Vietnam ranks first SEA Pencak Silat Championship

With five golds, three silvers and one bronze, Vietnam successfully defended their championship title at the 2nd Southeast Asian Pencak Silat Championship in Malaysia.

Martial artists who brought home five golds include Diep Ngoc Vu Minh (men's 50kg), Nguyen Thi Nhu Quynh (women's 65 kg), Le Sy Kien (men's 85kg), Nguyen Duy Chien (men's 70kg) and Truong Van Mao (men's 75kg).

The seven-day event had drawn the participation of eight teams from seven countries, namely Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei, Myanmar, Timor Leste, Indonesia and host Malaysia.

Last year, Vietnam won 13 golds, five silvers and five bronzes, ahead of second-placed Malaysia and third-placed Philippines.

Sourced from http://www.nhandan.com.vn/english/sport/210709/sport_vr.htm

‘Silat sendeng’ is now the official martial art of Johor

TANGKAK: Johor has adopted silat sendeng as its official martial arts in a move to promote self-defence, discipline and healthy living among the people.

Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman said silat sendeng, like the zapin dance and ghazal music, originated from Johor and deserved to be the state’s official martial arts.

Speaking to some 1,000 silat sendeng exponents from throughout Johor and Malacca, he said silat sendeng grandmaster, the late Long Mamat, was born in Sungai Mati.

“From the descendants of Long Mamat we have Ahmad Nazari Abdul Hamid who is now the president of Johor’s Malaysia Silat Sendeng Organisation,” he said at the launching of silat sendeng as the states’ official martial arts on Saturday.

Abdul Ghani said the state government, through its Heritage Foundation, would promote silat sendeng in all parts of Johor and other states soon.

He said the foundation would be allocated funds to form units at the district level and to engage trainers, both full-time and part-time, and every district would be directed to set up a silat sendeng group.

District officers, he said, must encourage villages to set up their own silat sendeng groups and they could use the compounds of the penghulu complexes to train.

Abdul Ghani, who is the patron of the Johor Silat Sendeng Organisation, was later presented with a book on silat written by Kamdi Kamil of the Johor Heritage Foundation.

The book is about the history of silat sendeng and contains interviews with several descendants of Long Mamat.

It also has illustrations of the silat’s many moves.

Sourced from http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/7/13/nation/4308189&sec=nation

Indonesia's Pencak Silat Fighters Win Four Golds

Pencak silat, a martial art that originated in Indonesia, brought plenty of joy to its home nation at the 2009 Asian Martial Arts Games in Bangkok.

Indonesia entered six athletes into pencak silat at the first and last Martial Arts Games, and all six reached the finals. Of those finalists, four brought home gold medals.

All three of Indonesia’s men’s finalists won gold. I Komang Wahyu Purbasari earned the first — the country’s second at the Games after Kresna Bayu won judo gold — with a convincing 5-0 win over Singaporean Mohammad Nor Shafiq in E-class competition.

Lutfan Budi Santoso followed by winning the men’s B-class gold with a 5-0 defeat of the Philippines’ Jul-Omar Abdulhakim, and Pujo Janoko defeated Thailand’s Warlam Prasit 3-2 in a close match to earn the men’s C-class gold medal.

In the women’s event, Bali’s Ni Nyoman Suparniti was the only one to win gold, dominating the final and trouncing Malaysian Siti Rahmah Mohamed Nasir 5-0 in women’s D class.

The other two Indonesian women fell short against Vietnamese opposition in the finals. Puspa Endah Fitriani lost 4-1 to Le Thi Hong Ngoan in the women’s E-class final, and Pengki Simbar lost 4-1 to Le Thi Pingha in women’s A class.

Wushu also brought in a medal, further boosting Indonesia’s total. Rahmat Junaidi Sukamto won bronze after falling to Zhang Dajun of China in the men’s sanshou 60-kilogram semifinals.

