tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90470809136064100242024-03-14T18:44:17.610+08:00Silat Melayu The BlogMohd Nadzrin Wahabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688305454146125158noreply@blogger.comBlogger831125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047080913606410024.post-29625149469691349612018-05-25T13:12:00.001+08:002018-05-25T17:42:47.212+08:00Hang Tuah: Real Or Not? A Collection of Discussions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://eng.mynewshub.cc/hang-tuahs-existence-based-of-historical-evidence/" target="_blank">Hang Tuah’s Existence Based Of Historical Evidence</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ukm.my/news/archive/tahun-2014/october-2014/hang-tuah-did-indeed-exist-says-prof-nik-hassan-shuhaimi/" target="_blank">Hang Tuah Did Indeed Exist, Says Prof Nik Hassan Shuhaimi</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.malaysia-today.net/2017/05/22/hang-tuah-is-chinese-hang-on-a-second/" target="_blank">Hang Tuah Is Chinese? Hang On A Second…</a><br />
<a href="https://www.malaymail.com/s/1116503/show-concrete-proof-that-hang-tuah-is-a-myth-malacca-cm-challenges-historia" target="_blank">Show concrete proof that Hang Tuah is a myth, Malacca CM challenges historians</a><br />
<a href="http://www.beritaharian.sg/setempat/pakar-hang-tuah-wujud-pernah-perintah-temasek" target="_blank">Pakar: Hang Tuah wujud, pernah perintah Temasek</a><br />
<a href="http://www.thejakartapost.com/seasia/2016/04/20/evidence-shows-hang-tuah-was-real-say-academicians-.html" target="_blank">Evidence shows Hang Tuah was real, say academicians</a></div>
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<a href="https://coconuts.co/kl/news/historian-hang-tuahs-existence-can-never-be-conclusively-proven/" target="_blank">Historian: Hang Tuah’s existence can never be conclusively proven</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/339754" target="_blank">It’s not Hang Tuah, it’s ‘Hang Tu-ha’ or ‘Hang Toh’, says don</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/186812" target="_blank">Don: Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat, and Hang Li Po are myths</a></div>
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<a href="http://says.com/my/news/hang-tuah-in-sejarah-textbook" target="_blank">Malaysians Are Shocked At What Students Are Learning About Hang Tuah In Schools</a><br />
<a href="http://www.thesundaily.my/news/270333" target="_blank">Khoo: Show me proof that Hang Tuah existed</a></div>
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Mohd Nadzrin Wahabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688305454146125158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047080913606410024.post-91670250334739160642017-04-29T19:40:00.002+08:002017-04-29T19:40:52.869+08:00Nothing can stop you<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In silat, when someone applies a lock onto your joints, you have very few choices. One of them is to find a way to slither out of the lock. Another is to move his centre of gravity to create slack.</div>
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However, when the lock is very tight and surrender is NOT an option (your family is in danger, your ummah needs you), then you commit a sacrifice move by forcing against the lock and possibly dislocating your joint or breaking one of your own bones.</div>
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If your struggle is just, it is a worthy price to pay, just as the sahabi who lost his arms, one after another, yet continued carrying Rasulullah's war banner to rally the fighters' spirits.</div>
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After the break, the ensuing pain and adrenaline rush is channeled into a decisive killing blow (possibly even suicidal) against your now confused opponent.</div>
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If you truly believe in what you strive for, then nothing will stand in your way.</div>
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Mohd Nadzrin Wahabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688305454146125158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047080913606410024.post-48334721953464176532017-04-29T19:33:00.002+08:002019-07-20T14:08:39.833+08:00Jantan | Betina: Silat Body Linguistics<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>In silat, the surface of the human body is divided into two parts: Jantan and Betina.</b></div>
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Anatomically, jantan is the dorsal area of the body. It is where bone is closest to the surface and normally has more body hair like the tops of your forearms, the elbows, the shoulders, the back, the spine, the tops of the thighs, the knees, the shins and the tops of the feet, the cheeckbones, the forehead and the back of the head.</div>
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Betina is known as the ventral area where the nerves and arteries are closer to the surface like the palms, the wrists, the underside of the arm, the armpit, the chest and abdominal area, the genitals, inside of the thighs, the calves, the eyes and the face.</div>
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Most silat styles teach you to attack the ventral areas as they tend to incur the highest damage, while the dorsal areas are to be avoided as they normally contain hard weapons like the fist, elbow and knee.</div>
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Relevance to body language exists in the belief that the more we trust someone, the more we allow them into our ventral area (opening up). The more we distrust someone, the more we close up with our ventral areas. This comes from growing up and learning physical rewards and damage from childplay.</div>
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As a child, you realise that impact to your ventral areas (falling face down, getting kicked in the genitals, bumping your inner thigh on a table corner) hurts more than impact to dorsal areas. Thus, when you protect yourself, the instinct is to cover up as much of the ventral as possible.</div>
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Even without learning martial arts, a person being beaten will curl up into a ball to expose as much dorsal and protect as much ventral.</div>
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Mohd Nadzrin Wahabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688305454146125158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047080913606410024.post-20030277744224973752017-04-29T18:35:00.004+08:002017-04-29T18:37:59.084+08:00Silat Mind|Body Training Philosophy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>In many martial arts, including silat, there are aggregated forms intended to provide a structure to the movements of the human body, to add physical and psychological limits to the person.</b></div>
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But the body already has a structure and its own limits. There are the bones, the joints, the muscles that connect them and their ranges of motion. Thus, what these forms really do is just add an artificial structure with artifical limits onto the practitioner. Which is why silat is well-known for its formlessless before form. Exploration and expression rather than recession and repetition.</div>
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The body should be allowed to move through all its possible articulations and record its own sureties of each limit and potential it possesses. Not only the body, but also the mind and the soul.</div>
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Guru Idris bin Alimuda of Silat Firasah often stresses the education of the mind before the body. It is considered normal in traditional styles for the master to reorient the thinking of the student, to remove misconceptions and prepare them for a more holistic view of reality.</div>
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To do the opposite (i.e. train the body first), would result in a useless outcome. The limits of the physical structure is further limited by what exists in the mind. Thus, the mind has to be reformed first before imparting physical techniques.</div>
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Without this prerequisite, physical training but be fruitless. The only products you get are robots.<br />
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Traditional Silat Melayu, or what they now term Silat Kampung (sometimes Silat Bunga/ Pulut), was a holistic personal development tool that took much longer and depended on closer master-student relationship.<br />
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It took the students' current abilities and familiar movements (fishing, farming, weaving, wood carving, etc) and built on and adapted from those already present neurological pathways to have the student 'create' their own silat style. This was exemplified in the Karate Kid wax-on, wax-off scenes.<br />
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So, what is meant by training the mind, doesn't bypass the body, but that it goes in via the body to create an awareness which then regains control of the body.</div>
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Mohd Nadzrin Wahabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688305454146125158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047080913606410024.post-53674442679286929742013-06-20T16:49:00.003+08:002013-06-20T16:49:57.840+08:00Passing on a legacy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The sun shone brightly one Sunday in the village in Parung, Bogor. Dozens of children wearing black-and-white uniforms swarmed onto a field to learn and to practice the traditional Indonesian martial art known as pencak silat. Teachers soon led the pack and showed the students a few moves, followed by the students’ echoing shouts under the scorching sun.
