Pencak Silat VS Karate

Silat is an umbrella term for countless very, very old techniques of Indonesian armed and unarmed combat for guerilla warfare that have only recently become more formally taught as martial arts. Karate is a term associated with several distinct styles of common roots but very different approaches to combat. Both Silat and Karate, in their purest forms, have emphasis on striking enemy vitals to end a fight quickly, which obviously doesn't translate well into sparring, competition or more passive self defense. Don't judge Karate or Silat based on a single video. They're both magnificent, in their own right

The Silat guy is pretty good at sweeps and even when he misses- still maintains his balance/coordination-- which is quite impressive. The Karate guy is good at on ground fighting- his attacks are pretty solid and is not deterred by the various sweeps

I scrolled down through a number of the comments and I find it interesting that no one bothered to mention that the Silat fighter is wearing a rather substantial chest protector, whereas the Karate Fighter seems to simply be wearing his Gi. This gives the Silat Fighter quite an advantage because they don't seem to be doing any head contact so the once substantial part of his body that is a legal target is protected from the full power of his opponent's blows. I would like to see how would hold ups if he had to take them full force. I'm guessing not too well. Aside from the good sweeps ( which I would expect from a Silat Practioner ) I didn't see much in the way of striking power.

Interesting match up. It's never about which style is better. It's about which individual has the greater skill.

semua bagus, yang jelek itu yang ga ikut apa2 tp menghujat, hidup beladiri apapun aliranya

Pretty cool contrast of styles. The first two scissor kicks and sweeps from the Silat guy worked nicely. It seemed like there was sort of rules conversation, but it looked like he was still attempting them in the later half of the fight and the karateka was starting to catch on how to counter it after getting taken down twice. He's no longer standing as side on after a certain point, reducing the effectiveness of the sweep attempts--the later attempts get stuffed. Furthermore, he takes advantage of the Silat guy's need to be side on to be in position to launch his best moves to throw a leg kick. Credit goes out to both of them.

i've been a practitioner of silat and karate, this video gave me a newfound respect for both and makes me want to relearn them again

Gilaaaa Kombonya,,Tendang langsung Gunting,,Susah itu harus lincah,,Josss Lihat,,Bangga bisa Lihat Pencak Silat berkembang ke seluruh dunia

bangga pencak silat dipelajari diluar.. bukan cma muangtai aja.:) pencah silat dr indonesia ,malaysia jga ada pencak silat. krna kita dulu satu kerajaan majapahit n' satu ras melayu.

i've been doing pencak silat for around 9 years now, if fought a lot of championships, and if you go and look up some clips of pencak silat fights, you wil see that we don't always "polish the floor" ;)

It's absolutely incredible to see how much martial arts has evolved in the past few decades! I see this, and remember what what it was like to use computers back then. The evolution of the, "technologies" really is no less profound. It's just that computers are so much more ubiquitous. MMA and the internet, for better or worse, really created a perspective that changed everything

keren sekali. saya bangga jadi orang indonesia ^^

since childhood I've learned "Pencak Silat" in college "TTKDH Tarumbu", after a teenager I studied "Karate". regarding where the best of them, depending on the athlete, but as an Indonesian .... I am very proud of the "Pencak Silat ".

2:20 .....you're welcome

Saya cinta beladiri asli indonesia ...alhamdulillah sudah pernah ikut beberapa aliran silat, sangat efektif utk beladiri ataupun utk olah raga

Salut gw ama pencak silat 2019 endi suarane?

I'm Indonesian so I understand the Philosophy of Pencak Silat, most Indonesian are a little short, during the occupation of Holland Netherland in Indonesia, the Indonesian freedom fighter must survive when he/she engage in combat with the European man from Holland Netherland. Pencak Silat was created by Indonesian in order to fight for freedom. It is normal in many Pencak Silat style, to do drop kick, to do low kick at the same time to go to the ground to avoid punching from the enemy. After the enemy falling down, the Pencak Silat fighter do counter attack by kicking the opponent's head from the ground until the enemy pass out or until the enemy die. You can see clearly that the Karateka didn't know what to do in the beginning in this video. The Pencak Silat athletic must avoid strong punch from the opponent, so he must drop himself to the ground without doing ground fighting, at the same time kick the opponent until he pass out, if the opponent should fall down.

They both have the guts to get up and fight, it may not be the best fight 'technically' but they got up and did it...unlike a lot of people out there.

