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Philip H. J. Davies, Ph.D., received his degree in sociology from the University of Reading in England, and a postgraduate certificate from Brunel University in London. He is the cofounder and director of the Brunel Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies at Brunel University. Dr. Davies began studying Kuntao Matjan under Richard Kudding in 1981 and continues to train. Kuntao Matjan, from Central Java, combines Indonesian pencak silat with a form of Southern Chinese tiger-style gongfu. It was brought to the West by the late Dutch Indonesian master Carel Faulhaber and is currently headed by his closest student, Richard Kudding. The UK representative is Dr. Davies. The art is recognized with the International Pencak Silat Federation in Jakarta. Kirstin Pauka, Ph.D., received her degree from Justus Liebig Universitat in Germany and is now a professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. She has served as an associate editor for the Journal of Asian Martial Arts, and authored four articles dealing with Indonesian martial arts. Other works include Theater and Martial Arts in West Sumatra: Randai and Silek of the Minangkabau (Ohio University Press, 1999) and on CD-ROM, Randai: Fold Theater, Dance, and Martial Arts of West Sumatra (University of Michigan Press, 2002). Dr. Pauka practices Japanese taiko drumming and trains in aikido, taekwondo, and silek. Mark V. Wiley, B.a. received his bachelor of arts degree in sociology from Drexel University. He began martial arts training in 1979 and has focused on Cabales Serrada Escrima under Grandmaster Angel Cabales. As an author, Wiley’s works include Filipino Martial Arts: Cabales Serrada Escrima (Tuttle 1994) and Filipino Fighting Arts: Theory and Practice (Unique 2000). He has worked in the publishing field, including Tuttle Publishing and CFW Enterprises, and now is self-employed with Tambuli Media. James Wilson, J.D., Dip. Ac./Lic. Ac., has a dual juris doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center (juris doctor and master of science in foreign service) and is a licensed graduate of the New England School of Acupuncture. Fluent in Bahasa Indonesia, he went to Indonesia to study a pencak silat style called Bima Sakti under Guru Besar Pak F. L. Siswanto in Central Java.