Do all styles of silat share the same basics?

[phantom]

Same as topic. Thank you for any insight that you could give me concerning this.

[JerryLove]

No. There is a great amount of variation between Silat styles. There are some generalities that can be made the *often* apply (about equivilent to the "norther kicking, southern punching" generilization in CMA) , but nothing that is universal.

Jerry - Clear's Silat (http://www.clearsilat.com)

[Chris McKinley]

Bet you guys didn't know that Kevin Bacon was a Silat teacher, did you? He's right there on the home page of Jerry's website, puttin the hurt on some guys. :P

Credits to Braden for the discovery.

[JerryLove]

Down boy. Bad Chris.

It was funny in chat and all, but rather inappropriate in discussion.