Saturday, June 19, 2010

Cimande Pencak Silat Combat Situation

Situation I. Your enemy has aimed his left fist, in a thrust punch, at your face.
Action: You dodge his attack by stepping forward circularly to your right, around his attacking arm, to face him at about a 45ยบ angle, placing both hands, held as knife edges, against the outside of his thrusting arm so as to block it above the elbow (# 1). Step forward on your left leg placing your foot in front of him; at the same time, using both arms, press his attacking arm in toward his center line and a bit downward. Now disengage your right hand, meanwhile continuing your blocking action with your left hand, which acts as a cover (# 2). With your free arm deliver a knife hand blow to the back of his head or the nape of his neck (# 3).
Situation 2. You are in a right stance, your enemy in a left; you face each other; he attacks by punching and kicking consecutively with his right arm and leg.
Action A: Since the punch precedes the kick, you must parry that first, using the palm of your right hand to turn his arm in toward his center line; keeping your groin covered with your left hand, move your right foot a bit to the right (# 1). As his roundhouse kick arrives, step inside of it on your left leg; disengage your right hand from his arm and scoop up the attacking right leg from the inside, just above the ankle; you must hold your palm upward as you lift his leg upward; step forward onto your left leg to reinforce your lifting action (# 2). Now using your left leg as a platform, move forward and deliver a hard straight snap kick with your trailing right leg directly into his groin.
Action B: If your right-handed parrying action against his attacking right arm prevents the enemy from continuing a kicking attack, reinforce your parry by stepping forward on your left foot in the direction of the parry, grasp his right wrist firmly, and pull him forward (# 2). His reaction will be to try to straighten up and to pull back, away from your right hand grip. This you permit him to do, at the same time putting your left foot behind his right leg (# 3) and accelerating his backward movement by the combined force of your left arm thrusting against his upper body or face; release your right-hand grip as you do this (# 4).

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