Introduction
“Merantau” is an Indonesian action drama feature due for release April 2009. Written and directed by award winning filmmaker Gareth Evans the film showcases Silat Harimau (with choreography from renowned master Edwel Datuk Rajo Gampo Alam and Team Silat Harimau). “Merantau” will also introduce to the world Indonesia’s rising action star and Silat Tiga Berantai [...]

It is not easy to trace back the history of pencak silat because written documentation is limited and oral information handed down from the guru or masters cannot fully answer all the riddles.
In particular, it is very complicated to determine when and from where pencak silat begun, and who pioneered its spreading. Still, all the [...]

SAHABAT SILAT
Presents
SILAT WORKSHOP
GERAK GULUNG BUDI DAYA TI PADJAJARAN
WITH SILAT GGBD INSTRUCTOR
M. RIDWAN (“KANG AWANG”)
This hidden style of Silat is known and acknowledged as one of the prominent old system of pencak silat for centuries among limited experts of pencak silat in the land of Pasundan-West Java, until now
“Kembangna cilaka, buahna pati “ (The opening [...]

Matdon, The Jakarta Post, Bandung
Benjang is a traditional game that is believed to have been developed in the Islamic boarding schools of Ujungberung, Cobolerang and Cinunuk districts in Bandung regency.
Benjang players usually pray to have fun and for fair play before a game. The instruments used in benjang include the terbang gendang (a conical-shaped drum [...]

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

Pencak Silat competition is one of the means to perpepuate, develop and socialize pencak silat and to increase the image of pencak silat. Viewed from its development history, [...]

by O’ong Maryono

What is IPSI and how it was started?
The Ikatan Pencak Silat Indonesia (IPSI) or Indonesian Pencak Silat Organization is a national umbrella organization for Indonesian pencak silat schools. It was funded in 1948 after [...]

By : Oong Maryono
According to the Bahasa Indonesia dictionary, ‘guru’ is a person who has teaching as profession. ‘maha‘ originally derives from Sanskrit, meaning ‘great/big’. Therefore ‘mahaguru‘ is synonym [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

Translation note: Silek means silat in the traditional language of Minangkabau, West Sumatera in Indonesia. Gerak means movement in Indonesian and Surau indicates a communal place of devotion e.g. the place to [...]

Tanah Abang, one of the centers of commerce in Indonesia’s capital city is known as the biggest garment market in Indonesia and perhaps in Southeast Asia.
Aside from being a large textile market, Tanah Abang has also been known for a long time as a place that produced a lot of Silat champions (jago-jago). One of [...]

The two people move backwards and forwards in an orderly manner. There arms extending and folding in turn. Suddenly one of the players reverses direction throwing his adversary and immediately raucus laughter fills the room.
The above scenario describes the training environment at the Paguron (School) of Maenpo Cikalong Pancerbumi, that happens each Friday night on [...]