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Steve Tarani
Karambit
Authority
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Steve
Tarani is an internationally
respected edged weapons and
personal safety expert. He
is a full-time defensive
tactics instructor and
provides high-profile
operational development
training for various
agencies world-wide. He is
additionally the premier
recognized authority and
expert on the Karambit. He
has written several books on
edged weapons and personal
safety, has had countless
magazine articles published
and has produced numerous
videos on the karambit. To
purchase any of these
products
click
here.
Over the years Tarani's job
responsibilities demanded of
him to perform many
demonstrations using the
Karambit in front of
hundreds of wide-eyed
audiences. These
demonstrations of the
capabilities of the
Karambit, both fascinated
and intrigued his audiences,
students and colleagues who
all soon asked for more
information and also where
they could get one! |
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Because of this
tremendous volume of
inquiries, Steve was
offered the opportunity
by Unique Publications
Inc. to write the first
book ever published in
the West about the
Karambit and also to
create the very first
training videos.
Subsequently, other
companies recognized
this tremendous interest
in the modern Karambit
and now provide support
for the ever-increasing
demand for more
information about the
Karambit as well as
Karambit products
including the
development of this
web-site! To send your
comments about this site
and give the developers
of this site an idea for
what you think about it
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Thus, as a certified
professional instructor,
Steve Tarani - a
longtime disciple of
various Indonesian/
Malaysian Masters of the
Karambit, (who also
studied in Indonesia)
brought the training
methodologies and
concepts of this amazing
ancient utility and
personal safety tool out
from behind the curtains
of esoteric martial
training to his many
non-martial-artist
students who demanded to
know much more. Thus
combining the ancient
ways of the East with
the urban demands of the
West he designed both
the actual modern
Karambit utility tool
(custom and production
now used by most
manufacturers) and
synthesized the ancient
teachings of his masters
with the demands of our
mechanized society to
create the body of
training knowledge of
what became known as the
Modern Karambit Method. |
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Highly sought-after due
to his immense training
background and respect
in the training
industry, recognized
Karambit authority Steve
Tarani continues to
lecture, deliver
training seminars, teach
workshops, produce
training videos and
write additional
magazine articles and
books on the Karambit
and its usage. Although
highly sought after and
scheduled for teaching
engagements across the
globe, his is still
available for seminars
and workshops. To find
out more about hosting
Steve Tarani
click here.
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TARANI BACKGROUND INFO
A student of edged
weapons since 1979 Steve
Tarani trained
extensively throughout
the 1980's in the
Filipino weapons arts
under the likes of Guro
Ted Lucalucay and
Grandmaster Giron
resulting in his
achievement of graduate
instructor status in
1989 directly under
Grandmaster Leovigildo
Miguel Giron. Further
research, training and
investigation into
various Japanese,
Chinese, Burmese, Korean
and other edged weapons
systems led him to the
masters of the Karambit
hailing from the
Indonesian Archipelago.
About this same time
Steve began formal
training in the
Malaysian and Indonesian
weapon systems with his
first Malaysian
instructor Cibku
Sulaimen Sharif. |
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While a dedicated
Maphilindo Silat (and
Filipino Eskrima)
student training
directly under Guru Dan
Inosanto in Los Angeles
California, Steve was
introduced to Guru Besar
Herman Suwanda by Guro
Inosanto and became a
devoted disciple. Tarani
trained with his new
teacher throughout the
1990's up to and until
the passing of his
master in March of 2002.
Although trained
predominantly in the US,
Steve was often
encouraged by personal
invitation, to train
with Guru Besar Suwanda,
his family and his
teachers in Indonesia.
Captivated by the
traditional training
methods and total
immersion into the
Indonesian culture,
Steve trained in
Indonesia directly under
the likes of Pencak
Silat masters such as
Pak Akyat, Pak Odid,
Bapak Suherman, and
others and became
intimately familiar with
the styles and teachings
of the ancients.
Receiving his
instructorship in
Lembang Jawa Barat (West
Java, Indonesia) in July
of 1996, he continued
his studies directly
under his masters to
achieve the rank of
Jagabaya - innermost
guard of the Pendekar,
specializing in the
Karambit. |
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Today, as an
internationally
respected educator,
specializing in edged
weapons systems from
around the globe, Steve
Tarani is a full-time
law enforcement trainer
and use-of-force
management consultant to
numerous government
agencies in North
America and Europe |
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