for advanced students

 

Armas Kali

Internal Arts

Silat

Karate

 

Asian Fighting Styles concentrates on Kuntao Silat and variations of its forms.

The term Silat is an "umbrella" term, like "Karate" or "Gung Fu" and a lot of individual systems fall under that umbrella. To give an idea of how vast it really is: there are over 300 systems of Pencak Silat formally recognized on the island of Java alone. This doesn't include systems and instructors who chose not to be formally recognized; nor does it include systems from any of the other islands. The term silat is used in many parts of Southeast Asia. It's not inconceivable to think that there might be a thousand or more systems of Silat throughout the region.

Many people argue about linage and history -we spend our time training.