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The practice sessions are part of weekly activities in Kampoeng Silat Jampang, a training center of traditional martial arts in Indonesia.
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The country, with its diverse cultures and ethnic groups, is home to what has been estimated to be 150 variations in style. Different provinces even have their own self defense traditions. The Minang
kabau in West Sumatra have silek harimau, the Sundanese have their cimande style and Bali has bakti negara. Some of those fighting methods have even gained reputations on the global stage, with their popularity reaching Australia, the US, Europe and Japan.
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The self-defense technique got another boost from the success of the action movie The Raid, which features Indonesian actors performing pencak silat.
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But despite the global fame, it is still a challenge to maintain the pencak silat tradition in the midst of modern society.
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This has occurred in Jampang, where the heirs of the Betawi folk hero of the same name are believed to reside and are struggling to preserve the art.
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According to local legend, Jampang was a warrior from Sukabumi, West Java. He was a good fighter and used his skills in pencak silat to battle against Dutch colonialism. On his way to Batavia (now Jakarta) to confront the enemy, the man was believed to have sojourned in what is now called Jampang, where he taught local people fighting skills.
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A few hundred years later, Jampang’s legacy is now under threat, according to Saptadji, 47, who was one of the teachers at Sunday’s training session and the head of Kampoeng Silat Jampang. He said that youth in the area these days seem to have lost interest in pencak silat.
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“They prefer to watch television or play video games,” said the man.
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The current situation is much in contrast to the past, Saptadji explained. In the old days, pencak silat was more than a self-defense technique but a way of life, as almost all the people in the village, both young and old, knew how to fight.
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This strong cultural influence can still be traced through family histories, with almost all locals interviewed for this article explaining that their ancestors — either fathers, uncles or grandfathers — were pencak silat fighters.
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Saptadji himself is the nephew of Sukarna, who is believed to be a sixth generation descendant of Jampang.
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In attempts to pass on the legacy of his predecessors, Saptadji with the support of private foundation Dompet Dhuafa, initiated Kampoeng Silat Jampang in 2009 to revive the fighting tradition in his village.
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One of the programs is free pencak silat training for everyone.
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Saptadji said more than 1,000 people, mostly under 18 years of age, had joined.
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“Most of them are residents of Jampang,” Madroi explained.
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In order to expand, fighting lessons are not only given on Sunday at Kampoeng Silat Jampang’s headquarters at Rumah Sehat Terpadu Hospital for the poor founded by Dompet Dhuafa in Parung. Trainings are also offered at schools in the form of extracurricular activities.
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Dompet Dhuafa representative Moh. Noor Awaluddin said the program had so far entered 17 schools in Jampang subdistrict.
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Apart from regular exercises, Kampoeng Silat Jampang also holds an annual festival. The latest Kampoeng Silat Jampang festival was held at the beginning of November, which coincided with the program’s fourth anniversary.
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The event is a major gathering for traditional Indonesian martial arts groups. Saptadji said different self defense clubs attended the last festival to show off their unique skills and styles.
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In the long run, Awaluddin hopes that Kampoeng Silat Jampang will become a new center for the development of the ancient self defense method in the country, standing side by side with the existing martial arts hub at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, or perhaps replacing it.
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“I hope in the future Kampoeng Silat Jampang will become the destination for people interested in finding out about traditional Indonesian martial arts,” the man said.
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Currently, Kampoeng Silat Jampang is the training ground for four different martial arts groups (Satria Muda Indonesia, Pancer Bumi Cikalong, Perisai Diri and Beksi Traditional Haji Hisbullah) and targeting two more (Tapak Suci and Merpati Putih), he said.
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Joining Sunday’s training session was the Satria Muda Indonesia group under the leadership of Saptadji, and Perisai Diri, believed to be the most popular Indonesian fighting group, with memberships extending to
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One of the Perisai Diri members is 16-year-old Bella Oktaviani. The senior in high school may be the perfect example of a Jampang village youth who helps to preserve pencak silat. The long-haired girl said she started with Perisai Diri one-and-a-half years ago through an extra curricular activity at her school.
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“I wanted to learn about self-protection and through this program I have so many new friends,” said the girl who participated in the Pencak Silat World Championship in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, this year.
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The program’s good influence on the young seems to have encouraged many parents to enroll their children in the Kampoeng Silat Kampang training program, including 35-year-old Lilis Kartika, who enlisted her 7-year-old, Muhamad Arravi, in Satria Muda.
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“The main thing is so we don’t lose what we had,” said the woman, who is a native of Jampang.
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The mother of two explained that her father and grandfather were pencak silat masters in the village and she said she was eager to see her son follow in the steps of his predecessors.
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However, it turns out the program has strayed from its original mission of preserving the tradition. But in a good way.
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Self defense skills, international recognition and soon financial benefits are on the list of good things coming from the efforts to save pencak silat in Jampang.
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During an interview with The Jakarta Post, Awaluddin revealed Dompet Dhuafa’s plan to develop a local home industry to produce martial arts weapons and accessories.
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“We want to support locals in the production of daggers or silat costumes,” he said.
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This kind of support, Awaluddin added, is expected to improve people’s living standards in the region and give residents strong reasons to continue preserving the tradition.
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And good things lead to other good things. That is the lesson from Kampoeng Silat Jampang with its effort to preserve the pencak silat tradition, which in the end brings wider benefits to the whole village.<br />
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<i>Written bu IKA KRISMANTARI</i><br />
<i>Sourced from <a href="http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/12/05/passing-a-legacy.html">http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/12/05/passing-a-legacy.html</a></i></div>
Mohd Nadzrin Wahabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688305454146125158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047080913606410024.post-30259952055240196722013-06-19T12:44:00.000+08:002013-06-19T12:44:12.689+08:00I disgraced silat and my family: banned Singapore athlete<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Sport and family are everything to silat fighter Saiedah Said.</b><br />
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Since she was five, the former national athlete has trained, fought for and coached at the Al-Haq silat club founded by her late grandfather, Haji Hosni Bin Ahmad.
Saiedah’s uncle is Hidayat Hosni, head coach at the Singapore Silat Federation (PERSISI).<br />
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Both her brothers, aged 27 and 21, are well-versed in silat – with the younger, Elyasak, a two-time Southeast Asian (SEA) Games athlete.
