No signature techniques/too many to count

[Tim Nichols]

Guru Derric, Been thinking about that 'no signature techniques/too many to count' thing you said, and I've got to admit, it's been bugging me.

[Anonymous]

Tim, I'm with you on this and may I add that everyone has a poekulon, or colliding technique – everyone uses shin kicks, both to and with – and everyone uses some sort of trapping/hitting with the open/closed hand combination. I'm sure there are other signature techniques that escape me at the moment.

[Kuntaoer]

Sapu, Beset, Kinjit, Ankat, Puter Kepala – are all signatures of virtually all West Javanese Silat. How you get there, that is often what creates the difference in method and results.KTS has a wide variety of things that distinguish it from other methods as well as similar methods from the same lineages. But I am hard pressed to classify them as 'technique' or 'attributes'. Also, the variety of how you can focus those attributes and still be effective is considerable. Both of which may be why Derric feels there is no 'signature' technique.

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