Bukit Barisan Swordsman
Natural Breathing

A bright morning in the hills, the Mentari seemed to shine with his warmth shining on every creature in the universe, the Bayu gently move leaves, grasses and trees. Birds chirping birds, flying to Sani here as if playing while humming. The residents also wake up from their deep sleep and are ready to carry out daily activities.

Likewise with an old grandfather who lives on a hill called Bukit Air, precisely in the village of Rambang located at the foot of Bukit Air. The old grandfather was Empu Gading, a Blacksmith and Master of a young man named Jaya.

Waking up from his sleep Empu Gading did not find Jaya in a simple hut, he had searched every corner of the room but did not find the student. Empu Gading then walked out of his hut in the direction of the pendopo where he talked with Jaya last night, because before he went to bed last night, he was still sleeping, He still had time to notice his student was practicing in the pendopo.

Arriving at the pendopo, Empu Gading was surprised, because he found his student asleep in a position sitting cross-legged on a pendopo. For a moment Empu Gading smiled as he shook his head, He was aware of the conditions his students experienced, It can happen because Jaya was exhausted while training all night.

" This child is very intelligent and persistent in training, even his achievements today are very far from my achievements when young. Even though I used to be called the brightest student in the college where I studied. I'm grateful that my student is a person, so he can't compare himself to anyone else." Guman Empu Gading saw the development achieved by Jaya, but he did not want to tell Jaya for fear that the young man became big head.

"Jay...

Ja...

Jay..." Empu Gading woke Jaya who was asleep in a sitting position cross-legged.

" Yes cake.." Jaya gasped from her sleep because of the sound of Empu Gading waking her up.

" Sorry cake... I fell asleep" said Jay who had just woken up from his sleep. There is guilt on the look on his face because he found himself waking up late was awakened by his teacher.

Empu Gading sat in the pendopo in front of Jaya who still rubbed her face. "Where's your practice?" Ask Empu Gading to Jaya, He does not question the student woke up bad luck.

" I don't know the cake... I don't know if my practice last night worked or not." Jaya replied lethargicly as she was unsure of the results of her training.

" Grandfather forgot to say, That the Nature Breathing Technique performed with high concentration will lead us into meditation." Empu Gading added to his explanation last night.

" Meditation... What is a cake?" Tanya Jaya to Empu Gading.

" Meditation is a state in which a person is at the peak of concentration without doing any movement, not eating, not drinking and not sleeping. If one of them is violated, the meditation is considered a failure. Such circumstances are common to someone who is meditating." Empu Gading explained further.

" Semedi or some people also call it Tapa is an activity or ritual that someone does by being alone or isolated somewhere with a certain purpose." Obviously Empu Gading is back. Jaya also seemed to nod to understand the explanation of her teacher.

" It's.. Now we have breakfast first, After that we go to the river to try the results of your training last night, Grandpa has cooked boiled cassava, Take it in the kitchen, We have breakfast here." Empu Gading orders, take it in the kitchen, Jaya immediately got up from her seat and went into the hut. Shortly afterwards Jaya returned with a plate of boiled cassava that is still warm and two cups of tea mixed with honey, The two teachers and students also ate breakfast greedily while chatting lightly.

After finishing breakfast Empu Gading and Jaya went to the river where they used to take water, bathe and wash. Once in the river they take a bath to clean the body to make it fresher. The completion of the Empu Gading bath brought Jaya to a place still in the stream approaching the waterfall, It looks like a large flat stone in the middle of the river.

Empu Gading walked on the water towards the stone, Strangely when setting his feet on the Ivory Empu did not drown, Even with his leisure he walked like walking on the ground. Sontak Jaya was surprised to see the incident. " Come here "command Empu Gading who has stood on a large rock in the middle of the river.

Jaya tried like what her teacher did, but only the first step she had been thrown into the river. Empu Gading just smiled seeing that. Jaya swam to the riverbank, again he tried it but again failed, repeatedly he tried but the results still failed. "You can swim here" said Empu Gading to Jaya, With disappointment in yourself Jaya was forced to swim to the middle of the river to the rock.

"Sit on this rock, Practice the Natural Breathing Techniques that my grandfather taught here. And remember that as long as you practice the Natural Respiratory Techniques you should not eat, drink or fall asleep. You'd rather stop the exercise than fall asleep because you're pushing yourself." Empu Gading's orders were clear and unequivocal to Jaya.

Then jaya sat cross-legged in the middle of the big rock to train the Natural Breathing Technique that he had tried last night.

" Grandfather will go to the Duchy of Bromo on the Hill of the Land, Because there is an order from the Duke. Maybe one to two weeks back. Grandpa hope that as long as Grandpa goes you can take care of yourself." Empu Gading advised because he wanted to leave for some time.

" Good cake" replied Jaya briefly.

" If you can please buy me a cake string, I want to make a bow for myself." pinta Jaya to her teacher who will go to the city of the Duchy.

" alright.. Later grandfather buy a good one, grandfather go first, take care of yourself well." said Empu Gading while walking to leave Jaya in the middle of the river alone.

" Heart in the way of the cake" The jaya message answered with a nod from Empu Gading without turning his head.

After the departure of Empu Gading, Jaya again trained the Natural Breathing Technique on a large flat stone right in the middle of the river. This time the cold from the river flow close to the waterfall and surrounded by dense forest in addition to the clothes in Jaya soaked is very potential to cause drowsiness on him, he said, And it can be a tough opponent for his training this time, because during training the Natural Jaya Breathing Technique should not fall asleep.