So when Saiedah was handed a two-year ban for failing a dope test earlier this month, the ex-world champion felt she had committed the unthinkable.<br />
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“I brought down silat,” the 28-year-old told Yahoo! Singapore after a training session with her club at Kaki Bukit Community Centre.<br />
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“I brought down my family,” she said, choking back tears.
Saiedah first tested positive for the illegal substance <i>sibutramine</i>, a weight-loss stimulant, at the National Pencak Silat Championships in April.
After a second urine sample sent a month later confirmed the result, the National Anti-Doping Disciplinary Committee slapped the 2005 Sportsgirl of the Year with a two-year suspension.<br />
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During this period, Saiedah will be barred from taking part in any sport as an athlete or official. The Class E (65-70kg) gold medal she won at the tournament will also be forfeited.<br />
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It was a nightmare the petite, 1.57m-tall silat exponent never saw coming.
The competition was meant to be her comeback from retirement, following a prolific run of five successive SEA Games outings and a bountiful haul of medals and accolades.<br />
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After calling time on her career in 2011, Saiedah signed on with the Singapore Civil Defence Force in August last year. For six months, the section commander at Tampines Fire Station left the world of martial arts behind, but could not resist the lure of competing once again.<br />
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So she jumped at the chance to take part in this year’s national championships – despite a severe and nagging pain in her lower back.
Saiedah could not pinpoint the exact cause of injury – only that she’d tried everything she could think of to get better. But neither painkillers nor multiple massage therapists helped, and as the competition loomed, her condition worsened.<br />
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Saiedah’s mother, Kamariah Hosni, grew desperate as she watched her suffer. The 52-year-old turned to jamu, buying the traditional Indonesian herbal medicine from a friend who imported it from Malaysia.<br />
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The acquaintance had claimed that her product, labelled “Jamu Kampong”, was good for relieving pain.
“If your daughter is in agony, whatever you have, you just give to her, right?” an emotional Mdm Kamariah told Yahoo! Singapore.
Jamu is popular among the Malay community here, according to Saiedah.<br />
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In 2008, a jamu product branded “Lami” was found by Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority to contain <i>sibutramine</i>, an appetite suppressant used to treat obesity.
Both Mdm Kamariah and Saiedah said they were unaware of this.
“Maybe I’m not the reading type,” said the unfailingly polite Saiedah, who shared that it was her first time taking jamu. “But we thought it was nothing, just eat (sic).”<br />
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It never crossed Mdm Kamariah’s mind that the jamu would contain anything illegal. “On the bottle, it just says the ingredients are herbs, nothing else,” said the mother of three.
The packaging of the supplement, as provided by Mdm Kamariah, is written in Malay and lists ingredients such as rhubarb, ginger, honey and other natural extracts.
Saiedah is now certain the “Jamu Kampong” she took was the source of the banned substances that she tested positive for.<br />
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But the jamu didn’t help. The pain in Saiedah’s back never went away, and two days before the start of the national championships on 7 April, she walked into the Accident & Emergency department of Changi General Hospital.
Doctors could not provide a clear diagnosis, and instead prescribed more painkillers and a physiotherapy appointment in August. Saiedah was also given firm orders to rest.
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“I fought through pain,” she said.
Saiedah went on to win the finals a week later on 14 April. That day marked her triumphant return, but it was also the day she would fail the drug test conducted by Anti-Doping Singapore. She was notified of her suspension six weeks later.<br />
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The veteran silat practitioner submitted an appeal last week, after letters from her mother and PERSISI were rejected by the National Anti-Doping Appeals Committee.
Saiedah’s friends and family have rallied behind her, and she spoke of strangers approaching to comfort her: “They know that if I wanted to (dope)… I would have done it during all my years of being a national athlete.”<br />
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But one person she cannot console enough is her mother, who blames herself for the entire debacle.
“I don’t want to ruin whatever she has gained,” said Mdm Kamariah, her voice cracking. “Poor thing, she has to face all this… It’s my fault. I really, really regret giving her the jamu.”<br />
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Saiedah is keen to move forward. “I’m going to take this positively, as a lesson learned,” she smiled. “Next time, I’ll read up whatever I want to take.”
PERSISI chief Sheik Alauddin agreed, and said the “unfortunate” mistake was Saiedah’s for not checking what she was consuming.<br />
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Her next move will depend on the outcome of the appeal. She said: “Maybe this two-year ban will turn me off for life. Maybe it’s telling me, 'this is the end of your career, you need to rest now'.”<br />
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“But if the ban is reduced to less than one year, I will come back,” maintained Saiedah.
She revealed that she was planning on trying out “one last time” for the 2015 SEA Games squad, with an eye on the regional gold medal that has eluded her.
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“I don’t care what people might say,” she said. “I want to prove to them that this jamu doesn’t help in any way. I can do it through hard work. I can still win for Singapore.”
And in the process, achieve what is of utmost importance to Saiedah Said.
“Bring up the name of silat, and make my family proud,” she declared.<br />
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<i>Sourced from <a href="http://sg.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/fit-to-post-sports/disgraced-silat-family-banned-singapore-athlete-034841185.html?page=all">http://sg.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/fit-to-post-sports/disgraced-silat-family-banned-singapore-athlete-034841185.html?page=all</a></i></div>
Mohd Nadzrin Wahabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688305454146125158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047080913606410024.post-25742131596327541022013-06-16T12:51:00.000+08:002013-06-19T12:52:16.420+08:00Silat man survives two deep slash wounds in his neck<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>SIPITANG: Laud Adau is probably a living testimony that miracle does happen.
Probably it was also his quick thinking that saved him from bleeding to death when he covered the slash wounds on his chin and neck with a shirt, and survived for about 12 hours before receiving treatment.</b><br />
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The 68-year old silat (traditional martial arts) teacher, who taps rubber for a living, was attacked at his house in Kampung Susuk Sapok at around 11pm on Wednesday and robbed of over RM1,000 cash. Laud is single and lives alone.<br />
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A neighbour, who came to clean up the grass near the victim’s house, found him lying at the verandah in a pool of blood, and rushed him to the hospital for medical attention.<br />
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His attacker, a local man in his 20s, was however arrested by police in less than 24 hours following investigation and public tip-off in the same village.<br />
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“We picked up the suspect near the area at around 5pm on Thursday,” said district police chief DSP Mustapha Othman.
The suspect, who did odd jobs, is currently detained to facilitate investigation.<br />
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“We have yet to recover the weapon used in the attack and the cash. The suspect is investigated under Section 397 of the Penal Code for armed robbery,” he said.
