| Continued from part 1 The Pentjak Silat | | | | retention and counter-firearm strategies, as |
| styles are the indigenous styles which | | | | well as more traditional weapons (knife, |
| include cultural elements. Here is where you | | | | stick, spear). One noted difference between |
| will find the wedding styles, the dance | | | | the Indo arts and the nearby Chinese arts is |
| styles, and many of the sport styles. There | | | | the tendency of the Indo arts to use already |
| are also quite a few fighting styles in here. | | | | strong structures within the body (as opposed |
| The Pentjaks tend to prefer outside over | | | | to the Chinese tradition of conditioning the |
| inside fighting positions. They tend to go | | | | body). This allowed the old, the young, the |
| from open defensive postures to closed | | | | sick, and the wounded to effectively use |
| offensive postures. They will occasionally | | | | these arts. Training: With so many arts, |
| have mystical elements. The Poukilan Silat | | | | there is a great deal of variation in |
| styles tend to be pure fighting styles | | | | training methods. Some schools teach Silat in |
| without cultural elements. They tend to be | | | | a very conceptual way. Some are similar to |
| direct and to the point. They tend towards | | | | classical Chinese or Japanese schools. Some |
| close fighting (Poukilan means "impact"). | | | | teach it around the sparring (like |
| They also tend to prefer outside positions. | | | | kickboxing). Feel sure that there is a Silat |
| The Kuntao Silat styles are conglomerates of | | | | school somewhere that matches your preferred |
| Indo and Chinese fighting methods. They tend | | | | training method. Definitions: Silat - Silat |
| more towards closed defensive postures that | | | | means something close to "fighting |
| open to attack. They also tend more toward | | | | applications". By itself it has little |
| inside positions when fighting, preferring | | | | meaning, rather it modifies the word it is |
| the availability of soft targets to the | | | | with. Pentjak - Literally "forms, postures, |
| safety of outside positions. The Silats do | | | | and movements". Without Silat, Pentjak is |
| have animal styles (Harimau (tiger) and Madi | | | | useless, and without Pentjak, there is no |
| (monkey) being two of the better known). They | | | | Silat. Poukilan - Literally "impact". |
| have few if any unarmed styles. They tend to | | | | |
| adapt rapidly. There is a tendency to throw | | | | Sigung Richard Clear has over 30 years of |
| out whatever becomes obsolete and add | | | | experience in Chinese Kun Tao and Indonesian |
| whatever becomes relevant. This is why most | | | | Silat. |
| modern Silat schools to teach firearm | | | | |