Friday’s seven-medal haul saw Indonesia shoot up the medals table. Its 13 total medals left it tied for ninth place with China and Laos, with Indonesia matching China’s five gold medals and easily outpacing Laos, which saw its total boosted by eight bronze medals.

Indonesia’s hopes of a medal from karate are fading away after four competitors bowed out in the preliminary rounds on Friday.

Hendro Salim, the sport’s last medal hope, will compete in the men’s -84 kg and face karateka Aldowsari Hamad of Kuwait in today’s preliminary round.

Thailand tops the standings with 46 overall medals and 15 golds, nine of which it won in its favored martial art, muay thai. Vietnam is second with 34 medals, half of which are bronze, and Kazakhstan is third with 28 medals.

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Pencak Silat artistes put to the test

Silat and the Melayu world are synonymous. From centuries 'Silat' has existed acting as a symbol of Melayu cultural heritage.

It is similar to Perguruan Seni Pencak Silat Gerak 41 that has already been established for more than 20 years now and it's still standing strong while preserving the culture and the four Melayu indigenous martial arts in Brunei.

Officially established on May 30, 1988, with the initiative of few teachers that made Perguruan Seni Pencak Slat Gerak 41 become a PERSIB (Persekutuan Pencak Slat Kebangsaan Brunei Darussalam) member.

In the beginning it was started by two teachers followed by 10 teachers and the number has increased to thousands of martial artistes (Pesilat) from 10 different branches of PSPSG 41 throughout the country. Today, G41 has more than 40 trainers, 7 pre-instructors, 3 instructors, 1 mentor and 2 prime mentor.

Recently, Perguruan Seni Pencak Silat Gerak 41 (G41) held a Kem Pendekar and Ujian Kenaikan Arat (UKA) as an annual event at Gelanggang Berjasa, Kampong Setia B the birth place of G41. More than 50 martial artistes from G41 were present.

The Guest of Honour was Cikgu Haji Ibrahim bin Haji Muhammad Yusof PSPSG 41 Mentor. Also present was the Honorary Committee & Executive Committee of G41, leaders from each G41 branch and martial artistes of PSPSG 41 from various branches which is Kelab Slat Varsiti G41 UBD branch, Cahaya Kilat PTE Katok Branch, Seri Kencana Awang Semaun Secondary School branch, Gelanggang Banting G41 Kg. Piasau-piasau Temburong, Gelanggang Indera Perkasa Jerudong, Gelanggang Tawakal Kg. Mata-Mata and Gelanggang Seri Kemanca and Kg. Penanjong Tutong. Thirty martial artistes participated in the test.

It was conducted to assess and test the achievements, skills and techniques integration and applications based on PSPSG 41 martial art curriculum and scheme. The assessment was done by the PSPSG 41 Dewan Jurulatih and Dewan Guru.

Three tests was done, first test was the close range combat technique (Tempur Tangan Kosong). This test is conducted to asses the skill, techniques, strength and agility in each pesilat before they can move on to the primary level and secondary level.

The second test was the primary level where each 'pesilat' creativity, skills and techniques using blunt weapons like the Tambong, the Tambong Dua and Selendang are tested.

In this assessment each 'pesilat' using their own creation are required to defend him/herself as well as to attack and defeat the opponent.

The last assessment was in the secondary level (Sharp Weapon Technique).

This is a level to determine if the 'pesilat' is qualified to hold the red belt then move on to the Pre-Instructor level of a green belt.

The third assessment is more challenging where the 'pesilat' is needed to show their skills, techniques, creativity, agility, strength and speed in using sharp weapons like The 'Keris', a knife, a 'kerambit' and a sword in combat to defend and attack an opponet. The 'pesilat' level of instinct, the use of our five senses and reflex actions are also tested.

All martial artistes who took part in UKA are assessed by G41 Pre-Instructor, Instructor and Mentor. UKA was held not only to assess each 'pesilat' but it also enhanced the rapport and relationship among 'pesilat' from different G41 branches. At the same time the activity also functioned as a creative learning process and positive moral values to youth inside G41.

