Pencak Silat Training Exercise 10

This simple Perisai Diri method is used as basic training to develop a coordinated shoulder blocking shock effect and groin attack.

METHOD. Stand quartering into your training partner, using a right combative posture; your right arm hangs downward, protecting your groin as your left arm is held raised, bent at the elbow, hand open, palm facing your partner at the level of your right breast (# 1 ) . Step directly between your partner's legs with your right foot and lunge your body into him so that your shoulder contacts his chest bone or solar plexus (# 2). Drive hard enough to knock him backwards, off-balance (# 3). As he topples, extend your right arm, hand held as a fist; simulate striking him in the groin with a back or bottom fist (# 4) ; be prepared to deliver successive blows to his groin and even be ready to butt him in the face with your head if he doubles forward.