Cingrik Pencak Silat

Inasmuch as the wild monkey of west Java has inspired this particular style of fighting, it seeks to imitate that animal in combat and is essentially, therefore, an arm and hand system. To this it adds certain unique combative postures. As might be expected, the system is highly acrobatic and seeks to baffle the enemy by surprise attack and speed of movement. The Cingrik exponent is able to leap full-length at an upright enemy from a position of sitting on the ground. His two chief targets are the throat and groin, and he will claw at these viciously, attempt to tear them apart with his open hands, and even bite them.