The Reality of a Knife Attack - Thing to Ponder

Knife is a blade used in all nations. The used of knife in a daily basics has made it as a familiar weapons to all. The military uses knife as their final weapons of survival, the martial artist learn knife techniques, the common people uses knife for cutting in preparing dishes to eat and the useful of knife is devastating. Knife is a cutting instruments consisting of sharp blade attached to a handle. The blade can be single or double. Despite an instruments of cutting, in the world of self defense it is also used to thrust.

In the global world of martial arts we can see various discussion, video, writing took place talking about the reality of knife attack. The discussion comes with great ponder and some of the comments are stated that what has been taught in martial science in reality or real situation are not applicable. They are two option here maybe yes and maybe no. Yes, when we really learn what we so called as self defense and no when we think we learn self defense but reality wise we are not.

Ok, globally accepted when in a combat situation each personnel that are involved in that situations will get cut especially when engaged with wrestle. Which an situation we would not expect in a struggle for survival.

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Many concept of defending on these kind of an attack they intend to block as much as they can to prevent the knife from thrusting into them. Making an example when we are push to an end of a wall, when the attack made we will try to block and thinking that with blocking we could safe our life. Just make time to ponder, will the knife thrust that will come from any angle that we are not aware off coming with soft driven or hard. Logically when something hard or strong coming towards you and if you try to block it was like engaged with an greater impact , just taking example again in a car accident. Does this method will save our life? Again maybe yes maybe no? We will take our chance off it.

The important to minimize the risk of been hurt should be the solutions of survival or escape from the situation. These method we can find in many teaching of the traditional arts of self defense. Although it will take time to understand but if we really have the knowledge it might minimize our risk of getting cut of dead because of the attack. In traditional way of teaching they are not only taught the techniques of avoiding but also consists of calmness , awareness , judgments , distance ,confidence etc. To build these in our own body as it is ourselves, it will take a longer time devoted to the system that we choose. That is why it is always understood that traditional self defense on any particular is a "way of life". Nail that in mind. When it is a 'way of life', it means a way of survival in many different aspects of life.

There are no short cut in understanding something, the world has been dumping and educate with short cuts or fast feeding. In the way of the traditional martial artist there are no such things, it may take life to understand but it is worth rather than living in a dream world. The least from that we are avoiding engage in any combat because the discipline we had from the training spiritually and that will get us escape from any fighting situations that will arise in advance. Remember that the ancient community used blade more than we do and they understand better than us , thing to ponder.

Fahamkah Kita

Bila kita memerhatikan seni beladiri lain selain sebahagian persilatan kita dapati penumpuan lebih kepada kepantasan tangan dalam mengawal serangan dan membuat serangan. Itulah bentuk latihan yang mereka tumpukan agar tindak balas tersebut menjadi cepat bagi apa jua keadaan pembelaan diri.

Konsep Silat Seni Gayong berbeza dalam konteks sedemikian.Silat Seni Gayong menumpukan kepada pergerakan kaki, kepantasan gerakan mengalihkan tapak dalam setiap situasi dan secara langsung penggunaan tangan dilakukan bagi mendapatkan serangan balas seiringan. Kita memang dibimbing kepada kaedah ini tetapi adakah kita dpat melakukan sebaik mungkin akan kaedahnya? Untuk itu pemahaman terhadap Tapak Gayong adalah sangat penting agar apa yang kita laksanakan menepati konsep pengajaran Silat Seni Gayong.

Baik! mari kita menyelami dahulu apa yang dimaksudkan dengan makna tapak.Tapak ialah asas kepada sesuatu langkah tindakan atau perbuatan yang akan kita lakukan seterusnya. Sesuatu yang bertindak ia dikenali sebagai langkah tetapi dalam persediaan melangkah inilah ia disebutkan sebagai tapak.

Gambar Hiasan

Jadi manakah Tapak Gayong yang ada dalam sistem pelajaran Silat Seni Gayong ini? Tapak Gayong ini terlihat pada kaedah menapak ,bekas tapak kaki yang berada dalam bilangan 1,3 dan 5.Dimanakah terletaknya tapak-tapak ini? Tapak-tapak ini terletak pada awal gerakan permulaan dan penantian dalam pelajaran Silat Seni Gayong.Kaedah Tapak Gayong ini sudah menyiap sediakan anak-anak Gayong dengan kaedah pembelaan diri baik dari segi kekuatannya ,keseimbangannya ,jaraknya ,ketepatannya dan  ketangkasannya.

Gambar Hiasan

Sekali dilihat seolah-olah Tapak Gayong ini kepelbagaian tetapi jika dilihat buat kali yang kedua akan didapati asas tapak itu tetap disitu tidak berubah.Yang menyebabkan kelihatan berubah kerana lenggok badan dan langkah perbuatan atas tindakan yang kita lakukan.Walaupun sedemikian pengekalan kepada Tapak Gayong itu tetap menyerlah dalam setiap tindakan melangkahnya maupun duduk dalam diamnya.Jika berlaku sebarang kesilapan yang amat kecil dalam Tapak Gayong ini, penghasilan pada melangkah atau tindakan keseterusnya adalah amat ketara yang memungkinkan tidak akan berlakunya ketepatan atas sesuatu perbuatan . Penguasaan Tapak Gayong ini membolehkan anak-anak Gayong menyiapkan diri dengan apa jua belaan samada tangan kosong ataupun dengan penggunaan senjata.

Latihan kekemasan Tapak Gayong ini kekal dalam keadaan asasnya sehingga benar-benar mahir bagi membolehkan kaedah bermain dalam pelbagai bentuk persenjataan. Pembawaan kemahiran Tapak Gayong ini mempermudahkan anak-anak Gayong dalam memahami kaedah yang seterusnya yang disebut sebagi SENI GAYONG, yang akan dikongsikan dalam penulisan yang akan datang. Tapak Gayong ini berada dalam semua keadaan kedudukan samada kehadapan,kebelakang,kekanan dan kekiri. Lebih mudah dikatakan dalam konteks 8 arah mata angin.

Melangkahnya kita kemana arah pun, apabila bekas menapak itu terletak ternyatalah Tapak Gayong tersebut dalam kaedah bilangannya. Pengusaan kaedah bilangan inilah yang akan mengenalpastikan anak-anak Gayong itu telah benar-benar menguasai yang dikatakan Tapak Gayong itu.

Semoga kita semua diberkati.