Mustika Kwitang Pencak Silat | Method C

Another Mustika Kwitang technique to combat attack by an enemy armed with a knife is illustrated here in the sequence shown in # 1 to # 10. In # 1, it is evident that the assailant has positioned his knife for an overhead downward thrusting attack and is crouched ready to spring. When he makes the attack, the defender moves forward to meet him and arrest the attacking arm while it is still in an upright position (# 2). It will be noted that the defender's left hand, held open, as it contacts the assailant's arm just above the elbow, presses up and in toward the assailant's head, while the palm of the right hand, also held open, is pressed against the underside of the attacker's forearm, near the wrist. # 3 shows the process by means of which the defender gets control of the attacking arm. First he changes the grip of his left hand so that it cups the assailant's elbow, and then he stretches his right hand further around the top of the assailant's forearm. Once these grips have been accomplished, the defender steps forward on his right leg and moves through to a position behind the assailant; simultaneously, he swings the enemy's captured right arm downward and up around to carry it in front of his forward movement. The defender now brings the assailant's arm to a new high position (# 4) and then ducks under it by pivoting on his right foot, the position of which he has just changed, and bringing his left foot in a short arc behind him; as he comes around to the back (and somewhat to the right) of the assailant, the defender pulls the captured arm down (# 5). He must now immediately work the arm up the assailant's back in a hammerlock (# 6 and # 7). Releasing his left-hand grip, the defender pushes hard against his a5sailant1s hack, sending him sprawling to the ground; he must, during this portion of the action, keep up the hammerlock pressure (# 8 and # 9). The defender completes the action with a right forearm strike to the head or neck of his enemy (# 10).