The Mannerism's of Harimau Silat

The second stage of learning the Harimau / Matjan is the understanding and development of the Mannerism of that particular animal. From the Harimau and Matjan there are a number of core mannerism that the student trains and develops.


1. Slapping / Stomping - Students learn how to delivered powerful slapping techniques to the attacker face, body, and soft tissue / nerve areas of the body, along with powerful downward stomping (sometimes known as Thunder Foot) to the attackers feet and shin.


2. Off Timing - Students learn to rapidly change and even in mid flow, not only the speed of striking techniques, but also the direction of strikes.


3. Head Decoy - Students learn how to move their head to create false opening / decoys to lure the attacker into striking, a certain way or in a certain space, where he can do limited damage and be easily counter attack.


4. Biting / Tearing - Students learn how to use their hands to grab onto the attacker body, twist and tear flesh. These types of strikes cause massive sharp pain into the attacker body, leaving him vulnerable to follow up Elbow and Knee strikes.


These are just some of the core Mannerism, and students need to be able to develop these mannerism together, so they can interlock with each other at will. We will be working on these 4 main core aspects for the classes leading up to end of May.