Man, i miss pencak silat, i miss cross-sparing with another martial arts, I'm no longer on training after motorcycle accident and unable to kicking

The pencak silat is well known for centuries that emphasizes on deathly blows whereas most other martial art objectives are to disable opponents not necessarily meant to kill them. There is a big difference.

I just know that, It is originated from Indonesia. Old people in Cambodia known is as Panh Chak Seila and some people still practice it, nice art of fight

proud to see when silat being practice by outsider, other than in SEA..

Those were good times to be part of the Martial Arts World.

Bela diri bukan untuk pertarungan melainkan untuk perlindungan diri. Self-defense is not for fighting but for self-protection

Karate guy quickly adapted to sneaky/tripping-style guy.

apa pun jnis ilmu beladirix,intix untk mlindngi diri,bantulh org lemah dn gunakan di jln yg benar

I learned silat when I was in elementary school. Until now I still remember the basic techniques, stances, and several moves. I think many ordinary people don't know about silat, you may only see the outside, but when the inner strength is put into play, I doubt the opponent will survive.

I was born in Singapore, now live in London England since 10 years old. Watched and learnt a bit of Silat in Malaysia as a youth. Silent is famous for its low crouching then sudden flying kicks. The Silat fighter here is still a novice. The Karate guy could down him with straight punches. He just got lucky. raisedbybears 1991, is quite right in his sum up.

Indonesian Pencak Silat is soo cool.. the speed the lock, awesome!!

Pencak Silat comes with in many forms and indeed all these kicks can be part of a Pencak Aliran and also parts of Kuntao. I think 'the Raid' (movie) does show real good perspective of what Pencak Silat can be. There by every-one puts always a kind of his own style into it.

Benar benar luar biasa👏👏👏 Pemenang nya adalah pencak silat 💖

Well it has been sometime since I seen any footage of that era. I was also trained by Govert Butteling in Pencak Silat Pecutan, Cobra. He has even been My neighbor for 4 years , back when he was alive , as he had a school in Uden en 's Hertogenbosch. Was fun training with Him...even though you came home bruised from many a lesson...lol.. he wasn't the easiest teacher.... Pencak Silat was / is not for tournaments....it is a mean martial arts for defending and brutal attacking when needed...

That pencak technique reminded me when i still learn it. Sapuan kick.

Budayakan dan lestarikan seni beladiri pencak silat yg indonesia punya mantap daah

The karate guy figured out the leg sweeps pretty quick. Fool me once...

best thing i can see is the sportsmanship in both of the fighters

hidup silat saya sebagai orang jawa barat mendukung silat karena silat itu luwes gerakannya tapi mematikan

silat is made for Combat not for tournaments. not bound by rules. i love silat

Saya akui, skill silat pendekar ini luar biasa. Tidak banyak gaya tapi luar biasa.

Karena perbedaan gaya bertarung dari masing-masing ilmu bela diri, jadi peraturan jatuhan pencak silat harus dilanjutkan dengan serangan lain hingga masuk poin HIT Indahnya bela diri... Setelah didalam ring masih saling hormat

as a pesilat (pencak silat fighter) he should bring the silat spirit and philosophy, he should not allow himself wearing body protector when his oponent didnt wear a protector and i think he just an amateur who didnt know the philosophy thats all i can tell as Indonesian Pesilat

sukses terus silat beladiri asli indonesia

looks and sounds like an old dutch video, makes sense to see Pencak Silat back then-nice to see it shown in hollywood films nowadays. I always thought when I see karate it's too stiff, but I respect the skill and discipline

Semua bagus, Silat tidak diajarkan untuk menghujat. Salam Martial Art 🙏

Pencak silat has flowing combo attack from my point of view, because i learned it back in highschool. Karate also cool , like intense strength training that could make body hard like rock and pain endurance

this Pesilat Fighter is THE BEST FIGHTER SILAT I ever seen at youtube. He can use good skill(using legs) atleast twice.

Thx for this great moments of cartoons.

Thumbs up to both competitors!!! They are shining examples all martial artists can learn from!!! 😀😀😀

The problem with many fighters today is that they are so used to fighting in their own style of tournament that they become so bounded by their tournament rules which becomes a self inflicted limitation. Once the rule changes, they kind of get unused to the situation and get a little lost. It's not the style is having limitation but just the fighter them self having problems

bangga rasanya pancak silat sampai menebar ke luar negeri

Nice scissor kick. I studied Indonesian Kung Fu from age 12 then started Shotokan at age 25. Shotokan fighters had no chance. They were just to static to the flow of Kung fu. But Shotokan has very strong structure and power. Add the two together. And you have a fast flowing powerful self defense style.

