SEMINARS

This year our schedule is packed with seminars all across the United States, both in person and online. We’ll be tapping into our combined 60-plus years of experience to bring to you the best in combatives — from using a defensive knife effectively and ethically to defending against and surviving a vicious takedown on the streets.

Below are just some of the confirmed seminars in our schedule, but there’s more on the way.

We’ll update this page as often as possible, so you have more opportunities to train with us in person.

JANUARY 14, 2024

 

EVENT:

2024 Virtual Silat Symposium

 

WHAT:

This full-day online seminar will feature Grandmaster Willem “Uncle Bill” de Thouars and his top students and friends teaching the devastating close-quarter combat techniques of Indonesian martial arts.

You don’t want to miss it, because it’ll be your LAST chance to train with Uncle Bill. That’s because the 88-year-old has announced that he’s retiring from teaching seminars and public appearances after this event.

 

WHERE:

Internet (via Zoom)

 

COST:

$40

 

NOTE:

Due to the limitations of Zoom, attendance will be capped. So click the red button below to register today.

OUR PAST SEMINARS

MARCH 8-10, 2023

TOPIC:

The Pentjak Silat style of Serak

 

EVENT:

Our co-founder, Dr. Conrad Bui, will teach a private 3-day seminar about this devastating close-quarters combat system from Indonesia. This is not open to the public.

 

WHERE:

Casale Monferrato, Italy

MARCH 11, 2023

 

TOPIC:

The Silat style of Serak

 

EVENT:

Our co-founder, Dr. Conrad Bui, will teach a public event on this Indonesia martial arts, which focuses on brutal strikes, destructive takedowns, and sophisticated footwork.

 

WHERE:

Casale Monferrato, Italy

APRIL 1, 2023

 

EVENT:

VEA Martial Arts Collaborative

 

Topic:

Our co-founder, Dr. Conrad Bui, is part of a stellar lineup of martial arts masters at this smorgasbord of martial arts.

Dr. Bui’s session will focus on Kuntao Silat de Thouars. What is Kuntao Silat? Well, it’s essentially Chinese martial arts by way of Indonesia. Because of that, it combines the combat roots of Kung Fu with takedowns and footwork of Indonesian Silat.

 

Where:

VEA Martial Arts Academy
Manteca, California

MAY 13-14, 2023

 

EVENT:

Tiga Tactics Knife Defense² Seminar

 

EVENT DETAILS:

Pronounced as the “Knife Defense Squared Seminar,” this innovative event combines our two most popular programs — unarmed defense against a knife and armed defense using a knife — into one unified seminar.

You’ll learn first how to defend yourself against a blade when you have nothing but your bare hands. Then, you’ll learn how to make that transition to your own edged weapon by creating the necessary space and time to deploy your tool.

All in a safe, effective, and fun way!

 

WHERE:

The Academy of Traditional Asian Fighting Arts
Parkville, Maryland

JUNE 10, 2023

EVENT:

Tiga Tactics “Ground Battle” Webinar

 

EVENT DETAILS:

Whether you’ve been pushed or tackled, or just straight-up tripped, ending up on the ground is the LAST place you want to be in a violent confrontation.

So, would you know how to survive a street-fight if it went to the concrete? We will show you how.

This online seminar held via Zoom picks up where our sold-out “Takedown Defense & Survival” webinar left off — this 1-hour event will teach you how to fight back when you’re flat on your back.

This is NOT a traditional jiu-jitsu class or a combat sports clinic. This Zoom session will give you practical ground-fighting fundamentals for anyone who wants to not only survive but win a fight on the ground.

 

LENGTH:

60 minutes

 

WHERE:

Online — join us from anywhere in the world, as long as you have access to the Internet and a device capable of running the Zoom software/app.

JULY 15-16, 2023

 

EVENT:

Tiga Tactics Knife Defense² Seminar

 

EVENT DETAILS:

We’re bringing the “Knife Defense Squared Seminar” to the Bay Area for the first time!

You’ll learn first how to defend yourself against a blade when you have nothing but your bare hands. Then, you’ll learn how to make that transition to your own edged weapon by creating the necessary space and time to deploy your tool.

All in a safe, effective, and fun way!

 

WHERE:

World Team USA
San Francisco, California

AUGUST 12, 2023


EVENT:

Tiga Tactics “Stand and Fight” Webinar

 

EVENT DETAILS:

You’ve been thrown violently to the ground and the bad guy wants to have a “boot party” on your head (AKA stomping in your skull!). But you took our June webinar “Ground Fight” and you know how to not only defend yourself but counterattack.

The problem now is … how do you stand up without getting your teeth kicked in?

