Mawi did not complete his basic training

That is the plain truth. As such he is not in a strong position to say that Pukul Pelaga has many weaknesses.

As has been explained before this, there are many facets to Pukul Pelaga. Mawi's training session was once a week. Imagine how hard it is to complete even half of the necessary basics in Pukul Pelaga.

It is not my intention to potray him as a bad person. I feel that it is necessary to have the views of someone who have met him and his school mates, and pointed to them the finer aspects of Pukul Pelaga. Otherwise there will be people taking his words as accurate, partly because he is a well known celebrity in the country. In fact I will not be surprised if there are silat practitioners who use his words to bury Pukul Pelaga.

A Pelaga who has completed and understood the basics would not utter similar words. In fact he or she will be able to adapt to different styles without any or much difficulty. I believe he said those words after becoming an actor in a martial art production.

He is not to be completely blamed. His master was at that time busy with additional responsibilities. As a result Mawi and his training friends were left on their own, without proper guidance.

His case is not unique. There are many martial art practitioners who think they know everything. Several even go against their masters because they feel they have reached a higher status.

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Introduction

Pukul Pelaga is a Malay martial art.  Initially this system is not well known due to certain reasons.  Now it is not widely spread because there are martial artists from other silat styles slandering and preventing people from joining it.

Basically Pukul Pelaga means anything a fighter does to win a fight.  The name gives a hint of what Pukul Pelaga has to offer.  It contains various fighting styles and methods.  The fact is I wrote a book titled '400 Fighting Styles in Pukul Pelaga'.  This book is not meant to be published so it is not available in the market.  There are other books written but most of them were stolen by practitioners from a well-known silat school in Malaysia.  Among the things I wrote was on how to develop advanced techniques from the basics.

Silat in Malaysia used to rely on what their practitioners call spiritual practices.  Reliance on supernatural powers led to silat schools having limited techniques.  Pukul Pelaga (PP)  changed that because it has no so-called spiritual practices.  As a result the basic techniques in PP are meant to be developed by the individual to suit their own tastes and capabilities.  This resulted in various techniques.   For example most people watching PP practitioners training would probably say PP has no kicking techniques.  In reality there are more than 160 kicking techniques available to PP practitioners.  A copy of the book I wrote and illustrated had been stolen.  It is only within the last 10 years many silat schools began increasing the number of techniques in their syllabus.