Mustapha said they received a report at around 10am from the district hospital when the victim came to seek treatment. Laud was later referred to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in the state capital for further treatment.<br />
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The victim was hacked twice with a scythe-like weapon.
He appeared to be in stable condition when met at his hospital bed. There beside him was his younger sibling.<br />
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“My brother is a nice man and I do not know of anyone who has any ill feelings towards him,” said Setia Adau, who was sitting next to Laud’s hospital bed.
The 57-year-old said she nearly lost her mind after learning of her brother’s condition, but kept calm by saying her prayers, hoping for the best.<br />
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“Only God knows our feelings after learning of the incident, especially knowing that he was attacked while sleeping on Wednesday night. I am just glad that he is stable despite the severe injuries.<br />
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“I was told that he could only make some noise when the neighbour called out his name. I am grateful to the Good Samaritan for helping and sending him to the hospital to seek treatment. Only God can repay his deeds,” said Setia.<br />
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<i>Sourced from: http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/06/16/silat-man-survives-two-deep-slash-wounds-in-his-neck/#ixzz2WdP2VcpQ</i></div>
Mohd Nadzrin Wahabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688305454146125158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047080913606410024.post-59833315146447547482013-06-14T16:44:00.000+08:002013-06-20T16:45:23.891+08:00Singapore silat chief: I want apology for ‘demoralising’ remark<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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That’s what enraged Singapore Silat Federation head, Sheik Alauddin, wants from bowling chief and chairwoman of the Singapore Sports Awards (SSA), Jessie Phua.</b><br />
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Sheik’s fury stems from the omission of the Sportsman of the Year accolade from this year’s awards, after a selection committee deemed that no male athlete had achieved anything of note in 2012.<br />
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Silat world champion Muhd Shakir Juanda was one of four nominated for the honour, along with paddler Gao Ning, sailor Colin Cheng and wushu exponent Seet Wee Key.<br />
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While explaining the decision not to award a Sportsman of the Year to various media, Phua said the panel had to “consider the quality of the competition” faced by the athletes.
A source told Yahoo! Singapore that on the night of the awards held on Tuesday, Sheik – incensed by the comment – had approached a minister to “demand” an apology from Phua.<br />
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When contacted, Sheik said that he was “just telling (the minister) how the silat council and community were unhappy, hurt, down and low in morale” as a result of Phua’s remark.
The silat chief, himself a two-time Sportsman of the Year nominee and former world champion, confirmed he wanted Phua to "apologise to the community”.<br />
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“Is she saying the quality of silat is not there? This is the first time in my life, and in 30 years of silat, that I’ve heard something like this,” he told Yahoo! Singapore over the phone.
“I personally feel demoralized,” added the Singapore Sports Council Hall-of-Famer. “This is not about awards or medals. It’s about the integrity of the silat community.”<br />
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Phua declined to comment when pressed for a response. As part of her earlier explanation, she had referred to the number of participants in the athlete’s sport – a point which Sheikh passionately addressed.<br />
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“25 countries took part. But it’s not about how many countries are taking part. It’s about who you fight; your opponent’s background,” said Sheik.<br />
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“Shakir fought world champions. He fought with the best of them all. This is not a 'kampong' sport. What more do you want?”<br />
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In the grand final of the World Pencak Silat Championships last year, Shakir overcame defending world and SEA Games champion Le Si Kien of Vietnam.
Moving forward, Sheik said that the Jakarta-based international silat body “will know about this” and that locally, the Singapore Silat Federation plans to convene to deliberate the matter on 3 July.<br />
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The three-time SEA Games gold medallist also hit out at the SSA selection panel’s modus operandi.
“I personally invited the relationship manager of SSC to Chiang Rai (in Thailand) to watch Shakir compete at the World Championships, but they said they were busy,” said Sheik. “After that, the committee never interviewed the silat federation about Shakir’s achievement.”<br />
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The sports awards were given out during a gala ceremony on Tuesday. Table-tennis paddler Feng Tianwei won Sportswoman of the Year, but there was no male equivalent.
Former national fencer and triathlete Nicholas Fang, who was on the committee to decide the SSA recipients, told Yahoo! Singapore on the night itself that the committee was “not disparaging the achievements (of) the male athletes”.<br />
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Fang, who is also a Nominated Member of Parliament, then said that Shakir’s efforts did not go unrecognized as “we made sure we rewarded him with a meritorious award.”
But he acknowledged that the exclusion of a Sportsman of the Year award was “very tough” and that the “sports fraternity is disappointed for sure”.<br />
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Ultimately, he said, the panel’s decision was based on the need to “inspire people to aim very high.”
“If somebody wants to be Sportsman of the Year, he really has to dream big,” concluded Fang.
The question now is how big is big enough.<br />
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<i>Sourced from <a href="http://sg.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/fit-to-post-sports/singapore-silat-chief-want-apology-demoralising-remark-031350035.html">http://sg.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/fit-to-post-sports/singapore-silat-chief-want-apology-demoralising-remark-031350035.html</a></i></div>
Mohd Nadzrin Wahabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688305454146125158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047080913606410024.post-56909470051755785312013-03-18T14:35:00.001+08:002013-03-18T14:36:00.816+08:00Draw your weapon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWo3XTtL2PJ7IfM0YhZ2URqbomKnN5OvIbh_4HW3COARj4DUrYLdhCBpth0fywyBwF6VdDdnZ9Tdsm9bLAGZJMkVhBb01j-iLnPnS12nmi-WaC0735eP5dGThtNj7-1fwGSkCYmXxiZKk/s1600/image+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWo3XTtL2PJ7IfM0YhZ2URqbomKnN5OvIbh_4HW3COARj4DUrYLdhCBpth0fywyBwF6VdDdnZ9Tdsm9bLAGZJMkVhBb01j-iLnPnS12nmi-WaC0735eP5dGThtNj7-1fwGSkCYmXxiZKk/s320/image+(2).jpg" width="142" /></a><b>The markings on weaponry offer a window to a culture’s aesthetical values and into the character of the weapon.
