Ingafgrinn Macabre
Can't get enough of FH
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Okay, so I've been practicing Pencak Silat for a while. Started somewhere in '96 orso, stayed for a year, and recently rejoined.
Today my Guru suggested to me that I'm ready to learn a weapon. (Whee! ) so I'm pondering which. Pencak Silat has a whole range of neat cool weapons. My main weapon will definately be the sarong (a cloth used to defend, disarm, and distract, and to throw your opponent on the floor) because it's such an unexpected weapon, and it looks very cool.
As a secondary weapon I am possibly thinking about a Kerambit, which looks abit like the Daoc savage's claws, infact I think those have been modeled to these weapons. Not lethally effective, but causes excrusiatingly painful wounds, due to tearing the skin open.
A couple of kerambits:
Kujangsakti.nl
Kerambits are worn with the ring around the index finger, and the blade pointing down from the bottom of the fist.
I could also go for the kris, which is a curvy bladed double-edged dagger with a curved hilt making it suitable for thrusting motions aswell as cutting motions, but this is the most used weapon, so imo boring
Then there's the three-pointed trisula, but that's available in every martial art out there, so boring aswell
To give you an impression of what Pencak Silat is, here are two small films. They're not exactly our style of pencak (there are over 300 different styles, some like wrestling, others like karate) but it's rather close.
YouTube - SIlat Minang
YouTube - SIlat Minang
Today my Guru suggested to me that I'm ready to learn a weapon. (Whee! ) so I'm pondering which. Pencak Silat has a whole range of neat cool weapons. My main weapon will definately be the sarong (a cloth used to defend, disarm, and distract, and to throw your opponent on the floor) because it's such an unexpected weapon, and it looks very cool.
As a secondary weapon I am possibly thinking about a Kerambit, which looks abit like the Daoc savage's claws, infact I think those have been modeled to these weapons. Not lethally effective, but causes excrusiatingly painful wounds, due to tearing the skin open.
A couple of kerambits:
Kujangsakti.nl
Kerambits are worn with the ring around the index finger, and the blade pointing down from the bottom of the fist.
I could also go for the kris, which is a curvy bladed double-edged dagger with a curved hilt making it suitable for thrusting motions aswell as cutting motions, but this is the most used weapon, so imo boring
Then there's the three-pointed trisula, but that's available in every martial art out there, so boring aswell
To give you an impression of what Pencak Silat is, here are two small films. They're not exactly our style of pencak (there are over 300 different styles, some like wrestling, others like karate) but it's rather close.
YouTube - SIlat Minang
YouTube - SIlat Minang