Evanescent Moves Amidst Shadows

Countering a sudden jab at the ribs.

Had the chance to attend Kelas Kemahiran (translated as "Finesse Training Class") of SCPH (Silat Cekak Pusaka Hanafi, a Malay traditional martial art, a brief about it is covered a previous post here) at INTEC (International Education College), Shah Alam. This level of training can only be attended by students who have completed the SCPH syllabus. In other words, the speed, strength and variety of attacks far exceeds the normal SCPH classes. With such quickness, makes the offensive moves extremely difficult to see (thus making the training more effective), especially amidst the shadows of night.

Even this level of Kelas Kemahiran is considered still at a basic stage. More advanced levels are more situational in nature, recreating situations when confrontation may occur. This includes situation where both defender and attacker are at extremely close to one another, training with both defender and attacker stand extremely close to one another in a same kain sarong (a cloth about 2m long sown into a closed loop); holding a baby and at the same time defending from multiple attackers, training by holding a small pillow or a bag of flour and surrounded with multiple attackers; defending from multiple attackers with both arms tied, etcetera. Hope I can witness such high level practices and narrate them in future blog postings :)

The playground was an excellent place for training.

The class supervisor explaining the deadly moves of SCPH.

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