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Is Silat effective?

Is Silat effective?

Extremely effective. It’s been used for war for centuries in Southeast Asia. Silat is a wide system of combat techniques that also involve grappling, the use of pressure and vital points in the body, as does Karate, Kung fu, and other vague wide terms for martial art systems. Extremely effective.

How many years does it take to learn Silat?

It takes a lifetime to be good in silat, and even so, some of the greatest masters when asked still admit that they’re just a beginner in the art. To speak of it realistically, if you train 30–60 minutes a day, each day, you’ll get good in the art in most probs between 1 – 4 years. There’s no telling.

Is Silat bad?

Silat is different than most martial arts, because, unlike other that focus on spirituality or self-perfection, Silat is all about one thing: violence, and that is what makes it one of the deadliest martial arts in the world.

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Is Silat good for self defense?

Yes. Pencak Silat is not only a very good system of self defence, when you get out of the sport stage, it is also one of the most deadly styles in Martial Arts. If you are looking to start training I can not recommend anything better.

Is silat better than Muay Thai?

Silat is completely martial ART. In competition I recognized so far not only focus fighting but also beautiful dancing to be a winner in Silat. On contrary once you finish dancing Muay Thai is brutally effective defense and offensive art of fighting.

Is silat useful in MMA?

Pencak silat is an MMA of its own. And it is very effective, and it is broader than modern MMA. It takes longer to learn and to reach a high level of effectiveness with it.

Can you learn silat alone?

Silat is an incredible martial art and one of my personal favorites, which is why I’ve created this effective and easy-to-follow online Solo Silat at Home course, to give you the opportunity to study in the comfort of your home or anywhere you choose, at your own time and pace, with no training partner or special …

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What is the difference between Silat and Kali?

Silat is from Indonesia, Kali is from Philippines. Kali puts more focus on knife work (in it’s essence it is a knife fight). Silat is less organized as a style, it has lots of schools (some name up to 200), at Kali the dominant one is pretty clear – Pekiti Tirsia Kali. Silat (esp. Harimau stile) uses lower stances.

What does Silat Melayu mean?

Silat Melayu means “Malay silat”. The term was originally used in reference to the native silat of Sumatra but today it is more commonly used as a blanket term for the types of silat created in peninsular Southeast Asia, particularly Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Brunei and Vietnam.

What is silat martial arts?

Silat is a collective word for a class of indigenous martial arts from the geo-cultural area of Southeast Asia , more precisely in the Malay Archipelago , a region known locally as Nusantara .