Location: Houston, Texas
Style: Pencak Silat Panglipur
Kang Kai has been practicing the art of Pencak Silat Panglipur under Kang Cecep Rahman since 2012. He is the only recognized Pencak Silat Panglipur Galih representative/instructor directly under Kang Cecep in the United States. He has spent months in Garut, Indonesia at Kang Cecep’s home. It was there at the Padepokan Kasundan where he refined his skills, mindset and body. Kai’s interests are in the traditional methods and modern integration of martial arts, meditation, and movement.
Kai makes regular trips to S.E. Asia to further immerse himself in the culture, philosophy and healing arts to update his combat science. The Panglipur USA team performs demos at cultural events and conducts martial art seminars. He has coached Pencak Silat students who have won medals at local and national open martial arts tournaments. Kai also holds several instructor ranks which include Guro in a Kalis Ilustrisimo based Filipino weapons system, Sifu in a Chinese based TIMA system (Tri-Internal Martial Arts), Ashtanga based Yoga teacher training. In addition, he has done over 1,000 of hours in different healing modalities based off TCM, Ayurveda and modern myo-fascial release therapy.
Kai teaches Silat, Yoga and Tai Chi as an adjunct professor at Rice University. His instructor experience includes teaching at MD Anderson Cancer Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine and other institutes sharing the health benefits of these arts with cancer patients, caregivers, doctors and staff. He has participated as head instructor for several clinical trials with mind-body systems, showing the efficacy of these modalities in our modern world to help with the impact and recovery of stress, illness and disease.
