Mark your space
Mark it once. Every card in pencak silat starts from this space and adds what it needs.
The space
A mat at a club; at home a clear floor for stance and balance work.
Where it fits: indoor room (stance only), club.
Kit
Uniform, protective gear at the club; no weapons without an adult coach.
Safety
Adult supervision for weapons; falls and sweeps only with a coach; a flat floor cleared of anything that could hurt; partner work slow, without force, at a safe distance, and strikes stop short of the target; competition has four categories: Tanding (sparring), Tunggal (solo forms), Ganda (pairs) and Regu (team of three).
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