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  2. Pencak silat - Wikipedia

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    The Indonesian Pencak Silat Association (IPSI) was founded in 1948 to bring all of Indonesia's pencak silat under a single administration. The world's oldest nationwide silat organisation, its basis is that all pencak silat is built on a common source, and that less functional styles must give way to the technically superior.

  3. Silat - Wikipedia

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    The 2018 Indonesian movie Wiro Sableng 212 also revived the historical silat genre, adapted from popular silat novel series in Indonesia titled Wiro Sableng. Set on the 16th century island of Java, it tells the story of Wiro Sableng, a young pendekar who receives a task from his teacher Sinto Gendeng, a mysterious old female warrior, to arrest ...

  4. Weapons of pencak silat - Wikipedia

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    The chaping (called caping in Indonesian and terendak in Malay) is a conical hat often worn by farmers, travellers and others who spend long hours exposed to direct sunlight. In some Indonesian silat forms, the hat is used as a self-defense implement for blocking attacks. It can also be thrown at the opponent as a distraction.

  5. Indonesian martial arts - Wikipedia

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    Pencak was the term used in central and east Java, while silat was used in Sumatra and Borneo. In modern usage, pencak and silat are seen as being two aspects of the same practice. Pencak is the essence of training, the outward aspect of the art. Silat is the internal essence of combat and self-defense, the true fighting application of the ...

  6. Styles of silat - Wikipedia

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    Silat is a generic name for the martial arts of certain countries in Southeast Asia. There is untold number of Silat systems in Maritime Southeast Asia , with there being over 150 styles recognized styles of pencak silat in Indonesia, [ 1 ] and more in aboard.

  7. Pencak Silat Harimau - Wikipedia

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    Silat Harimau is a variation of silek, a type of Indonesian pencak silat that originates from the Minangkabau culture in West Sumatra. Silat Harimau was first created in the Pariangan area, in 1119 by Datuk Suri Dirajo. At that time, Datuk Suri Diarjo trained the royal troops with various different silat styles, because in ancient times the ...

  8. Persaudaraan Setia Hati Terate - Wikipedia

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    Persaudaraan Setia Hati Terate (lit. "Brotherhood of the Obedient Heart — Lotus", abbreviated as PSHT or SH Terate) is a sports and pencak silat organization (perguruan silat) from East Java, Indonesia, created by Ki Hadjar Hardjo Oetomo in 1922 and was later agreed to be renamed to Persaudaraan Setia Hati Terate at its first congress in Madiun in 1948.

  9. Sabeni - Wikipedia

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    Sabeni's disciples took part in the physical resistance during the Indonesian struggle for independence. [1] Sabeni died on August 15, 1945, and his silat style was continued by his descendants and disciples. [2] [3] In 2016, there were at least 6 silat schools or silat communities that taught Sabeni silat style in the Tanah Abang district. [2]