PUKULAN CIMANDE PUSAKA SANDERS PENCAK SILAT: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ART REVIEW

Hi Everyone.

This is my first ever book review! The name of this amazing booklet is PUKULAN CIMANDE PUSAKA SANDERS PENCAK SILAT: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ART, and it was written by PENDEKAR WILLIAM SANDERS.



Now this book is basically about what the basic components of Pencak Silat Pukulan Cimande Sanders is comprised of, and how they're taught. But before I tell you what PCPS is, let me tell you what it's not.

Below, is a video of a modern form of Pencak Silat Cimande:



Now I myself have a lot of respect for Cimande, I made a BLOG, and a YOUTUBE VIDEO PLAYIST on this style.

But Cimande is NOT what we do.

What we do is PUKULAN CIMANDE PUSAKA SANDERS, which though based on cimande, is beyond what traditional or modern cimande is comprised of.

This is PCPS:



O.K., now let's get on with this review.

The book starts with a forward by GURU NAGA PETERSON MENEZES, who describes his journey in the art, followed by a history of how Pendekar Sanders put together the various components of his system, including what he learned from his teachers, and what he himself has contributed to it, and how the art has changed over the years, into what it is now, and how he teaches it. and then he gets down to the nitty-gritty.

PCPS is a vast and deep system containing many components. I'll list them here The Silat Kicking Jurus (In silat, a Juru is a short form, usually just a few moves)

This is the first thing taught in this system. There are 13 of them, and they give the student the ability to prepare for the positions of the Sera Depok jurus, while working on the proper body mechanics and our unique delivery system. These include some combinations and even the start of the tonjok berang, or poison hand strikes.





THE CIMANDE SEATED JURUS came from from Pendekar Mama Sukarma from West Java, who in addition to teaching traditional Cimande also taught Pendekar Sanders SERA, PAMACAN, And TRUMBU. The seated jurus teach not to run or cower, but to use indirect vision to stand your ground and calmly pick off and parry strikes coming at you. It's important to note that in PCPS, we do not smash our forearms together to strengthen the bone like in traditional cimande, but instead, we use the hard parts of our arms to strike the softer, weaker parts of the opponent.



The Sera Depok Jurus

This is the master key to PCPS. There are 15 of these jurus. They teach space, off timing, off balancing, redirection and misdirection. They also strengthen the legs and develop the energy power of the body. Once understood they compose 15 equations that the practitioner has as a "play book" to be able to bait the opponent whenever they want.





And after that, Pendekar Sanders goes into the basic Animals in the system.

PCP style is organized around the use of five primary animal forms - Monkey, Tiger, Snake, Crane, Dragon. Here, the practitioner learns how each animal can be broken down and utilized for various ranges and styles of fighting.

The Monkey (Monyet, Kera) portion of the style uses slaps, grabs, punches and elbows, changing position from high to low. Arm movements are circular with open hand parries, and closed hand grabs with palms down. Defensive body movements are side-to-side and forwards and backwards, with dodging head movements and body rolls across the ground when needed.

The Tiger (Cimacan,Pamacan) utilizes a very low stance, and seeks to smash the opponents limbs and drag him down to continue the fight on the ground. The tiger also fights in a full supine (Harimau) position where the practitioner is lying fully on the ground.

The Snake (Ular) style comes in two types, cobra (Sendok) and python (Sawa). The cobra style uses half-fists to deliver fast strikes to the eyes and soft body tissues. Elbow-to-elbow distance is kept close to the body to protect the midsection from injury. By weaving the arms, body, and legs during retreats and attacks, the snake exponent appears to be giving in, but immediately redirects the fight to his advantage. The python attempts to strike then wrap the opponent's limbs and body to break, strangle and throw them to the ground.

The Crane (Blekok) style uses high stances and leaps, together with open hand strikes. Kicks are delivered from high to low. The head rotates in all directions to watch for any oncoming attackers, providing a circle defense.





And Lastly, The King Snake Dragon (Raja Naga), is the synthesis of all the animals together, as well as the kicking jurus, the seated Jurus, and the Sera Depok Jurus.

There are other animals like the APE, the FLAT TIGER, the LAZY CRANE, etc. But he does not go into that. He also didn't talk about the weapons practiced in the art, or go too much into the spiritual aspect, other than to talk about what he teaches now, compared to what he taught before.



So, who is Pendekar Sanders?

I was gonna write a long introduction telling you all his accomplishments in Pencak Silat, but I thought I'd just let the man himself tell you:



And in addition to Pencak Silat, He's also learned traditional Irish stick fighting, and the art of San Michele Italian knife fighting from Don Vito Quattrocchi

O.K., here we are the end of this review. You can purchase this amazing book at www.LULU.com, or by going to the PCPS page at www.cimande.com.

P.S. There are a couple of things Pendekar Sanders put in the book that is not in this review. If you want to know what they are... BUY THE BOOK!!!