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Originally posted by phillyman
Hey Sikal i have a question. Does silat say mande munda sorry if i spelled it wrong does silat have good takedowns and joint locks. Is silat say like japanese jiujitsu just a little more combat oriented. What good self defense aspects does it have. Do they have say defenses against headlocks etc. Sorry for so many question. Thanks
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Sorry about the delayed response. I'm in the midst of moving and haven't been to this site in about a week.
Mande Muda specifically, in my exposure to it, definitely has good takedowns and joint locks. My exposure to Jujitsu has been very limited so I can't make a real good comparison.
Silat in general is geared toward survival (slightly different connotation from self-defense). As Pak Herman Suwanda (the previous head of the Mande Muda system, RIP) used to say, "The trisula [Japanese call it sai] in the Mande Muda logo has 3 points. They equate to, in order, talk, run, fight. You talk first. If that doesn't work, you run. If that doesn't work, you fight." It (and the other systems of Silat that I've been exposed to) assumes that all other avenues have been pursued and come to naught. When you fight, you go for the quickest and *safest* (relative term in a fight) exit ... and go around or through anyone who tries to stop you. Pak Herman also used to say, "What you call cheating, I call good Silat."
Silat (in my exposure) tends to focus more on breaking than on submission. More on damage than on pain.
Just my take, though.
Someone else here mentioned Bukti Negara and Harimau as well as Mande Muda. In America, there is also Silat Serak (the parent art of Bukti Negara), Silat Seni Gayong (a Malaysian system), some Silat Sterlak, Gerakan Suci (developed by a couple of Americans with a wealth of Silat training between them), some Kun Tao Silat mixtures, and others that I'm sure I'm forgetting right now.
Any of them are worth checking out if you can find someone near you who teaches. Is Silat "better" than anything else? No. It's better for some people and not for others ... just like anything else :-)
Regards, Mike