Pencak Silat

[disco2005]

Yo, has anyone practice this martial art "Pencak Silat" im going to start classes on friday whilst doing muay thai on wednesdays. Is it an effect form for real life situations ? I heard that the SAS are currently using it and so did wesley snipes for blade?

[NorBerg]

No, but now i want pancakes....

[ajzoot]

Is it filipino?

[disco2005]

Pencak Silat is the name given to the indigenous martial arts of Indonesia. There are hundreds of styles from the groundfighting Harimau system of Sumatra to the Hindu styles of Bali. Sera or Serak, named after its founder, is from the Western part of the island of Java. It is a comprehensive system emphasizing infighting, sophisticated footwork and deception. It has much in common with other West Javanese silat systems such as Cimande.

yea kinda makes me wanna have some pancakes to !

[disco2005]

the martial art has been showing in these films -

Films:
Puteri Gunung Ledang (2004) - pencak silat
The Legend of Suriyothai (2003) - krabi krabong
The Bourne Supremacy (2004) - kali
Chronicles of Riddick (2004) - kali
Matrix: Reloaded (2003) - kali
The Hunted (2003) - kali
Ong Bak (2003) - krabi krabong
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2002) - krabi krabong
Blade II (2002) - kali
The Bourne Identity (2002) - kali
Scorpion King (2002) - kali
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) - kali
Bang Rajan (2000) - krabi krabong
Under Seige (1992) - kali
Exposure (1991) - kali
Out for Justice (1991) - kali
Rambo III (1988) - kali
Game of Death (1978) - kali
Enter the Dragon (1973) - kali

[CapitalO]

More commonly called; "Pentak Silat"

[disco2005]

Originally Posted by CapitalO

More commonly called; "Pentak Silat"

have you ever practiced or seen it used what you say its an effective form worth doing??

[Slump]

Originally Posted by disco2005

the martial art has been showing in these films -

Films:
Puteri Gunung Ledang (2004) - pencak silat
The Legend of Suriyothai (2003) - krabi krabong
The Bourne Supremacy (2004) - kali
Chronicles of Riddick (2004) - kali
Matrix: Reloaded (2003) - kali
The Hunted (2003) - kali
Ong Bak (2003) - krabi krabong
Brotherhood of the Wolf (2002) - krabi krabong
Blade II (2002) - kali
The Bourne Identity (2002) - kali
Scorpion King (2002) - kali
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) - kali
Bang Rajan (2000) - krabi krabong
Under Seige (1992) - kali
Exposure (1991) - kali
Out for Justice (1991) - kali
Rambo III (1988) - kali
Game of Death (1978) - kali
Enter the Dragon (1973) - kali

Uhm, Kali is a filipino martial art, and not a part of the indonesian style pencak silat.

[KYUSHO00]

I have trained in Kali and its pretty cool, can be nasty if you really get into it. Pencak is different, but also very deadly. The main difference b/w the two that I noticed is that Kali is more straight forward basic movements, Pencak takes a while to learn the fluidity(sp) of the movements, also Pencak you need to be more flexible to accomplish certain moves.

This is what I got from It, some people may disagree.

[disco2005]

Originally Posted by KYUSHO00

I have trained in Kali and its pretty cool, can be nasty if you really get into it. Pencak is different, but also very deadly. The main difference b/w the two that I noticed is that Kali is more straight forward basic movements, Pencak takes a while to learn the fluidity(sp) of the movements, also Pencak you need to be more flexible to accomplish certain moves.

This is what I got from It, some people may disagree.

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[tennisnut]

i do a little silat and such in my school, i really can't tell you what systems exactly, as it is a inosanto school, so they just do lots of stuff together. my instructor tells me less than 10 % of the material is really "martial", the rest is "art". in fact he tells me, in ten years of sparring he was only able to apply a puter kepala once.

if you want maximum effectiveness look somewhere else

[Jem777]

Silat is more of an art form then straight out agressive fighting like jiu jitsu or boxing.

[tennisnut]

silat can teach you a good mind set though, like hitting the balls and the eyes and things like that, but like i said lot of it is flowery artistic stuff

[Nights]

kali is stick fighting isn't it?

[RICH8472]

Originally Posted by Nights

kali is stick fighting isn't it?

I was going to say that. Dan inosanto was famous for his skills in Kali.

[tennisnut]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_(martial_arts)

[tennisnut]

Originally Posted by RICH8472

I was going to say that. Dan inosanto was famous for his skills in Kali.

dan IS still famous for his skills, which reach far beyond sticks alone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Inosanto

[robbyrob]

Pencak Silat is a very combative art and as stated earlier has alot of flowery moves that tend to turn people off that are looking for combative upfront systems.

Silat has a spirtual/mental side,as well as a cultural dance side, in addition to the self defense aspects.

Many see the dance like aspects and off the wall moves and tend to look else where for there training.
Is it good for self defense...most martial arts are...if you study them and do not
just take a look.

It will take sometime time to flow with the techniques as I have been training for over 3 1/2 years and just have begun to feel comfortable.

Combative yes...but has more to offer then only this.

I studied karate and JKD...when I got bored...I found silat and have been happy ever since.

I think Muay Thai may help you get in fighting shape faster and learn a few self defenses..but after while you may feel it is basic in nature..atleast I do.

Or, it may be all you will ever need or wanted.

My advice is to try an art out..and really try it..by this I mean atleast 6 months in any given art.
I have found the 6 month period to be that of what will tell if the art has what you want to stick around.