Silat Seni Gayong - Midlands and North West - UK

Meor Abdul Rahman, son of Uda Mohd Hashim was the originator and founder of Silat Seni Gayong. He was born on August 17, 1915 in Taiping, Perak (Perak is one of the fourteen states in Malaysia). His mother was Syarifah Aluyah, daughter of Syed Zainal Al-Attas. He had a brother named Meor Aziz and a sister named Siti Syarifah.  Before  Meor  Abdul  Rahman  was  born,  his  mother  had  a  dream that the child she was carrying would someday become a leader and warrior. Legend has it that Meor Abdul Rahman was born with an unformed twin, a little creature that looked like a worm. This worm like creature was kept in a coconut shell for a while and then released into a river in Perak called Teluk Kertang. According to his mother, this was a sign that one day he would become a respected and well-known warrior.

 In his early years, Meor Abdul Rahman received his education from Malay school in the village of Pokok Asam in Taiping and in his adolescent years he attended King Edwards VII school, later joining a technical school until 1936.

Meor Abdul Rahman began learning silat when he was 12 years old from his grandfather on his mother's side. Syed Zainal Abidin Al-Attas, who inherited gayong from Daeng Ambok Solok a Bugis warrior residing in Jambi, Sumatera. When Meor Abdul Rahman was small, he heard many stories from his grandparents about legendary Malay warrior. He spent four solid years learning the selok belok (details) from his grandfather. Then his grandfather told him that he would finish his training some day in the southern border of Thailand with a mysterious being. After completing, he spent most of his time visiting his brother-in-law who worked as a police officer in the area. There, he took the opportunity to expand his silat knowledge by learning from different silat gurus. Many silat master challenged Meor Abdul Rahman, but none were equivalent to him.

Meor Abdul Rahman regularly went hunting for birds and wild roosters. One day he and his friends were hunting and he wandered into the tropical forest near the southern Thailand Border. He met an old man named Pak Choh who took him in as his adopted son. Knowing that Meor Abdul Rahman had a background as a warrior, he introduced him to Lim Choon. Lim arranged many competitions for Meor Abdul Rahman with several Muay Thai fighters. Because of Meor Abdul Rahman excellent performance, he won many fight and was granted the title pendekar (warrior).

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