There are so many fighting styles in the
world, but one martial art that slowly gaining popularity all over the world is
Pencak Silat.
Uncovering
the Roots
Pencak Silat is an Indonesian martial art
that incorporates punches, strikes, blocks, kicks, grappling and throwing. Each
and every body parts are used in defense; hence, it is also known as the
deadliest martial art of self-defense.
This Indonesian martial art is also
well-known for its weapons like toya, tombak or lembing, parang, golok, pisau, kris,
sabit or celurit, tongkat or galah, pedang, klewang, chabang, selendang and
karambit.
Among all these weapons, karambit is one
of the most deadly one, as it holds the potential to rip out flesh from a human’s
body. Looking it closely, you will find that it resembles the claws of a tiger.
Pencak Silat came to limelight in the mid
of 1948, got its recognition as an Indonesian fighting art. However, no one
really knows when this art came to limelight, but now it is so much popular in
Southeast Asia. It is believed, more than 160 styles of silat is been practiced
in Indonesia and others are still unknown.
This fighting art is also called as a
dancing combat art that holds different types of steps and stances. The 8 direction
step that is known as ‘langkah 8 penjuru’ and it requires hard dedication and
continuous practice to master it.
100%
Recognized Body
Ikatan Pencak Silat Indonesia and
PERISILAT is the recognized body that runs different types of sport events in
all corners of the world. The popularity of this game has made it in Southeast
Asian Games and soon going to be demonstrated in 2020 Olympic Games, Tokyo.
This is wonderful news for Silat practitioners,
as new doors will be opened for every individual. There are many martial art
students who see silat as a new era in the art of combat sport. If you are a
sport lover, then this would be the right type to change your martial art
career.
A
Rising Career in the Sports Industry
Today, many oriental styles like
Taekwondo and Karate have already ruined the future of students. The reason is
dirty politics and the greed of money that made these arts a mere toy. It seems
that earning a black belt in Karate and Taekwondo has become easier than before
and the reason is sports politics.
It is also found that parents who send
their children to learn karate and Taekwondo, they don’t revamp their knowledge
on which martial art style offers high scope in the future and which art is
recognized by the Government. Well, there are ample of questions need to be
asked before enrolling your child in a good martial art school, as your kid is
not just learning an art – he is learning how to know himself better.
In such scenario, Pencak Silat is a
martial art that you should focus on. Come and play Silat and have a wonderful
career.