PENTJACK SILAT

 

The Indonesian Fighting Art

 

By

Howard Alexander

Quintin Chambers

Donn F. Draeger

 

1970

 

PERISAI DIRI PENTJAK-SILAT

Situation I. You and your enemy have squared off, both in right stances, and you have managed to get your right foot behind his as preparation for an old tactic well known to  most combatants (# 1).

 R6erence : Training Exercise 7 (page 74).

 Action: By driving forward with all your weight, you hope to press down your enemy's trapped right leg (# 2). At the same time, you lunge and twist your body a bit to the left; the combination may succeed in making him lose his balance(# 3). But whether he falls or not, you complete the attack by delivering a reverse sickle heel kick, aiming at his head if he has fallen (not shown) or at his groin if he has managed to regain his balance (# 4).

 

 Situation 2. Your enemy has delivered a strong right side thrust kick at your midsection (# 1).

 Action A: Dodge the focus of his kick by stepping back to your left rear corner onto your left foot; position yourself on the outside ofhis leg, twisting your body slightly to meet the attack. Simultaneously slide your right arm, the hand held open, under the attacking leg, just below the knee, making hard impact contact with the inner edge of your forearm and lifting the leg upward so as to keep the enemy pinned on his platform left leg and unable to withdraw his attacking leg (# 2). Take a deep step toward the enemy, raising his right leg even higher with your right arm as you meanwhile slide your left arm over the uppermost part ofhis right thigh, pressing downward at the hip; place your left leg across and in front of the enemy's platform leg so as to block any movement he might try to make with it (# 3). Heave him to the ground by the combined power of your upward lift and downward press and wheeling action; he will revolve around and over your extended left leg (not shown).