Mustika Kwitang Pencak Silat | Method B

The second method of defense, illustrated in # 1 to # 5, is even more dynamic. Once again, the assailant armed with a knife in his right hand confronts an unarmed defender. In # 2, the upraised left arm of the assailant is met by the defender's right arm, since there is always the possibility that the knife has been switched; but in #3 the assailant makes his lunge, with the knife in his right hand, toward the belly of the defender. The latter evades the attack by shifting his body to the left, and simultaneously renders the attacking arm helpless by an open-hand interception along the top-inside of the assailant's forearm and by downward and inward pressure of his hand, forcing the arm between his thigh and abdomen (# 4). The defender does not let the fact that his right arm is still raised go to waste; using his wrist-forearm area as the contact point, he brings that arm down hard, in a striking action, against the cervical region of the assailant's spine. The result is that the armed enemy is knocked unconscious (# 5).