Founded by Guro Dan Inosanto to honor his Silat instructors, Maphilindo Silat is a blend of Malaysian, Filipino and Indonesian Silat systems. Maphilindo Silat incorporates a wide variety of sweeps, controls, throws, nerve striking, traps and levers. Maphilindo Silat teaches a student how to control, manipulate and knock an opponent off balance.

Geared strictly for self-defense, Maphilindo Silat teaches a student how to neutralize an opponent quickly and with minimum effort.