Self Defense Movements – What is Jurus Silat?

One of the self defense movements that help many exponents of silat to master silat is known as Jurus Silat. Based on the Malaysian dictionary (Kamus Dewan), jurus silat means repetition, continuation, or movement in a specific direction. This word is used in silat to explain the movements of silat, be it attack, defense or counterattack towards any target. He also explained the movement of silat, which means that one must ‘sambut’ (avoid, block or trap) first followed by a counterattack towards the target or enemy.

To master this skill, any exponent of silat can train jurus in single movement (tunggal) or repetitions (berulang). It can also be trained in one direction (a straight line) or in several directions combining with a different surface level or also known as ‘aras’. The jurus silat movements at all levels of the silat curriculum are based on the Bunga Silat movements. Here are the seven self defense movements that exist in jurus:

1. Tumbuk or punch (for example, straight punch or ‘tumbuk terus’)

2. Tendang or kick (eg front kick or ‘tendang terus’)

3. Rotary kick or round kick (eg 180 degree round kick or lengkar)

4. Sangga or block (eg inner arm block or ‘hambat dalam’)

5. Depak or side kick (for example, side kick with outside feet or ‘pepisau’)

6. Kacip or crossover (for example, used to block or catch with up or down)

7. Terajang or trampling

Jurus silat expands self-defense abilities whether in defensive or attacking positions. For example, training a variety of hand strike techniques such as rejam (direct punch), sauk (uppercut), rejuk (palm strike), ceduk (direct-short punch), and many others can develop martial arts techniques that are exponents of silat. in close contact fighting. Meanwhile, training varied kicks such as tendang (front kick), sepak (round kick), depak (side kick), terajang (tramp kick), and melutut (knee strike) can develop kicking speed, flexibility and precision, particularly in the silat competition.

Each exponent of silat will improve their jurus or self defense moves each time they move to a higher level until they are a black belt. At the black belt level, students will combine all 6 levels of the jurus discipline syllabus to create a continuous movement of silat performance known as Solo. The maturity of the silat exponent movements and the fluency of performing silat skills alone will show the silat guru the level of development they achieved in silat training. The ability to master self-defense movements increases once students can develop their own silat jurus without the help of their guru.