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    Pencak Silat in the Indonesian Archipelago

    Many of the readers may wonder what pencak silat actually is. In the Philippines, with its many martial arts forms, pencak silat is still relatively unknown. And yet, pencak silat is part of our common Malay culture which covers Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, the Philippines and some small islands close to them. In all [...]

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Bandung wrestlers face it off sumo style

Matdon, The Jakarta Post, Bandung Benjang is a traditional game that is believed to have been developed in the Islamic boarding ...

Pencak Silat competition

by Oong Maryono Adapted from Notosuyitno in 'Miscellaneous Pencak Silat' 1999:28-30. Pencak Silat ...

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In between times during the effort to pursue a dream to give form to the richness of pencak silat so ...

SILEK KUMANGO - Locks are the distinctive feature of gerak silek Kumango

Surau Sumber Gerak - The place of devotion, from where the source of movement comes. Locks are the distinctive feature ...

MAENPO CIKALONG (Part 2) - Don’t Hurt Your Opponent

The two people move backwards and forwards in an orderly manner. There arms extending and folding in turn. Suddenly one ...

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From pencak silat to sanshou wushu, martial arts fans have large choice at SEA Games

NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand (AP): Cheak Bun Hong has chosen his sport wisely. Despite only one year’s experience in the martial art of sanshou wushu, the Cambodian got as far as the quarterfinals at the Southeast Asian Games.

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The History of the Aliran (style) of Betawi silat, Jiencin

The History of the Aliran (style) of Betawi silat, Jiencin
In the past, silat wasn’t a widely recognised word to describe the indiginous martial arts. People (in the Sunda area) called it maen pukul , which literally translates as maen=playing and pukul=hit or to hit.
About two weeks ago, a heavy rain drenched the pavillion with woven [...]

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Women Warriors and Pencak Silat

By O’ong Maryono
In Indonesia, the adventures of women warriors are often depicted in traditional theater forms, such as the wayang kulit (leather puppets) and wayang orang (human puppets). In the story of Mahabarata, Srikandi [...]

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Lets march foreward FP2STI and foreward with Pencak Silat

In between times during the effort to pursue a dream to give form to the richness of pencak silat so that it may one day be competetive on the levels of an Asian Games or even as an Olympic event, the prime figures of the silat world have allowed other aspects contained within the art [...]