11/blink-and-you-will-die-in-dark.html
This blog author, who writes an excellent blog about Chinese martial arts, mysticism and other subjects is well worth a visit. We’ve nicknamed him The Druid, if only because we don’t know his name 
He has written about or mentioned us a few of times. Check here:
- Saturday, December 09, 2006
African Stick Fighting
http://jianghu.wordpress.com/2006/12/09/african-stick-fighting/ - Friday, December 22, 2006
Cultural Root and Authenticity / African martial arts
http://jianghu.wordpress.com/2006/12/22/searching-for-authenticity/ - Friday, January 19, 2007
Akusoloko kulula
http://jianghu.wordpress.com/2007/01/19/akusoloko-kulula/
He recently posted this comment on his blog, which we found unusual. Both Nigel and myself know of no such inidividual, however I’m sure Nigel will contact him to learn more.
“Given that I’ve recently discovered, and been talking about, the Piper System, it came as a surprise that another of my bagua classmates knows a Piper Guardian up in Malaysia.”
There are other great people out there, some friends of Mushtaq that are a great read and sources of learning. I will add those soon.
on 26 Jul 2007 at 16h01 1.The Druid said …
Regarding the Malaysia reference: I mentioned to Nigel in email that this was a misunderstanding. The guy I was talking to doesn’t speak English all that well, and my Mandarin is also lousy, so it turned out we were talking at cross-purposes. There is indeed no Piper Guardian in Malaysia.
Also, I wrote about you again more recently:
http://jianghu.wordpress.com/2007/07/08/a-shanghai-policeman-and-cape-town-gangsters/
Best regards from Singapore!