A great end to the week’s urban Silat training in Sheldon Park last night. Not a single person didn't leave class last night drench in sweat, with a big smile on their face. Everyone came with an attitude of wanting to learn which is vital in creating the right energy in class.

Class started with co ordination drills and from the speed drills, student practising freelance, where they could flow from one drill to the next, mixing drills up, going up / down, left / right at will. Great way to produce fast reflexes. From this into 3 partner pad work drills to help increase footwork awareness. Then into slap off techniques, which help students deal with aggressive attackers who slam into you at full speed.

Second half of the class students work on the Ular ( Snake ) Kicks from Toe point, to Shear kicks, Dragon (Heel) Kicks, Rising Snake ( Brilliant Double Kick) and finish the kicks off with Real Snake (Back Groin ) Kick. The class finish on Kilap hand strikes this is the ability to deliver multiple strikes with the same incoming energy. With practise most students can learn to hit 5 to 6 times per second, with more experience students getting 8 to 10 hits per second. These wouldn't be light hits but snapping powerful destructive blows that cause a lot and I mean a lot of pain.

Understanding snake system means understanding how to fight in close / zero range and using your body in a way to develop energy in its strikes (arms or legs) this is unique training, and students need to spend a lot time in this range, as tbh it’s a very scary range to be in, and the urge is to grab and hold the attacker, which at best leaves you both in even status, but more than often leaves you vulnerable to the attackers on going strikes or his co-attackers. Learning to destroy an attacker at this range is a great weapon in your arsenal, and one that the Ular Cimande system brings to the fore. Look forward to next week training where the journey continues

New class opening in Dundrum Sept 2013.