Techniques Against Armed Attacks

In studying orthodox pencak-silat, the trainee must sooner or later take into serious consideration how to cope with an armed assailant. He must, whether under conditions of
training or in actual combat, learn the capabilities and limitations of an armed enemy. This he must do both when he is unarmed and when he is armed. (The latter, it must be noted, is beyond the scope of this blog.)

The stress on combative reality cannot be overemphasized when the trainee is practicing the methods and exercises of pencak-silat. He must do nothing in his training routine that he would not do in fighting an enemy who is trying to kill him. By concentrating on this in training he
will be able to adapt the methods he has learnt with complete facility when a real combat situation occurs.

How well or rather how safely the trainee effects the out come in dealing with an armed enemy is entirely dependent upon his understanding and abilities in meeting an unarmed enemy. If he can do that well, the transition to coping with the armed enemy is only a matter of application. The
reader may gain a clearer understanding of this transition through the following illustrations of Cingrik pencak-silat.

1. Cingrik Pencak Silat Method A
2. Cingrik Pencak Silat Method B
   
3. Pamur Pencak Silat Method A
4. Pamur Pencak Silat Method B
   
5. Mustika Kwitang Pencak Silat Method A
6. Mustika Kwitang Pencak Silat Method B
   
7. Mustika Kwitang Pencak Silat Method C