Principle of Penetration – Superior / Inferior Angles of Attack In Urban Silat we referred to the principle of penetration to the ability to penetrate our attacker defences and go straight to the source i.e the attacker’s body, head, groin etc.. any part which will stop the attacker ability to fight is the principle of penetration, but in the article we will talk about two angles, the Superior and Inferior. The superior is when you veer off to the side of the attacker strike (sometimes known as the female triangle) what make the superior angle is the deep penetration of movement which ends up with you almost behind the attacker. This is the best angle for all you strikes abilities are in range and can be use, and the attacker organ and weak points are open. The attacker has to turn / change direction to continue attacking and so that brief moment you have an opportunity to re counter or run away. This is our chosen angle. However sometimes this option isn’t open and we may to have to veer to the inside of the attacker’s strike. This is called the inferior angle. The main reason is that you are bringing yourself into full range of his other strikes and so you in a dangerous position, we call it in Urban Silat “No man’s Land” or Zero range. It is vital to immediate strike or block your attacker. The first thing you need to deal with is your attacker momentum, by using impaled techniques which cause a lot of pain, or limb destruction both of these are good ways to slow down the attacker. It’s important to be instantly aware of the second strike and be ready to block, or if the attacker is bit slow, move his body into a position where he can’t employed the second or third strikes as effective as he would like. On both of these angles you need to constantly deliver multiple strikes to rendering your attacker unable to continue his attack. For more information on Urban Silat classes, training, workshops, dvds and online email guruliam@hotmail.com or join us at www.facebook.com/urbansilat