Pencak Silat Sharaf & Total Urban Survival 

Traditional Values. Modern Tactics. Expert Leadership

Total Urban Survival WebsiteTUS is the website and blog of prepared civilians and experienced professionals that make up the core practitioners of the system of Pencak Silat Sharaf, and built on the principles of: Traditional Values, Modern Tactics, and Expert Leadership. The community is supportive and professional, shunning political divisions and other divisiveness that has ruined many professional combatives organizations in the past. We work together, live together, and train together, and as brothers we try our best to assist one another to achieve success in our training endeavours and life in general. This supportive and respecting spirit has nurtured a group like no other. And we’re very proud of that closeness and caring we share together on the journey of Pencak Silat Sharaf. We are also unique in that we have a very experienced cadre of members and advisors that span interesting professions: Soldiers, SWAT officers, Paramedics, Lawyers, Chefs, Bodyguards, Data Specialists, CyberSecurity Experts, and more. This consistent, direct brain input from experienced professionals, active and retired, improves the reality-based training content of the system and continually keeps it at the forefront of what happens in real life.
TUS is also a very international organization, embracing cultures, languages, and religions from the East and West and bringing them together to improve cultural competence in our members and foster a greater respect for humanity as a whole. We are experienced players in the field of survival. With a cadre of former and active duty professionals...we’ve seen it all, or at least most, and we’re dedicated to bringing you the best-in-class knowledge to overcome anything this planet throws at you, all while still maintaining our heritage of Pencak Silat handed down through generations of warriors in the Malay Archipelago.
Pencak Silat Sharaf Combatives SystemIn 2001, Silat Sharaf was founded by Pendekar Hussein, a professional paramedic, as a simple to learn combatives system based on the Indonesian art of Pencak Silat he learned from his teachers, combined with his extensive street experience spanning multiple continents. Sharaf powers everything in the TUS ecosystem of knowledge. The combative techniques of Silat Sharaf are simple to learn, focused on reality encounters, but still retain their traditional purity and lineage of Silat from Indonesia. The understanding of strategy is also far superior than simply understanding how to fight, and Silat Sharaf introduces its adherents to this deeper level of thinking in all training evolutions.
Hand to Hand Combat: punches, knees, elbows, kicks, survival of initial surprise attacks
Edged Weapons: knives, machetes, axes
Impact Weapons: bats, sticks, poles, tactical batons
Improvised Weapons: sharpened credit cards, glass, stones, etc
Groundfighting: locks, traps, armed and unarmed
Firearms and Projectiles: handguns, shotguns, rifles, throwing knives, bow and arrows, rocks, you name it we'll throw it.
Emergency Medical and Rescue Tactics
Mental Training: developing the mindset required to willingly use violence against adversaries when required
Martial Strategy: teaches you to outthink your adversaries and unlocks the potential to achieve whatever goals you have in your life through a broad understanding and application of traditional martial principles