Soul of the Keris

[David]

Originally Posted by Pusaka

That's one foxy lady

Well the Soul of Keris is the name of the Keris fighting dvd, which strangely enough is about keris fighting. I was talking about keris fighting also so it is relevant. To say keris fighting is not relevant to the keris is like saying sword fighting has nothing to do with swords.

I dont think PenangsangII was talking about the element of surprise, I understood that he was talking about Ilmu which is the esoteric use of the keris in combat.

Oh, i see. I guess i didn't pay attention to the name of the video.I don't think anyone would say that keris fighting wasn't relevant to the keris.
Regardless, in our discussions of keris fighting it still seems rather pointless to compare keris to weapons of war. A keris would never be considered a first choice for the battlefield. It is a personal sidearm. In the day-to-day life of indonesians of yesteryear i would image that in self-defense it would be very likely that keris would end up matched against keris anyway. In such situations it it is a fine weapon of self defense.
I was responding to Lew's story about the NYC subway in regards to the element of surprise.