This is what I learnt at the recent exhibition of traditional weaponry at the Kuala Lumpur Craft Complex, which showcased decorative art on classic weapons.</b><br />
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<b>Reflection of the maker</b><br />
According to Zainal Abidin Che Pa, director of Malaysian Handicraft Development Corporation’s Conservation Department, the decorative elements on traditional weapons differ from one weapon to another.<br />
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“Weapons made by the Melayu often carry floral motifs and those made by the Chinese feature turtles, bells or dragons. For the Indians, their design elements often feature elephants,” explains Zainal.<br />
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“Weapons that feature ‘heavy’ decorative markings were also used as accessories for special events such as weddings,” he adds.<br />
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The decorations often indicated the status of the owner. In the olden days, weapons with engravings complemented with gemstones usually belonged to nobility and dignitaries, or those in the higher hierarchy of a community.<br />
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<b>Types of weapons</b><br />
There are various types of traditional weapons. Among them, the badik, golok, kelewang, keris, sword and sundang.<br />
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The badik is a small dagger used for self-defence. It was widely used after the keris was banned by the British government. The badik’s blade is made of metal and the hilt of wood or ivory horn, decorated with gold, silver and brass. Badik was the weapon of choice for women in the olden days.<br />
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The golok is a machete used in battles. Its shape is influenced by the Javanese and European swords. The shape of its blade is slightly rounded and sharp on one side. There are a variety of golok — Golok Kelantan, Golok Bugis, Golok Perak and Golok Minangkabau, among others.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7-yZfX_EAX2A0ANhDRS5nY19Jn2dXAMM_JuUoAgaRbZqPkiwBq94H775lqhO8mt78nnL6Uy8VZslzJw2iPgOcjqEkx2E_m7kcFZocyjf8JQOMAiTclZ8PbAfL-nZsOBOcv6bh8uBJhQ/s1600/image+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7-yZfX_EAX2A0ANhDRS5nY19Jn2dXAMM_JuUoAgaRbZqPkiwBq94H775lqhO8mt78nnL6Uy8VZslzJw2iPgOcjqEkx2E_m7kcFZocyjf8JQOMAiTclZ8PbAfL-nZsOBOcv6bh8uBJhQ/s320/image+(1).jpg" width="110" /></a>The kelewang is a shorter version of a sword. But its blade’s design makes it prominent. Popular in the East Coast states, especially in Kelantan at the end of the 18th Century, its length measures 0.6m. Its blade tapers on one side and the size increases towards the tip. The blade has two tips with oneside carved.<br />
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But the traditional weapon with the most extensive decorative elements would be the keris. This weapon is synonymous with the Melayu community. To some extent, it speaks of the Malay identity. Having been in existence for six centuries, a keris’ hilt has the most weight in design.<br />
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Carved by master craftsmen, the process of carving a keris can be quite complicated.
The carving styles for a keris’ hilt involves several processes. Before the hilt receives its beautifying finishing touches, the craftsman will first have to do a low-relief carving to define the outer facet of the hilt.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGcecBS0gSHz3B1fO2FWtpyhEI_eTMMO_Ea3syA4LyVSyV5mU0jLWtSggccPNNc6HZnjIx8HjdB2-n16t_re8CQfWyQzGaiMU0HR10mV2B-cosFxIVUOTPjTv2tQCDRV74wO9jWY_m7Is/s1600/image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><br /></a>Then the base motifs, which have been traced using carving blocks, will be defined using a wooden chisel. The hilt’s carving technique is very fine.<br />
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“Craftsmen believe that the keris is very special and mystical. It is not something to toy with,” says Zainal.<br />
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Besides the keris, the sword is just as special. Designs in the country are influenced by designs from India, Pakistan, Persia (Iran), Japan, Sumatra and Java. For example, a type of sword called cenangkas looks like a sword from India and another type, jenawi, is somewhat similar to the Japanese katana or Samurai sword.<br />
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Then there’s the sundang. It is the largest item in the keris family. Its design too can be elaborate as it is used for royal installation ceremonies.<br />
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<b>Hunting and protection</b><br />
The traditional weapons of the Orang Asli in the country have completely different decorative features. The designs are influenced by the environment.
Among the Orang Asli’s arsenal are blowpipes, spears, the adze and trident. They are made using materials found in the environment.<br />
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These weapons are decorated with inks of different colours. The weapons are used for self-defence and hunting.
For Sabah’s Murut and Bajau communities, their most favoured weapon is the machete, which is available in different sizes.<br />
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Decades ago, the machetes were used to kill. In the olden days, enemies were beheaded using the weapons. But, not anymore.
For Sabah-born machete craftsman Jamawid Soh, modern Sabah machetes are these days made as souvenir items and for personal collections.<br />
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Jamawid makes hand-carved Bajau machetes for a living. Among the machetes from the Bajau community are the gaya and barong.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGcecBS0gSHz3B1fO2FWtpyhEI_eTMMO_Ea3syA4LyVSyV5mU0jLWtSggccPNNc6HZnjIx8HjdB2-n16t_re8CQfWyQzGaiMU0HR10mV2B-cosFxIVUOTPjTv2tQCDRV74wO9jWY_m7Is/s1600/image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGcecBS0gSHz3B1fO2FWtpyhEI_eTMMO_Ea3syA4LyVSyV5mU0jLWtSggccPNNc6HZnjIx8HjdB2-n16t_re8CQfWyQzGaiMU0HR10mV2B-cosFxIVUOTPjTv2tQCDRV74wO9jWY_m7Is/s200/image.jpg" width="196" /></a>“The Bajau machete is different because the carving is not only on the sleeve but also on the blade,” says the 42-year-old.
Jamawid learnt to make the machete from his father. He started making machetes when young. He takes about three days to make a machete. The Bajau machete features a significant motif, a replica of the head of a bird. Jamawid says this design is called the Sigai.<br />
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In Sarawak, one of the better known weapons is the ilang machete also known as mandau. Like in Sabah, this machete was used for self-defence. The head-hunters would decapitate their enemies with it.<br />
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According to Zainal, the ilang machete is synonymous with the Iban community. Other types of machetes in Sarawak are the nyabur machete (used by the Sea Dayak people), and spear, pipe and jepur (sword).<br />
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These three weapons are significant to the Bidayuh people.
Traditional weapons in Sarawak are made beautiful by decorations and carvings. Like the keris, the hilt is carved. The sheaths are made of animal skin or wood.<br />
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Often, the motifs for these weapons are geometrical. Additional features of the weapons include shells, beads and animal teeth.<br />
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<i>By ZUHAILA SEDEK DE-BOOIJ</i><br />
<i>Sourced from http://www.nst.com.my/life-times/sunday-life-times/draw-your-weapon-1.236067#ixzz2NrqqtlEB</i></div>
Mohd Nadzrin Wahabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688305454146125158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047080913606410024.post-81234883960336745742012-11-17T12:46:00.000+08:002012-11-18T12:46:41.345+08:00Rosmah Launches International Silat Championship 2012 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>MELAKA, Nov 17 (Bernama) -- Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor launched the inaugural International Silat Championship 2012 at Dewan Tun Ali in Bukit Katil here Friday night.
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In her speech, the prime minister's wife said, through the practice of the art of 'silat', the community could acquire inner strength, learn to be self-disciplined and possess a strong sense of loyalty and love for the country.
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"What is interesting about silat is that it is not only practised among the Malay heroes, but also among heroines; women can gain from it as well," she said.
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Rosmah cited Tun Fatimah, who was well-known for her silat skills, with which she helped Melaka win the fight against the Portuguese in the 16th century.
