Crown — ilmu and intent

attention, discipline, and directed power

The crown is an editorial attention anchor for concentrated intent and the cultivation of inner power described in modern Indonesian martial-art accounts. It should not be read as a claim that every tenaga dalam school locates power at the crown.

Crown — ilmu and intentCrown — ilmu and intentHai — diaphragm breath centreBody conditioning — ilmu kebal locusHands — tenaga emissionFeet — rooted stance

Point 1 of 5 in Indonesian Tenaga Dalam

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

O'ong Maryono, Pencak Silat in the Indonesian Archipelago (scholarly_modern)

Ian Douglas Wilson, The Politics of Inner Power: The Practice of Pencak Silat in West Java (scholarly_modern)

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