salam...
remember the thing that i said about the sport shoe thing?......why the shoe is not suitable in silat?...because u cannot use your toes and feet...how to use them in a combat situation..?...in silat...u can even use your toes to pin a guy down on his knees...try this with your partner...when your partner kneel...from behind..use your big toes and hook it on the folding of the trousers next to the kneeling knee...just the big toe and put your foot down firmly on the ground...if you do it correctly...your partner will not able to stand up...but when u do this,u will also can feel something else...everytime your partner struggle to stand up..u can feel something thru your toes that is in contact with your partner....u can feel his body movement...every single twitch....now..ask your friend to shift his body left to right and back to front...feel it...ask him to move his hand..left and right...feel it thru your legs...then ask your friend to attack from that position...wait for it...u almost can feel not just his moves...even his feelings...his attention...his mind...and strike when is stricken...that is power...the mind...to choose to strike or to be striken....that is silat...
but remember the key for this advantage on your opponent...the toe...just the toe..and that is what i mean by the natural weapon in silat...every limb and every moving joint...
salam...
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