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"This showed that women had long been associated with silat. We also should be proud that silat has been a competitive event at the Southeast Asian Games since 1979, and displayed at the Asian Games in Busan, South Korea in 2002," she said.
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More than 350 participants and officials from Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia will take part in the three-day championship organised by the Malaysian National Silat Federation.
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<i>Sourced from http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v6/newsindex.php?id=709552
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Mohd Nadzrin Wahabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688305454146125158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047080913606410024.post-27773077134329393102012-09-23T11:40:00.000+08:002012-09-25T11:49:34.579+08:00Early boost to AUG hopes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>With less than four months to go to the Laos Asean University Games (AUG), Malaysian silat exponents sent a clear warning to their rivals when they dominated proceedings on the final day of competition to clinch the overall champions title at the Deputy Prime Minister's International Pencak Silat Cup at the Square One Mall in Batu Pahat yesterday.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">Malaysia emerged the overall champions at the Deputy Prime Minister’s International Pencak Silat Cup in Batu Pahat yesterday.</span>
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Malaysia emerged champions of the international category with a haul of 14 gold, three silver and five bronze medals with Singapore second with 5-9-3 and Vietnam third (2-3-2).<br />
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Malaysia team manager Azli Buddin said he was delighted with the victory, which he considered a huge boost for the exponents ahead of the AUG.
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"This victory is the result of all the hard work and systematic planning our exponents and coaches have put in since the beginning of the year," said Azli, who is also the tournament director.
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"We, however, cannot afford to rest on our laurels and will keep working hard in preparation for the Games."
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Azli, who is also the Malaysian AUG silat team manager, said a number of talented new exponents had been identified from the tournament and have been shortlisted for the 28-member AUG squad.
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The Malaysian team at the Pencak Silat Cup were represented by exponents from the Malaysian Universities Silat Focus Centre based in Universiti Tun Hussein Onn' s Johor campus.
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"Quite a number of the exponents from our local category impressed us during the tournament and we will likely include at least three in the AUG squad."
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Malaysia's Mohd Faizul Nasir and Siti Zubaidah Che Omar were picked as the top man and woman exponent respectively in the international category respectively.
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Meanwhile, the local universities category saw Universiti Teknologi Mara emerge overall champions with eight gold, one silver and three bronze. Second were Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (4-2-4) with Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (3-3-2) third.
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<i>Sourced from: http://www.nst.com.my/sports/other/silat-early-boost-to-aug-hopes-1.147319</i></div>
Mohd Nadzrin Wahabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688305454146125158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047080913606410024.post-85115620249399489712012-09-21T11:58:00.000+08:002012-09-21T11:59:11.242+08:00Last chance for hopefuls<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">Deputy Prime Minister’s International Pencak Silat Cup deputy chairman Prof Dr. Amir Hashim Mohd Kassim (centre), tournament director Azli Puddin (left) and Ministry of Higher Education Sports Department representative Tony Azman Hassan admiring the tournament trophy recently. Bernama pic 1 / 1 Malaysian AUG silat team manager Azli Puddin said 28 places on the team for Laos are up for grabs with the Pencak Silat Cup, to be held at the Square One Mall in Batu Pahat, being the final selection before the panel of national coaches finalises the squad.</span>
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<b>COMPETITION for places on the national team heading to the Laos Asean University Games (AUG) is expected to climax when the Deputy Prime Minister's International Pencak Silat Cup moves into the business end of the tournament starting today.
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The tournament, which has drawn over 600 entries from 11 countries and started with the preliminary rounds on Wednesday, moves into the knockout stages today. The competition ends tomorrow.<br />
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"We have done several rounds of selection including at the Malaysia Games, National Championships and also the Malaysian Universities Sports Council (Masum) Championships," said Azli, who is also the Pencak Silat Cup tournament director.<br />
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"We have a rough idea which exponents we will bring to the AUG. However, we are using this tournament to give those hoping to represent Malaysia in Laos a last chance to impress. This tournament provides students from every institution of higher learning the opportunity to show off their skills whether they are from public, private universities or polytechnics.<br />
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"We will convene for a selection panel meeting to discuss our choices when the tournament ends and announce the final 28-man squad within a week."<br />
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Azli added that the Pencak Silat Cup, organised by Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) and the Higher Education Ministry with support from the Malaysian National Silat Federation (PESAKA), also provides the opportunity for Malaysian exponents to gauge their level of preparation before the AUG on Dec 12-22.
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As one of the eight major university championships organised by the Higher Education Ministry annually, winners at the Pencak Silat Cup will also be contributing to their universities medal tallies at the Malaysian Institutions of Higher Learning Games (SUKIPT) which will held next month.<br />
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<i>Written by Fadhli Ishak</i><br />
<i>Sourced from: http://www.nst.com.my/sports/other/silat-last-chance-for-hopefuls-1.146508#ixzz274aWMmBG</i></div>
Mohd Nadzrin Wahabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688305454146125158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047080913606410024.post-15860934712981692952012-09-12T11:48:00.002+08:002012-09-13T09:00:41.857+08:00PENCAK SILAT: Making sound progress on two fronts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>The Ministry of Higher Education's efforts to develop pencak silat both as a sport and a relevant industry have found some success.
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With the Deputy Prime Minister's Cup International Pencak Silat Tournament in Batu Pahat, Johor on Sept 17-22 set to feature 600 exponents, including 80 representatives from foreign institutes of higher learning, that success will be further established.
This will be the third edition of the tournament that was first held in Kulai, Johor in 2010, followed by the second at Berjaya Times Square in Kuala Lumpur last year.
Tun Hussein Onn University Malaysia (UTHM) deputy vice chancellor of student affairs Professor Dr Amir Hisham Mohd Kassim said the growth is particularly seen in the increase in interest from foreign university students.
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"While we began with foreign participation from Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia, this time the number of countries participating will see a significant increase, adding to the prestige of the international category contested in the tournament," said Dr Amir Hisham.
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This year's tournament, which will see 44 gold medals contested, will also welcome participation from Brunei, Laos, The Philippines, Belgium and the Netherlands.
"We have also made significant progress in promoting the Malay version of silat actively to foreign students attending local universities," said Dr Amir Hisham.
"Foreign students have also been given the chance to deepen their knowledge of silat, through placements with traditional silat schools in rural areas."
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With 520 Malaysian students competing, the event will also feature medals for top ranked local exponents, while the international category will also see the host contingent defending the overall title they won last year after losing out to Singapore in 2010.
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There will also be a category for Malaysia-based foreign students.
The gold medals in the Malaysian category will also count towards the medal tally of the Institutes of Higher Learning Games in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 28-Nov 11.
