Wing Chun VS Silat

In this lesson we take a look at the strengths of Wing Chun Kung Fu and Pentjak Silat and show you how to combine them for even greater effectiveness. Silat is an Indonesian martial art that uses limb destructions to disable and neutralize an enemy, while Wing Chun tends to use flowing, sticking hands to bypass the limbs. Taking out an opponent's limb is a great way to end a fight quickly while staying out of harm's way. It also takes your enemy out of the fight without employing potentially lethal techniques. Fortunately for serious martial artists, you don't have to choose between sticking or destroying.

Here we show how to use the sticking-flowing method while destroying the limbs at the same time. By incorporating limb destruction techniques, even seasoned Wing Chun players will noticeably improve both their offense and defense. By experimenting with sticking hand methods, Silat players will find their destructions coming with greater ease and less effort. Martial artists of any style or system can readily implement either or both of these concepts to make their art more devastating and efficient.

The combination of Chinese Kung Fu and Indonesian Pentjak Silat is often called Kuntao Silat. Indonesian and Chinese martial arts have been mixing for centuries and as a result there are hundreds of different Kuntao Silat styles, each with a distinctly different flavor and set of influences.

Our Silat curriculum (and more) is available at: https://www.clearsilat.com/silat-dvd