Silat Characteristic

Seni Silat Malay archipelago has five aspects persilatan as a union. Based on these five aspects can be distinguished in five categories of knowledge persilatan Malay archipelago (This does not include athletic silat), namely:

1. Pencak Silat art and art.
2. Silat martial arts
3. Seni Silat mysticism
4. Seni silat moment in energy
5. Seni Silat in energy

Pencak Silat purpose of art is a movement when it contains elements that soft and hard elements quickly or slowly and with dance and movement was a moment and killing attack or stroke in the martial meaning. Clearly every movement arts Pencak Silat is a means every movement is like talking with a distinctive style and full of artistic and ESTATIC.

Meaning that more ART means 'the Living' PENCAK SILAT is the structured movement. When it merged clear 'THE MOVEMENT OF LIFE-structured (Flanders)'.

For some people, meaning is considered ART or flowers as they dance and have a beautiful step or IS NOT DEAD MOVEMENT', while silat (from the word: “SILAP” upon the movement in motion hoaxes martial) will mean the movement of dance in a mixed pattern of artistic dance misleading of opponent. Otherwise, switch to fighting styles without flowers dance but only using the movement patterns with two-way pattern only the name of the fruit is especially PENCAK Taiping or PEGAYONGAN or GERAK THE GERAK struggle or movement in the moment together with fruit tidal movement or defeat an enemy with total in the tidal movement or martial.

ART is a concept act very mean and very subjective area. While Silat is a matter that clearly visible. Therefore ARTS and SILAT like ROH and the body. Therefore, both terms that means producing a warrior who is skilled in motion Structured in the defend themselves or attack opponents.

If the silat does not have a dance move and move the structure arranged (do not have a pattern of special moment) that they only have the techniques and the tidal movements and attacks only the fruits and martial only move either straight forward or backward or turn left or freestyle right forward or backwards to attack or opponent it is the type of silat gayoman single blow with art and art fruit fruit protection movement in the right moment and not structured as a free moment at the moment the copyright interest in the arts or Silat Pencak Silat Malay. While it is still belong to the Malay art of silat which has its own speciality.

Silat is the art of dance and dance patterns and attacking pattern .in the moment there are two strokes. Therefore conclusions on the overall purpose of Knowledge malay martial art contains a brief but overall described above is a method of knowledge or knowledge of disputed fight close range Nusantara Malay community.