Nanyang Polytechnic

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Self Defence Aspects

• Nanyang Polytechnic
• Pencak Silat Club
• 2005/2006

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• Pencak Silat
• Bela Diri Self-defense Aspects
• Art of Self-defense Style
• Silat for Combat

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Pencak Silat

• Pencak Silat ('Silat') is the generic term for
  martial arts of the Indonesian/Malay archipelago.
• Traditionally, Silat formed part of the
  education of all young men.
• The great variety of the Indonesian/Malay
  archipelago, and the different cultures of each
  region gave rise to many different styles of
  Silat.

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• Silat ? Significant aspect of Indonesian and
  Malay culture
• variety of traditional and modern forms
• fast gaining popularity

• Silat employs
• Body movements
• Develops balance
• economy of movement

• Practised purely for
• Sport and fitness
• Aesthetic beauty of the art or for the chance to
  learn traditional martial arts systems.

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The "Bela Diri" (self-defence) Aspect

• Self-confidence and perseverance
• are very important
• The styles and schools of pencak silat differ
  from each other with regard to which aspects are
  emphasised.
• Pencak Silat has a wide variety of defence and
  attacking techniques. Practitioners may use
  hands, elbows, arms, legs, knees and feet in
  attacks.

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• Common techniques include kicking, hitting,
  tripping, sweeps, locks, takedowns, throws,
  strangles, and joint breaking.
• Self-defense aspect
• By mastering the Pencak Silat self-defense
  techniques we study techniques that can be used
  to protect ourselves and others

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Art of Self-defense Style

• Every region and Perguruan has their own method
  of learning and training and technique of
  movements (Jurus) to absorb the skill and
  knowledge mentally and physically.

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• Self defense, practicing mainly with
• physical movements
• Inner power
• Basic Jurus
• Additional Jurus

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Silat for Combat

• The practitioner of Silat uses his/her entire
  body as a weapon
• Often silat practitioners slap their own body in
  various places
• The head, hands, and torso jerk independently of
  each other
• Abrupt irrational movement that mislead those
  who dare to look at them
• Some Pendekars have hypnotic powers capable of
  manipulating the mind
• No wasted movement in this beautiful art

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• Mixture of various styles stomping, leaping,
  sweeps, kunci joint locks, and seated kicking
  techniques
• Use of empty hands and or bladed weapons like the
  kris dagger and pisau
• The art is highly focused on the "fruit" of
  pencak silat. The buah is at the core of Pencak
  Silat fighting and emphasizes "bela diri" the
  application of self defense.

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• To fight several attackers at once by using the
  same components offered in training. The silat
  practitioner always considers multiple attackers.
  
• For self defense Pencak Silat is accommodating,
  and the responsibility of the guru is that this
  art only be taught to students of sound character
  and seemingly good judgement.

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