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<i>Sourced from http://www.nst.com.my/nation/politics/pencak-silat-making-sound-progress-on-two-fronts-1.142522#ixzz26DvrXaPh</i></div>
Mohd Nadzrin Wahabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688305454146125158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047080913606410024.post-24030090526957140552012-08-07T17:28:00.000+08:002012-09-12T12:10:21.184+08:00Way of the silat warrior<b>SPARKS flew as martial arts practitioners tried to outwit each other in a series of close quarters hand-to-hand ‘engagements’ steeped in tradition.</b><br />
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Displaying formidable skills, the 15-member Pertubuhan Seni Silat Pusaka Gayong Pulau Pinang kept onlookers entertained during their performance at Gurney Plaza in Penang.
The exhibition, held in conjunction with the mall’s Hari Raya celebrations, saw the silat exponents taking turns to duel with each other in simulated combat.
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With quick hand moves and agile footwork, the exponents were able to deflect incoming strikes, grapple their opponents to the ground, and dish out their own attacks.
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The intensity of duels steadily built up during the showcase, culminating in routines that had exponents sparring each other with bamboo staffs, daggers and machetes.<br>
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<img alt="Fierce fight: Two exponents fighting with weapons." height="301" src="http://thestar.com.my/archives/2012/8/7/north/way%201.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;" width="360" /><span class="caption" style="clear: both; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold;">Fierce fight: Two exponents fighting with weapons.</span>
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The group’s customary chief and instructor Rusli Hashim said Silat Gayong originated from the Bugis people in the Indonesian archipelago.
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According to him, a noble warrior once taught the art to seven royal siblings, and when they later journeyed across the region, the know-ledge and skills also spread to places where they settled down.
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“As we approach Hari Raya Aidilfitri, we are pleased to be able to share a notable element of Malay culture.
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“Silat is an ancient art that has been our heritage for generations since the times of Hang Tuah and Hang Jebat."
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Rusli also cautioned spectators not to attempt any of the stunts they saw at home, for practitioners needed to undergo years of training to attain their skills.
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While it is best for one to pick up silat from a young age, he said older adults should have no problems learning the martial art through less vigorous ways.
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<img alt="Unarmed but deadly: Silat masters demonstrating the art of hand to hand combat." height="360" src="http://thestar.com.my/archives/2012/8/7/north/way%202.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;" width="258" /><span class="caption" style="clear: both; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold;">Unarmed but deadly: Silat masters demonstrating the art of hand to hand combat.</span>
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Gurney Plaza marketing communications manager Peter Chan said such showcases indirectly helped to promote Penang and Malaysia to foreign tourists, many of whom visit the mall.
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“With many visitors coming in for the Malaysian Mega Sale, it is a great opportunity for us to share our local culture.
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“For Chinese New Year, we usually have kung fu performances. And with Hari Raya around the corner, we thought a silat showcase to complement our line-up of cultural dances would be very appropriate,” he added.
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The mall’s festive activities continue during the week.
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Shoppers can enjoy traditional Malay dances and Boria performances set to take place over three days from Aug 18 beginning 2pm at the New Wing Atrium.
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Those who spend RM150 and above from any outlet in maximum of two combined receipts from now until Aug 18 may also redeem exclusive Raya Packets.
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These are limited to three packs per shopper per day, while stocks last.
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<i>Sourced from <a href="http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2012/8/7/north/11803910" style="background-color: transparent;">http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2012/8/7/north/11803910</a></i></div>Mohd Nadzrin Wahabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688305454146125158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047080913606410024.post-28001379573679878872012-04-30T13:46:00.000+08:002012-05-07T13:48:57.114+08:00DPM calls for continuous effort to promote silat<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has called for a continuous effort to strengthen silat activities, saying the Malay martial art is capable of being a bulwark in defending the nation’s sovereignty and security.
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He added that silat has an important role in the life and culture of the Malays not only in moulding their character but in the past, it had also been used by Malay warriors to defend their motherland.
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“Silat, as a cultural heritage of the Malays, should continue to be promoted through various activities, combining the efforts of silat associations as well as members of the various silat disciplines,” he said at the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, here yesterday.
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Muhyiddin also hailed the initiatives taken by the Malaysian National Silat Federation (Pesaka) in promoting the martial art.
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He expressed the hope for such initiatives to be further intensified to ensure silat would continue to have a strong place in the society particularly among the young people.
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Meanwhile, Muhyiddin also spoke about the gathering organised by an opposition-supported organisation on Saturday.
He said the gathering was an effort by the opposition to poison the minds of the people ahead of the coming general election.
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“We know what they are up to,” he said.
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Muhyiddin also announced an allocation of RM150,000 to help Pesaka organise silat-related activities.
On Pesaka’s request that a silat hall be set up in Kuala Lumpur, Muhyiddin said he would discuss the matter with their representatives. — Bernama
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<i>Sourced from: </i><a href="http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/04/30/dpm-calls-for-continuous-effort-to-promote-silat/"><i>http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/04/30/dpm-calls-for-continuous-effort-to-promote-silat/</i></a></div>Mohd Nadzrin Wahabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688305454146125158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047080913606410024.post-32714922073495348362012-04-29T13:47:00.000+08:002012-05-07T13:49:26.734+08:00DPM welcomes Pesaka's intention as a defence frontline<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Kuala Lumpur: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin welcomed the intention of the National Silat Federation (Pesaka) to be installed as one of the country’s defence frontline.
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Muhyiddin said the idea was well received to further enhance the security measures of the country to combat subversive elements from threatening its solidarity.
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“The silat plays an important role in the Malay culture and the local warriors of the yesteryears or pendekars had practiced it to defend the country in times of adversity.” Thus, Muhyiddin said silat needs to be further popularised to spread the importance of the heritage.
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“I hope that Pesaka would continue to organise more activities which appeal to the younger generation while promoting the art,” he said in his speech at the closing of the 16th National Silat Championship, at the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium in Cheras, near here.
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Muhyiddin, who is also the Education Minister, said he saw silat as an art which stressed on high discipline and mental strength.
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“I believe that silat can be used to shape positive values and building characteristics among the youths. “It allows for positive values to be instilled into our younger ones and can help to prevent them from getting involved in misdeeds of sorts in this fast paced and borderless day and age.”
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Muhyiddin also urged the various silat associations, in the country, to defend the Malay values and culture as well as uphold Islamic teachings in the course. He also announced RM 150,000 allocation in addition to RM 238,000 which would be channeled to Pesaka to help its efforts to promote silat.
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“It is my hope that silat, which is a valuable heritage, can be put to good use to defend our country as well.”
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<b>KUALA LUMPUR: Former world champion Rina Jordana took her rightful place as the queen of silat olahraga after defying the doctor’s orders to regain her national title at the 16th National Silat Championships at the KLBA Stadium in Cheras.
