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Welcome to KunTao Silat ~ the American Martial LifeStyle › Forums › General Category › General Discussion › KunTao Silat versus Etcetera › Similarities between Silat and medieval/renaissance wrestling
I was browsing Wiktenauer’s directories of medieval combat manuscripts (which contain a variety of dirty clinch work, elbows, knees, trips, low kicks) and decided to look for any similarities to Silat.
From Nicolaes Petter’s famous Dutch wrestling manual, published in 1672:
http://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Nicolaes_Petter
Some sweeps and counters seem familiar.