Sama 2 baik dan bagus, Pencak Silat ada kelebihan yg bersifat Seni dan Pertahanan diri 🙂

the karate kid did a good job learning how not to fall again

The martial arts only as good as the guy doing it!!

karate tradisional, agak kaku tapi soal fisik ngeri bang, di pukul beberapa kali gak akan kerasa. 😂 pencak silat speed sama Teknik nya mantap 👍🏻

Tiap jenis ilmu beladiri memiliki ciri tersendiri sesuai peruntukannya. Dalam setiap pertandingan ilmu beladiri ada aturan sesuai jenis beladirinya. Untuk menentukan mana yang lebih unggul harus ditentukan dahulu aturan mana yg akan digunakan.

How I hate these "1 martial art" (pick any) vs another martial art (pick any). It's not Pencak Silat VS Karate. It's a guy who's been training Pencak Silat vs another guy who's been training karate for a while, fighting in a controled enviroment with rules. No martial art is THE martial art. Every has it's great and less great tehniques. And telling that none of this are used by MMA - well, yes they are. If you didn't know, MMA isn't a martial art. It's a combination of many martial arts. And a good MMA fighter knows most usefull tehniques from almost all martial arts, including karate, aikido, jiujitsu, muai thai, kung fu, boxing and wrestling. However, you can't say which is the best, only according to MMA. Most martial arts have tehniques with which you can kill a guy (gouging eyes, tearing balls, breaking leg, neck and arms, open palm neck hits and so on) which are forbidden in MMA, but very usefull in self defence. So MMA doesn't prove a thing which is the best martial art. MMa is a sport. Selfe defence is protecting oneself from being killed. There's a huuge difference.

Keren pencak silatnyaaa

Both are good, but we can see that Pencak Silat is more flexible and smooth. Two thumbs up for Pencak Silat & Karate

Карате мощное искусство, где сосредоточено на коротки и быстрый бой.

bela diri itu sama saja.. tergantung tekniknya.. ane dari psht 1 love

The first half of this bout displays an amount of conversation that I found frustrating, but the 2nd half highlighted the respective arts of these two practitioners well. Both look skilled in their arts and confident, and neither fall back on just slugging, straight kicks, and tackling as some martial artists often do, despite their training. The Silat fighter was a little too willing to fall to the ground for defense IMHO, but it couild be there's an advantage in that which I'm not seeing.

Gerakan petarung pencak silat,pro banget gaeeesss ,yang disini ikut pencak silat .. tunjukan jempol likenya...💪

is the best pencak silat i'm like PSHT from Indonesian

wtf? if the other guy misses his leg grabby take down he gets a reset? he gets a free reset when he fails and puts himself at a disadvantage? wuuuuuuuut

silat from indonesia ;-) hello indonesia👋 I from indonesia👋

Pencak silat mendunia..... Indonesia pun mendunia..

cintai produk Indonesia silat, jangan pakek produk luar, orang Indonesia cinta silat

I understand what you mean brother p6867. I also have a basic of karate. however when I follow silat, I understand that the arts have a unique movement. in defense and attack at the same time is able to do and when to avoid the opponent's attack, the movement is very unique and hard to read by opponents. I came from tapak suci and from there I learned a lot about silat. but if we talk about kung fu..i think that's ultimate martial arts.

PENCAK SILAT 👍👍

I would suggest that the Silat fighter is very influenced by kickboxing in the way he moves ,in his guard...especially around the end when he starts to bounce with a traditional boxing guard. The Silat I've been taught was very little, just a few techniques but none so flashy as a air scissor takedown or all the leg hits. A lot of the competitive motions I was taught were closer to wrestling and grappling (compact movements ). My favorite is the stiff arm throw that I even show kids because it's so much fun to do where you basically put your hand behind someone's neck and the other hand on their wrist and kind of twist them around into a cute little circle. Double knee to the Head after somebody is down by simply twisting your knee like a disco move was kind of fun too.

