Convince Me That Silat Doesn't Suck Completely

[bakuma]

Is this the kind of silat fight you looking for?
YouTube- merantau lift fight.

[raylawley]

Mtripp, you are a continuing source of ridiculously epic quotes.

As for you bakuma, movie scene =/= evidence

[superninjagod]

Is this the kind of silat fight you looking for?
YouTube- merantau lift fight.

Alot of the fight sequences in this movie were pretty gay

[bakuma]

Alot of the fight sequences in this movie were pretty gay

Even if it's gay, it's still 10x better than most hollywood MA movies crap. :icon_bigg

[Elemental Fist]

Alot of the fight sequences in this movie were pretty gay

Doesn't look gay too me, just not enough experienced fight choreographers since Indonesia isn't really known for their movies.

[DAYoung]

Now, if you don't want my apples, then don't shake my tree.

This thread - very informative, by the way - was worth it for this quote alone. Thanks again, MTripp.

For what it's worth, my brief introduction to silat was fascinating, but too choreographed to be worth anything fight-wise. I enjoyed the knife work.

(Of course, I could say the same thing of Karate, i.e. the demonstrations we used to do.)

[superninjagod]

Even if it's gay, it's still 10x better than most hollywood MA movies crap. :icon_bigg

Not anymore

YouTube- Walking tall - The Rock

[superninjagod]

Or this fight

YouTube- Troy- Achilles Vs Hector

[superninjagod]

YouTube- Bourne Identity Fight Scene

There are more but now I'm getting bored

[cimandemurid]

YouTube- Bourne Identity Fight Scene

There are more but now I'm getting bored

that is silat & FMA

Jeff Imada i think worked on that.

As for Silat sucking depends who you train with. There are some that keep it like the "old way" or "old school" and there you will find some valuable gems for survival & Street Fighting & weaponry based fighting.

Peace