Tongkat Tribuana, Tapa Sudana

updated: 26 march 2018. 21h41

Tribuana Bastone,
at
La Luna nell Pozzo

workshop Tribuana, Marga Pura

organize by Teatro Invisibile de Padova:

18-21 Aprile 2014, presso Casa S.Stefano di Melara, Italia

Tongkat Tribuana, Granara Workshop Italia, 2010.

Tongkat Tribuana = Kondari Tribuana (greek word) = Bâton Tribuana,= Stick Tribuana = Bastone, ....

Salutation Tongkat Tribuana:

What are the "work" in Tongkat Tribuana (Kondari Tribuana?)
Tongkat = Stick (Wood).
Tongkat size: length from feet to third eye (eye brows),
weight: around 1150 gr = 1,15 Kg.
So Tongkat is a personal size, personal character. Tongkat is a "sleeping master", so the Tongkater must awaken its secret, by practicing regularly.

1. Meditation in a sense: stand still erectly vertical, feeling your back bones strait, as a clean  direct link between sky and earth, light and matter, GOD CREATOR and all its creation.
2. be open, humble, simple & essential in attitude to be able to follow an itinerary / "parcour", a path-way of the stick's flow, as it articulate you, as you articulate/move it. This attitude is a basic condition for "actor-servant" of Tribuana opinion, can be use as guide how to work with mask, with words, with emotion, with character that plays you (you play it ...).
3. Exercise for suppleness of muscle, body, mind to be always resistance, re-exist in any situation.
4. Work in group, group work. Stick as an object that link you, together to make a mandala, how to keep the form of mandala designed by all stick together. To keep mandala's image, by all participants/actors making movement, dance, sing in improvisation. be in joy, to enjoy.
5. work in making rhythm together or alone, rhythm beat per minute (bpm), as a circular form of stick movement that create cyclic count, rhythm to enjoy. 

Basic form of stick/tongkat mandala:

1. With 3 stick, 3 peoples makes triangle, 
2. Group of 4, make square, 
3. 5 peoples, makes pentagon
4. 6 peoples can be considered as 2 group of 3, or 3 group of 2.
5. etc.

Tongkat, stick, is an exercise I create for health, meditation, group work. I was started when I did my daily tai chi in Park Buttes-Chaumont, Paris 19eme, Metro Laumière, I was lived at rue Cavendish, nearby. In Doing my invented exercise, some one ask me, if I would teach him, and asking : "What is the name of this "art" ?". I simply said : The stick, Le Bâton, later I put a name: Tongkat.
He ask me also, who is the master?  What is his/her name? I simply point out the stick.
it was in 1987 ..... if my memory still good.
Yes, "stick" (Tongkat, Kondari, bâton) is the master. Answering so by reflex, I realized that i am just a servant, the one that serve the will of the master: "THE STICK, TONGKAT, O KONDARI, BATON, ....".

Based on this attitude, a sticker /a Tongkater/ o Kondari, must follow "something invisible" that produced by Tongkat. What movement stick does? Movement that determine by your imagination. For instance, the 2 points of a stick makes circle vertically.  To maintain this circular movement of a stick, actor behave as a holder, as articulator, being articulated by the stick. This state of being, active & passive and attentively & continuously serving, maintain the continuity of movement of the stick, actor/manipulator must be as flexible as possible. A rigid strait direct stick will tell you to behave flexibly. This is the art of survival, always ready to serve the "will" of the stick, that is circular movement regularly.
Then, start a work, a long ....long journey of smiling exploration, a life time enjoyment. We try the best we can, joyfully, in music / singing within action.

In 2003 I start opening a space of sharing, in Montreuil, after few weeks theatrical workshop I conducted for Actors/actreeses in Paris. Some participants ask me to continue the workshop, Tribuana workshop, so I offer free sharing in little park in Montreuil,  CHAMPA TRIBUANA,

there are some video in youtube. Klick here

Here below are images for references/guiding your daily exercise in Tongkat.
Enjoy to follow attentively the "will of the stick when it swing"

image of 2003, at a little park 146 rue de Paris, Montreuil ... now there you find Modern Art Building of Mairie de Montreuil.

Tongkat is lesson number 8 , among 28 Tribuana lesson, in school Tribuana of life....