This online seminar held via Zoom is the third and final session in our “Antigrappling” series of webinars. This 1-hour event will teach you how to safely and quickly get off the ground so you can fight back.

Forget the berimbolo, the de la Riva guard, or a flying armbar. This webinar will give you street-effective and realistic concepts and techniques that can help you get to your feet to flee or finish the fight.

 

LENGTH:

60 minutes

 

WHERE:

Online — join us from anywhere in the world, as long as you have access to the Internet and a device capable of running the Zoom software/app.

SEPT. 16-17, 2023


EVENT:

Super Seminar & Fundraiser

 

EVENT DETAILS:

We’re teaming up Vision Quest Martial Arts to co-host a once-in-a-lifetime training opportunity that will also bring awareness and raise funds for a great charitable cause.

This two-day fundraising seminar gives you a hands-on smorgasbord of traditional martial arts and modern fighting systems from some of the very best.

There will be sessions on a wide array of combat arts from around the globe, including:

  • Kuntao Silat de Thouars
  • Gow Ren Lu Kempo
  • Inner Wave Pencak Silat
  • Kenpo Karate
  • Silat Serak
  • And more styles to be announced soon

You will learn the dynamically brutal techniques showcased in such films as John WickThe RaidExtraction, and The Perfect Weapon.

All proceeds will go to a charitable cause and help raise awareness of mental health among martial artists. 

Warriors are traditionally expected to be stoic and strong defenders, but we’re just as emotionally and psychologically vulnerable to life’s struggles and stressors as the rest of society.

Sometimes even the most hardened self-defense instructors need support, too.
  

WHERE:

Vision Quest Martial Arts
Lafayette, Colorado

OCT. 7-8, 2023

EVENT:

Pentjak Silat USA Annual Gathering

 

EVENT DETAILS:

As advanced senior instructor in Serak, Dr. Conrad Bui will be among America’s most elite gurus of Silat.

Dr. Bui’s session will infuse Serak with some of the many arts he teaches, including Ba Gua, Kali, Muay Thai, Jeet Kune Do, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu — a buffet of fighting systems!

 

WHERE:

The Academy of Traditional Asian Fighting Arts
Parkville, Maryland

OCT. 21-22, 2023

Event:

Street Combatives Seminar

 

 

Even Details:

This two-day, in-person event combines two of our flagship courses — “Antigrappling” and “Punch Defense” — into one fun, safe, and comprehensive program. Why merge the two together?

 

Because in a real-life violent attack, defending against a suckerpunch and suddenly ending up on the ground getting your skull stomped in can happen in less than 2 seconds.

So, knowing how to defend yourself on your back and fighting your way up to your feet is just as important as knowing how to stop a suckerpunch ambush while standing.

We’re offering not one but two complete systems in a single seminar, which is not often taught — if at all.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Spot and avoid a surprise haymaker

     

  • Stop a bad guy from smashing in your teeth

     

  • Prevent a violent thug from throwing you to the pavement

     

  • Safely breakfall so you don’t break any bones if you are taken down

     

  • Escape the dreaded “ground and pound”

     

  • Deliver knockout shots even if you’re lying flat on your back

     

  • Safely and quickly stand up without getting your teeth kicked in

     

  • Beat back your attacker using the most street-effective strikes

 

Where:

Rounders MMA Fullerton
Orange County, California

NOVEMBER 2023

Topic:

Kuntao Silat de Thoaurs

 

Event:

Our co-founder, Dr. Conrad Bui, will teach a public event on this Indonesia martial arts, which focuses on brutal strikes, destructive takedowns, and sophisticated footwork.

 

Where:

Spain

DECEMBER 9, 2023

EVENT:

Tiga Tactics “Defensive Flashlight” Webinar

 

EVENT DETAILS:

What’s the most effective less-lethal self-defense weapon?

When your life is on the line — but you don’t have a gun or a knife — you need a tool that will stop a deadly threat regardless of your size, speed, or skill level.

A tactical flashlight is the best non-lethal tool you can carry every day for self-defense.

Why? There are several benefits:

  • Its light is a long-range projectile at night, blinding bad guys at a distance
  • It’s essentially a compact metal pipe that can break bones and shatter teeth
  • It’s a practical everyday-carry (EDC) tool, used to illuminate in a variety of situations.

And the best part is that it’s legal virtually everywhere!

This one-hour webinar via Zoom will teach you the fundamentals of how to choose a flashlight, how to carry it, and how to deploy it quickly and effectively in a violent situation.

 

LENGTH:

60 minutes

 

WHERE:

Online — join us from anywhere in the world, as long as you have access to the Internet and a device capable of running the Zoom software/app.