The Silat Codex100 Rules Across Seven Gates
Silat carries far more than a list of moves. Study the balance, angle, timing, and choices inside the art you train.
A digital book with 100 study rules in seven gates. You also get a 17-page Field Book. Read both as PDF, HTML or plain text. This is not a Silat syllabus for every school.
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Get the Silat Codex →What is hiding inside a Silat move?
Silat has many schools and purposes. UNESCO describes named traditions in Indonesia and Malaysia that bring together combat, art, music, custom, and mental or spiritual life. The Codex names those sources, then asks what changed in the line, cue, contact, or choice in the Silat you actually train.
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Read the line before the move.
Study how distance, angle, and an available exit change a familiar entry.
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Tell a cue from a guess.
The timing gate asks what you saw before you moved, and what the task did not prove.
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See what contact can prove.
Separate a visible change in balance or position from a claim about an unwilling partner.
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Use the Spiral Geometry Advantage lens.
Use six lenses—adaptability, rhythm, torque, linearity, space, and pressure. This is Spiral Combat's study lens, not a Silat lineage.
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Explore the art's living context.
Read the history and school notes, then ask where your own teacher's method comes from.
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Carry the idea into class.
The 100-rule Codex and included 17-page Field Book offer seven worked cases, four printable sheets, and a flexible 30-day rhythm.
Comments and messages from fighters, coaches and serious students of the fight.
These are public comments and follows about Spiral Combat. They are not reviews of this Codex or proof of results from it.
Start with one familiar task.
Read a Gate I rule, use the included field book to set a familiar task and record its first visible change, then take one unresolved question to your teacher.
A rule is useful when it improves the next question.
- ObserveUse a task your teacher already taught.
- LocateFind the gate that explains the evidence.
- AskTake the uncertainty to your teacher.
- ReturnRetest only under suitable conditions.
What needs a clearer question?
Choose an observation from a familiar, supervised task:
Start with Gate I and ask your teacher what a supported return should show.
Start with Gate II and ask how your school names the line and exit.
Start with Gate VI: pause and restate the task, contact and stop condition.
Start with Gate VII: record one visible change and one next question.
This is a reading guide, not a skill grade or permission to try a new technique.
A move list cannot explain a failed task.
A move can change when the space, timing, partner, or rules change. The 100 rules help you spot what changed and ask your teacher why. The seven gates group those questions. Your school decides how to train.
Review the $97 USD Codex →One complete Codex. One included field book.
Your $97 gets the 100-rule Codex and the 17-page Field Book. You can read both as PDF, web page, or plain text. You do not need to buy cards or another book. Silat Geometry Code is a different product.
Seven gates for better questions.
Pick a gate for a task you already know. Ask your teacher what you saw. Different Silat schools may use different words, moves, and ways to teach it.
See Rule 1 in the text-first Codex.
These sample pages show Rule 1 as it appears in the digital edition.
See how a rule becomes a study question
- Choose a movement your teacher has already taught and a safe, familiar setting.
- Name its starting position and intended finish before moving.
- At an easy pace, observe whether you add an unnecessary preparatory movement or lose the taught return.
- Record the observation and ask your teacher which part matters in your school’s method.
“The attractive output was the completed movement. The more informative output was the condition under which its return changed.”
Four blocks around the classes you already take.
In week one, study how a known task starts and ends. In week two, study space and an exit your teacher has taught. In week three, use separate tasks you know to ask about Gates III to VI. In week four, review one task with your teacher. Take longer if you need to. Four weeks do not make you ready for harder contact.
Text-first on purpose.
The Rule 1 images above show real Codex pages. Each rule gives you an idea, something to watch, a small task, and a limit. The Field Book quote is from the real book. Both books focus on words, not step-by-step move pictures.
Inspect the actual Rule 1 pages ↑The Codex is complete by itself.
The $97 USD price includes the complete 100-rule Codex and the Seven-Gate Field Book. No card selection or extra purchase is required. The separate nine-Codex Vault below is entirely optional.
For a student who wants more than a list of moves.
For students who want to look closely at moves they already know, train within agreed limits, and ask a skilled teacher what is still unclear.
Clear limits make the study useful.
Silat has many schools. This book does not speak for them all, test your self-defense skill, replace a teacher, or promise that a move will work against resistance. Your school must guide contact, gear, and harder training.
A digital Codex for careful study.
You get the 100-rule Codex and 17-page Field Book as PDFs, web pages, and plain text. These books focus on words. The picture book and Silat Geometry Code are separate products. You do not need them. The optional nine-Codex Vault does not include this Codex.
Respect the school's answer.
Silat has many schools and aims. The book names the Indonesian Pencak Silat and Malaysian Silat heritage entries. Its seven gates and SGA lens are Spiral Combat's own study tools. Citing these entries does not imply UNESCO or any Silat school endorses this Codex, and a friendly drill does not prove a move works under pressure.
One hundred rules. One clearer next lesson.
Read the sample pages. If they help, take one clear question to your teacher.
Review the standalone Codex →Questions before you choose.
Is this a course in Silat techniques?
No. It is a study Codex for work already taught by a qualified teacher. Do not learn unfamiliar contact, falls or controls from a page.
Does it speak for every Silat school?
No. The seven gates organize questions, not a universal syllabus or rank system.
Do I need Silat Geometry Code, a deck or the Vault?
No. You get the full Codex and Field Book for $97. You do not need the other products.
How will I receive both books?
Use your checkout email to sign in and open the Codex and Field Book PDFs in My Library. The protected ZIP includes their HTML and plain-text readers.