Hopefully, through this activity, G41 can actively contribute and help develop our country to teach youth some dicipline, self-confidence, positive attitudes based on MIB through the martial arts priciples and dicipline.

Sourced from http://www.brunei-online.com/bb/wed/jul1h44.htm

Pencak Silat artistes put to the test

Silat and the Malay world are synonymous. From centuries 'Silat' has existed acting as a symbol of Malay cultural heritage.

It is similar to Perguruan Seni Pencak Silat Gerak 41 that has already been established for more than 20 years now and it's still standing strong while preserving the culture and the four Malay indigenous martial arts in Brunei.

Officially established on May 30, 1988, with the initiative of few teachers that made Perguruan Seni Pencak Slat Gerak 41 become a PERSIB (Persekutuan Pencak Slat Kebangsaan Brunei Darussalam) member.

In the beginning it started by two teachers followed by 10 teachers and the number has increased to thousands of martial artistes (Pesilat) from 10 different branches of PSPSG 41 throughout the country.

Today, G41 has more than 40 trainers, 7 pre-instructors, 3 instructors, 1 mentor and 2 prime mentor.

Recently, Perguruan Seni Pencak Silat Gerak 41 (G41) held a Kem Pendekar and Ujian Kenaikan Arat (UKA) as an annual event at Gelanggang Berjasa, Kampong Setia B the birth place of G41. More than 50 martial artistes from G41 were present.

The Guest of Honour was Cikgu Haji Ibrahim bin Haji Muhammad Yusof PSPSG 41 Mentor. Also present was the Honorary Committee & Executive Committee of G41, leaders from each G41 branch and martial artistes of PSPSG 41 from various branches which is Kelab Slat Varsiti G41 UBD branch, Cahaya Kilat PTE Katok Branch, Seri Kencana Awang Semaun Secondary School branch, Gelanggang Banting G41 Kg.

Piasau-piasau Temburong, Gelanggang Indera Perkasa Jerudong, Gelanggang Tawakal Kg. Mata-Mata and Gelanggang Seri Kemanca and Kg. Penanjong Tutong.

30 martial artistes participated in the test. It was conducted to assess and test the achievements, skills and techniques integration and applications based on PSPSG 41 martial art curriculum and scheme. The assessment was done by the PSPSG 41 Dewan Jurulatih and Dewan Guru.

Three tests was done, first test was the close range combat technique (Tempur Tangan Kosong). This test is conducted to asses the skill, techniques, strength and agility in each pesilat before they can move on to the primary level and secondary level. The second test was the primary level where each 'pesilat' creativity, skills and techniques using blunt weapons like the Tambong, the Tambong Dua and Selendang are tested.

In this assessment each 'pesilat' using their own creation are required to defend him/herself as well as to attack and defeat the opponent.

The last assessment was in the secondary level (Sharp Weapon Technique).

This is a level to determine if the 'pesilat' is qualified to hold the red belt then move on to the Pre-Instructor level of a green belt.

The third assessment is more challenging where the 'pesilat' is needed to show their skills, techniques, creativity, agility, strength and speed in using sharp weapons like The 'Keris', a knife, a 'kerambit' and a sword in combat to defend and attack an opponet. The 'pesilat' level of instinct, the use of our five senses and reflex actions are also tested.

All martial artistes who took part in UKA are assessed by G41 Pre- Instructor, Instructor and Mentor. UKA was held not only to assess each 'pesilat' but it also enhanced the rapport and relationship among 'pesilat' from different G41 branches. At the same time the activity also functioned as a creative learning process and positive moral values to youth inside G41.

Hopefully, through this activity, G41 can actively contribute and help develop our country to teach youth some dicipline, self- confidence, positive attitudes based on MIB through the martial arts priciples and dicipline.

Sourced from http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-202746480/pencak-silat-artistes-put.html