Silat

Silat, sometimes also called Pencak silat, panchak, or montjak, generally refers to Martial Arts styles that originate from the Malay. These people can be found spread throughout Southeastern Asia, more specifically around Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, and the Philippines. Silat isn't just one style but is used to describe anywhere on up to a hundred different styles, or what they call alirans, and schools. As with many Martial Arts styles, learning silat is not just about fighting. While learning Silat, one learns the mental or spiritual aspects of life, self-defense, the fighting techniques, and the culture of the people the art originated from. For more traditional schools, this includes having a uniform that is based off the Malaysia culture, rather than the Japanese or Chinese one that most people see in Martial Arts. In addition, the schools will have their own "dance," which is composed of movements from their particular style. It is a way to distinguish one style of silat from another.

Silat has a strong influence of learning from the environment. Many of the movements will reflect animals that you will find in nature moreso than some of the other Martial Arts. One of the most important animals to them was the tiger, being seen by the culture as a symbol of importance. Thus, one will find the movements in Silat to be explosive and aggressive bursts of attacks. In ancient times, Silat was as much a part of their lives as any other form of education and prepared young men for adulthood. Because of this, there is a strong emphasis in this art on self-defense. This emphasis is what has made Silat spread through Europe and now the United States. When watching a Silat practioner, one will notice that the artist starts at a much lower stance than most other Martial Arts. In many forms, the practioner will actually go down on one or both knees to gain the advantage. Each step will not only move the fighter but also turn the angle of their body, thus constantly changing and protecting different zones from their attacker. Silat's growing popularity has brought forward several forms within the Western world based on this system. The more known and unique examples of these emphasis the use of small knives, which is one of many weapons seen in a silat arsenal.

by Dancing with Fire June 8, 2011

Silverstein

Silverstein are possibly the best band ever,with about half screaming/half singing on their new record "Discovering the Waterfront" and 3/4 screaming on their older album "When Broken is Easily Fixed",they are the greatest. GO CHECK THEM OUT.

Person 1: HAve you heard of Silverstein?
Person 2: The author?
P1:NO,THE BAND!
P2: No.
P1:Check them out.
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Next day
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P2:I listened to that band Silverstein,they kick ass!!!
P1: Well duh.

by Already Dead. October 29, 2005

Silver Chaos

The story of Silver Chaos is set in an hypothetical fantasy role playing game world, which once was menaced by a cruel demonic entity called Hardeus. The terrible war which followed had left many orphans, and one of them is Might. Raised up without his parents, with the only company of his older friend Adonis (another orphan), Might became an ambitious teenager training for his dream to become a soldier of the royal army. One day, though, Might found himself terribly wounded in a battle with a demon-monster. Adonis, who loved Might over anything else, used a forbidden dark spell to save his life. So Might's life was saved... but Adonis has mysteriously disappeared.

Might will then go in a quest to find out what has happened to his beloved Adonis, meeting a rather wide range of handsome characters – each one with a peculiar personality – who will either join him in his quest or become an obstacle to it. The player, after making the appropriate choices, will be able to pair up the protagonist with one of the characters he will meet(a.k.a have sex and lots of it).

Hey wanna play Silver Chaos?

by BlackhoodieAFU June 11, 2006

silva money

scamming the system to getting paid an exorbitant amount of money to sleep or hang out at an establishment called "work". called silva money because regular people need to work overtime to make what silva makes. Also called silva ish.

yo wingate i cant go out tonight im making that silva money.

Working the night tour making that silva ish

by PFDFireman March 13, 2011

uncomfortable silence

If you hate when people say "awkward silence" you can tell them to shut the fuck up about it and wait for the uncomfortable silence that comes after.

from Pulp Fiction

Mia: Don't you hate that?
Vincent: What?
Mia: Uncomfortable silences. Why do we feel it's necessary to yak about bullshit in order to be comfortable?
Vincent: I don't know. That's a good question.
Mia: That's when you know you've found somebody special. When you can just shut the fuck up for a minute and comfortably enjoy the silence.

by MNCkos August 26, 2012

silent disco

a surreal party experience where (usually due to noise curfews) the music is pumped through distributed wireless headphones instead of the speakers. a crazy sight to behold, even crazier to partake in.

bonnaroo's silent disco was baller fun-even for the people who gathered round to watch us whilin out to the music only we could hear

by senor frog February 14, 2006

Silvio

A handsome and sweet boy, with the heart of gold. Can try and act hood once in a while, but for the most part is very awkward and weird. But still manages to win the heart of a certain lady.

I wish my boyfriend was a Silvio

by a-money-love November 20, 2009