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Pencak silat (Indonesian pronunciation: [ˈpənt͡ʃaʔ ˈsilat]; in Western writings sometimes spelled "pentjak silat" or phonetically as "penchak silat") is an umbrella term for a class of related Indonesian martial arts.
Pencak silat is a compound of the two most commonly used words for martial arts in Indonesia. 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.
Verdi Phefferkorn von Offenbach (26 February 1922 – 1 January 2021), better known as Paatje Phefferkorn, was an Indo practitioner of the Indonesian martial art Pencak Silat in the Netherlands. As one of its best known teachers he has played an important role in increasing the popularity of this Martial Art in the Netherlands and Europe.
The term pencak silat has been adopted globally in reference to professional competitive silat for sport, similar to the Chinese word wushu. Regional dialect names include penca ( West Java ), dika or padik (Thailand), silek (the Minangkabau pronunciation of silat), main-po or maen po (in the lower speech of Sundanese ), and gayong or gayung ...
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.
The evolution of the martial arts has been described by historians in the context of countless historical battles. Building on the work of Laughlin (1956, 1961), Rudgley argues that Mongolian wrestling, as well as the martial arts of the Chinese, Japanese and Aleut peoples, all have "roots in the prehistoric era and to a common Mongoloid ancestral people who inhabited north-eastern Asia."
The Book of Later Han, a Chinese document that was written either before or early in the history of the Three Kingdoms also has records of Korean wrestling. [citation needed] Ssireum first gained widespread popularity during the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Two Korean martial arts manuals Muyejebo and Muyedobotongji date from 1598 and 1790 ...
Tunggal Hati Seminari (THS) is a style of pencak silat from Indonesia. It incorporates Catholic teachings [1] and embraces the motto Pro Patria et Ecclesia, meaning "for the nation and the church", and the slogan Fortiter in Re Suaviter in Modo, which means "strong principles and soft temper". [1] These encourage a bold, diligent and humble ...