by Howard Alexander, Quintin Chambers, and Donn F. Draeger. This out of print book covers the techniques of the various styles of Silat. At 166 pgs and 6 chapters, the book is best divided into 4 sections:
Striking tools/history (hand techniques covered like in karate manuals only with
the weapons context of Silat
Hands vs the Knife (that's right, you get that FIRST)
Training Exercises (stances and 15 technique drills)
Combat situations (covers empty hand attacks and some ground work)
The perfect companion to Draeger's "Fighting and Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago", this is more technique oriented and btw, was a whopping $5 when it was released. I personally liked the hands vs knife section of the book, then again Draeger and Chambers
has got to be given credit for all of his works. The old Practical Karate series was gutsy, since how many modern karate texts half of what the series shows. There's also the rereleased Judo text by Draeger which has contains old conditioning exercises that have been repopularized.
Striking tools/history (hand techniques covered like in karate manuals only with
the weapons context of Silat
Hands vs the Knife (that's right, you get that FIRST)
Training Exercises (stances and 15 technique drills)
Combat situations (covers empty hand attacks and some ground work)
The perfect companion to Draeger's "Fighting and Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago", this is more technique oriented and btw, was a whopping $5 when it was released. I personally liked the hands vs knife section of the book, then again Draeger and Chambers
has got to be given credit for all of his works. The old Practical Karate series was gutsy, since how many modern karate texts half of what the series shows. There's also the rereleased Judo text by Draeger which has contains old conditioning exercises that have been repopularized.