PENCAK SILAT: How to Apply Sempok for REAL!

hey my friends I got some great questions about the application of simpak from silat martial arts I want to go ahead and address this in this video I don't do too many uh application videos like this on uh this channel here but because it was kind of a frequently Asked question I want to go ahead and answer it there so I got my buddy Kevin we're out here hiking and training working out doing some animal locomotive movements and stuff and um like let's go ahead and uh do some sempak application as well so hit the Thumbs Up Button make sure subscribe to Marshall Flex if you like this type of stuff and let's get to it when it comes to sempak a lot of times what people Envision is that we're going to be doing this full you know sitting down application thing in a in a fight and maybe that is true but for the most part no this is conditioning right where we're working in building strength in our hips flexibility in our hips so that way we can develop a full range of motion which will give us optimal mobility and at the same time allow us to deliver more speed and more power in our techniques that's why we do that yes there could be application but most of the time when we're looking at simpak that's like let's take a look at what it actually is sempoc means to cross behind so basically all it is is just going to be a cross step behind okay and I can stay upright I can drop this down or like in the exercise right I can come as as low as the ground why would we do why would we use sempoc what's the situation for this so say Kevin is throwing a punch right at my face and I can send POC back right out of the way to avoid that strike right I'm just evading his attack at the same time I can still hit him right that's kind of the main idea right there I may have to sempoc to the side I'm a senpac diagonally backwards I might have the Sim pop straight back kind of depends on the environment you know I might have to simpak the other way let's take a look at like what happens if Kevin attacks by combination because most of the time that's how people are going to attack you might throw a 1-2 like a jab cross right instead of me moving back like this where I'm Shuffling back right I don't have any momentum to carry me forward and when we're shuffling back it's very hard to change elevations in a fluid way where I can immediately get back into my attack but if I simpak and he goes into this attack and I could drop myself lower now that liver is wide open and then because I have that hip strength that hip flexibility that Mobility I can more easily come up with more speed and more power in my countering attacks okay that's the true application the real application of senpa right so that's all it is it's just cross stepping behind boom and then I can come up and come into the strikes Deepak right that's kind of the sister to sempak sempak is when we cross that behind Deepak is when we cross step in front so we can also take a look at Deepak I can see right the the strike the attack is telegraphed more and I can see that it's coming so I'm going to cross step in front here okay and that allows me to gain more entry right here so we turn it around and then we can see what's going on on the other side of it right here I'm cross stepping in so it's not quite I'm not quite going in a reverse triangle I'm kind of almost going forward kind of merging with them as I'm cross stepping in right and this elbow is coming across smashing them in the back of the ear that's exposing the nape of the neck boom where I can drop this all right this brings us into classic foot sweeps right we can go into sapoos if I'm in front I have my facets all kinds of great sweeping or throwing techniques because we used Deepak to get into that position right so that's just a quick little rundown or example in application use of sempak so hopefully that answers your questions when you sit all the way to the ground that's a conditioning exercise maybe you have to use it you know in a application type of way but for the most part that's a conditioning exercise to give you the mobility which will then transfer into the speed and the power in your counters and follow-ups once again if you like this video and you find this video to be helpful hit the Thumbs Up Button let me know down in the comments what do you think of sempak is this a technique that maybe you've used before in like some sparring and some training or what and make sure you subscribe to the channel here for more and Kevin and I we're going to get back to our Mobility work and all that that we're working on today and while we're enjoying this amazing beautiful scenery out here on the hike all right thanks so much we'll see you next time all right [Music]