I am proud of pencak silat martial arts from Indonesia

terimakasih telah mempelajari pencak silat

is it normal in silat to fight with ur back to ur opponent? a lot of his wild swings left him vulnerable on the floor too. i feel he's overly flashy but he's definitely quicker than the karate fighter. very interesting to watch, thanks for the upload.

Pencak Silat cant be doubted anymore because it has been used to figth the Dutch when they attack Indonesia. So its pretty efficient to used

Mohon maaf, sedikit komentar, yg dipake untuk menyerang sipesilat ini justru, gerakan untuk bertahan istilahnya Depok, semestinya tdk baik kaki dan pukulan hilang kontrol seperti itu, akan semakin memudahkan musuh mengenai sasaran tubuh kita, Kalau tdk terlalu memakai kaki yg lose kontrol, pakainya tekhnik seser tikel, besotan, tempelan justru akan lebih baik lagi, insya Alloh akan semakin kewalahan musuh, akan sangat mudah menumbangkan titik lawan, berhubung lawanya karate yg nota Bene mainya lepas, panjang, opensive, Tapi tekhnik itu kembali ke sipemakainya 😊

Malay and Indo say Silat is a Nusantara

Agree with you. The main purpose for silat is to defend yourself and remain humble act without exposing yourself as a man who knows silat. In the other words not showing off until you have too. Malays in Nusantara of Indonesia and Malaysia know best about silat for untold stories that others do not know.

i trained Pencak for a few years, never competed, was taught violent stops from fights

The Silat guyWas very effective initially by Downing the karate fighter with the two sweeps. But I must give kudos to the Karate fighter for adapting quickly to his strategy. Does the Silat fighter fell into the trap of“ falling in love“ with his own technique. Since he scored successfully with this week in the initial part of the match he felt that he could always score with it which was not the case. He ended up telegraphing his move missing his opportunity he was jammed severalTimes by His opponent and ended up on his back the Karate fighter backing away not taking the bait to come near him

wtf.. if you want to compare two martial arts, sport fight can't. let them street fight but don't forget Kyokushin Karate. Anyway respect both martial art.

First you guys need to understand that there are two lines of Silat : the official IPSI which is relatively modern creation oriented towards sport and the "other" line, a proper Silat . That one is a proper combative martial art second to none. Many modern combatives have absorbed the principles of Silat as they are truly effective. If you see sparring like this that has nothing to do with Silat. As a matter of fact has nothing to do with the real Karate eather, ask yourselves why the "fighters" start jumping around when sparring when not even one kata teaches that principle.

Wish they had mma gloves and did it more as a no holds barred combat. Would have been fun to watch

Kok bisa yah beda aliran tp sparing. Punya kelebihan dan kekurangan masing masing sih. Saya pernah belajar keduanya. Silat waktu SD. Karate waktu SMP. Tapi keren sih ini. Silat akhirnya yg menang.

wew, malaysia claimed silat from malaysia. shy boy silat in Indonesia many streams, more than 100 streams that fall into the category of IPSI (bond fighters throughout Indonesia) does not include the existing martial arts in rural areas .. silat already in Indonesia since thousands of years ago

the guy in black has good skills but goes to ground too easily.

Salam dari Perguruan (PO) Pencak Organisasi 🙏

Hahaha my former pencak silat school. Under guidence of guru Goof butteling. know most of the guys. This guy is Marcel doms. He had also muythai background. He is from my homeplace

you should comparing silat against ninjutsu. for hundred years silat use for real fight in indonesia and malaysia. and thousand maybe million people were killed by that

Silcardo Jenazad (Pencak Silat) Vs Hongou ( Karate ) .... Anime Kenichi ....

Walaupun mrk bertarung dg gayanya msg2 tp keduanya fight dg penuh sportivitas, ga ada emosi yg berlebihan

both are a great martial artist.

To be honest I have no idea what constitutes "winning" here

I'm Indonesian, Pencak Silat is the best. I'm from TAPAK SUCI. "With faith and morals we become strong, without both we become weak".

Itu pertahan baju putih nganga... Kasih kembalian senkusu pas tengah dada . Muntah itu. ... We love silat and karate Both art and strength

Shoulda been titled "One guy who doesnt know how to fight VS another guy who also doesnt"

Pencak Sikat made in INDONESIA.. I Love Indonesia

ku bangga dengan segala kekurangan & kelebihan silat indonesia punya ,

That Silat fighter is one axe away from being knocked out

Pecak silat is not only good to use with bare hands but also good in combination with sharp weapons