Le Tongkat, c'est un exercice (une art, modestement nommé ainsi) pour travail en soi, sur flexibilité, sur supplesse, sur santé, sur bien être car dedans il y a le travail d'échauffement, un peu de "méditation" avec le bâton, immobile, il y a aussi un travail de mouvement enchainé à la base de mouvement court.
La naissance de cette art, c'est au tour de 1987, lorsque je pratiqué souvent seul le bâton, après la séance de tai chi au parc des Buttes-Chaumont à Paris avec Monsieur Toi ... (un maitre chinois).
J'ai donc eu visite et question d'une personne me demandant:"qu'est ce que c'est que vous pratiquer? Comment s'appelle-t-il?" 
j'ai dit:" c'est du bâton, l'art du bâton"
"comment s'appel le maitre? "
j'ai dit:"bâton, c'est lui le maitre, le bâton."
En disant ainsi, j'ai réalisé que je suis le serviteur, qui servir la volonté du bâton.
Donc, pour un/e "Tongkateur/Tongkatrice", la parole guidante c'est: "je suis celui qui suis"
A partir que vous prenez cette phrase sacrée qui guide, vous n'avez qu'à suivre......, le voyage de bonheur se passera naturellement.
Cet repère, quelqu'un qui disponible de suivre, est une bonne voie pour un acteur tribuana de théâtre; celui qui suit "quelque chose" (une histoire, une caractère) ... l'art de  servir, de survie.
Le travail de Tongkat, pour aussi effet de rendre plus souple et résistante le poignée ... effet souple digestion
La longueur du bâton c'est du pied/sol - sourcil /3ème oeil, en bois, diamètre 35 mm.
Et, ce voyage m'a offrir beaucoup de découvert des voies intéressante, .... travail d'étirement, échauffement, méditation début en Tongkat, travail de groupe, travail de rythme, des kata long mouvement, enchainement plusieurs mouvements courts; 

L'art du Tongkat, je ne développe pas dans la voie martial pour combat.  Il y a plusieurs vidéos dans you tube, en cherchant avec mot: Tongkat tribuana. Bonne découverte, ....pour gouter, peut être au RDV dans le parc au beau temps de printemps.... ici, klick Vidéo. 
un autre
Vidéo à cliquer, ici.

To start the work, the exercise, we honor the master, by doing exercise no 1. I called it:

Master Tongkat Interrogation,

 Meditation,
see moment of 17:10 in the video
pour méditation-interrogation du maitre en bâton voir moment 17:10 du vidéo de 19:52.

In this exercise, the bottom of stick is hold between 2 hands, 
maintain the stick vertical with out help of fingers of both hand,
breath deeply, 
open both hand so the stick will slide down vertically,
catch the right moment that when the stick just almost/before touching the ground,
as close as possible (one millimeter for ex.)
stick should not touch the ground.
notice your comment (exclamation) in mind, when you success or fail
releasing the stick 3 times.
This exercise will calm you down, at least will give you the mirror of your state, how cool you are, or how nervous you are.
The aim of this exercise, Tongkat pondering (meditation) is : not loosing your balance, your calm in any condition of life.
worth to read the 18 chapter of Bhagavad Gita.

To Listen Bhagavad Gita, in English, klick here 
2 hours 39:39

pour écouter Bhagavad Gita entier en Français,
cliquer ici SVP 3H07m35c 

Salutation Tongkat, exercise 2.

in this Video, tongkat exercise open with meditation-Tongkat, 

first minutes

klick for video. 

This salutation has 3 song/pray:

Kare Suzuki, 

Balinese pray, 

greek pray (Vasilef Ouranie ...)

exercise 3

 warme up 1.

In warming-up exercise, a posture in rhythmic movement, counting 1,2,3,4 ....

on 1,2,3, breath in

on 4 breath out

(for instance) 

Exercise 4

warmup 2

Exercise 5

warmup 3

turning sky & earth

Putar langit bumi

Exercise 6

Meridian

Pranayama past future

Pranayama  lalu depan

In this exercise, we follow (by eyes look) one edge of the stick for one and half circle;

then next circle, start with looking other edge/point of the stick,= it always start with look front edge.

 picture MT01-MT11

Exercise 7

cangkul ladang

split mountain

Exercise 8

pedang nunchaku

basic nunchaku exercise.

Exercise 9

sibak langit tancap bumi

sweep cloud, stab down

exercise 10

sweep cross knee

sapu, silang lutut

Ecercise 11

meniti garis waktu

steping the bridge of time

Exercise 12

catching the point, and turn/circling

menangkap ujung, dan melingkar.
In this exercise, start with catching one end, launch-up, cathc other end, ....then turning the stick by holding one end. Working on flexibility of the wrist. 

Exercise 13

between 2 wall

diantara dua dinding

in this exercise, the circle of the stick is making two plane, front and back.

In the case the itinerary of the stick fix in one plane, the tongkater/actor must move forward and backward. Constant speed ot the circulation is to maintain.

 Exercise 14

putar kiri-kanan

swing circle left-right

Exercise 15

around the shoulder

keliling bahu

exercise 16

flying monk

pendeta layang

Stick can be used to massage shoulder, fore arm, .... etc. to discover by oneself.

long mouvement? klick here Video.