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The 32-year-old Rina last won the national title in 2006 before quitting in 2007 – the same year she was crowned world champion – due to work commitments.
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Although she did not have high hopes prior to the tournament, Rina was a cut above her rivals and dominated Kedah’s Nur Adilah Abdul Hamid in the final of the women’s Class B (50-55kg).
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The five judges scored 17-9, 13-8, 15-4, 14-9, 17-12 in her favour despite Rina fighting with a broken toe.
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“I honestly did not expect to win here because I have not been training regularly,” said Rina, who has also represented Malaysia in futsal.
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“I’ve been playing more futsal of late but silat remains my first love. That’s why I decided to compete in the national championship.
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“Unfortunately, I had to change my style in the semi-final and final and I couldn’t go on the attack because of the injury and it was my experience which helped me overcome my opponents.
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“I am not sure if I will return to the national team but if I am given a chance I will give it a shot,” added Rina, who won a gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games when silat was a demonstration sport.
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Meanwhile, 18-year-old Nur Jannah Alias was a big winner after walking away with three gold medals in the silat seni category.
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<i>Sourced from http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2012/4/29/sports/11199229&sec=sports</i></div>Mohd Nadzrin Wahabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688305454146125158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047080913606410024.post-42473163820122137902012-03-16T13:39:00.000+08:002012-05-07T13:41:02.484+08:002 until 7 June 2011 National Junior Silat Championship at Melaka<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>Over 400 pesilat from around the country expect to attend the National Junior Silat Championship-9 at Mini Stadium, organized in Ayer Keroh here, at 2 to 7 June.
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President of the National Silat Federation of Malaysia (Estate), Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said the six-day championship will have 18 such categories and Jutsu Silat Tunggal.
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"Championships are a vital field for the Estate pesilat young talent from around the country to be trained to be able to pesilat did the country some day," he told reporters after chairing the Exco meeting Estate in Ayer Keroh yesterday.
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He is also Chief Minister said, the Estate now has four million members under the auspices of 372 universities across the country and they are important assets to bring martial arts into a new era.</div>Mohd Nadzrin Wahabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688305454146125158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047080913606410024.post-2153377578681222662012-02-28T11:19:00.001+08:002012-02-28T11:23:44.182+08:002,083 Students Competed in Pencak Silat Championship<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QaQhRg34JtQ/T0xHrT8LckI/AAAAAAAACpw/C-cHOnCQDss/s1600/kejauaran_silat-pelajar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QaQhRg34JtQ/T0xHrT8LckI/AAAAAAAACpw/C-cHOnCQDss/s200/kejauaran_silat-pelajar.jpg" width="200" /></a><b>A championship of pencak silat (Indonesia traditional
martial art) is opened today (2/27) by Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo. In this
event, as much as 2,083 students of junior high school (SMP), Madrasah
Tsanawiyah (MTs) Islamic school, senior high school (SMA), and vocational
school (SMK) from all over Jakarta will be competed in 2,015 matches. The
championship itself is held by Jakarta Education Department and took place at
Padepokan Pencak Silat Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII), East Jakarta, until
Saturday (3/3).</b></div>
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According to Fauzi, pencak silat is one of nation’s cultural
heritages. Therefore, it must be preserved. And one of the ways to preserve it
is by holding championship like this. “Jakarta Provincial Government very much
supports this competition. Because, it has strategic values as mentioned in the
competition theme, which is pencak silat as means in creating Indonesia
students and generations with characteristic, sportive attitude, and tough,” he
stated, Monday (2/27).</div>
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Moreover he mentions that pencak silat for Betawi people is
an effective means to create strong soul and tough mental. Therefore, he asks
the students in this championship not to give up easily and must improve their
martial art skill as well as respect their opponents by upholding sportsmanship.</div>
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“I’m happy that pencak silat championship is continuously
being held. I was once led Jakarta Indonesian Pencak Silat Association (IPSI).
Nowadays, pencak silat training is very amazing. Surely I hope this cultural
heritage would be continuously preserved. Continuous training is needed, like
this competition. And for the future I hope that Jakarta students can join the
National Sports Week (PON), National Students Sports Week (Popnas), and
Regional Sports Week (Popwil) and come out as the overall winner,” expressed
Fauzi.</div>
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Head of Jakarta Education Department Taufik Yudi Mulyanto
told the 2,083 students in this championship are consist of 1,250 SMP/MTs
students and 833 SMA/SMK students from 328 schools in Jakarta. “This
championship aims for further training and development from extracurricular
activity in school as well as to channel student’s talent and interest in
martial art, beside to preserve nation character’s values through pencak silat.
In addition, this championship is also to prepare candidate athletes for the
2012 Popwil event,” he explained.</div>
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<b>Four martial arts students have died while attempting to
achieve invulnerability in extreme tests in separate incidents in Greater
Jakarta, and East Nusa Tenggara.</b><br />
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Two men in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara died on Tuesday as a
vehicle drove over their bodies. A third man remains in critical condition.<br />
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The trio, all assistant coaches at the Kera Sakti pencak
silat martial arts school, were identified as Ebiridio Sarmento, 20; Elder
Cruz, 21; and Abilio Fretes, 18.<br />
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The three performed their test at the Noelbaki bus terminal.
Witnesses said they first took rat poison and survived.<br />
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When none of them fell sick, they proceeded to the next
test.<br />
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“The three members later proceeded by laying down in the
street while some motorcyclists drove over their bodies with their bikes a few
times,” a fellow school member, Alberto Amaral, said on Tuesday.<br />
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“Nobody got injured,” he added.<br />
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The three then decided to allow a four-wheel vehicle
carrying dozens of passengers to roll over their bodies.<br />
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Their request was granted. However, this time the results
were gruesome.<br />
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“They screamed when the vehicles passed over their bodies.
When the show was over, we found their bodies were crushed,” Alberto said.<br />
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Sarmento died at the scene, while Cruz died on the way to
hospital.<br />
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Fretes is currently in critical condition at a hospital in
Kupang.<br />
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Kupang Police criminal investigations chief Adj. Comr.
Yohanes Kristian Tanau said they had named the school’s leaders, Egidius
Sarmento and Antonio Tinto, as suspects.<br />
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Officers also took into evidence a car, two motorcycles and
rat poison as evidence and were also questioning Brendo, the driver of the
vehicle that passed over the men.<br />
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In a separate incident on Monday, two pencak silat
enthusiasts from Cilincing, North Jakarta — brothers Slalindar Andri Wibowo,
24, and Dedi Supriyadi, 26 — died from severe burns after they were doused with
acid in a test of their immunity against weapon attacks.<br />
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“[Andri and Dedi] learned to master a weapon-resistant
skill. But when acid was poured on them, they were severely injured,” their
sister, Lisa Faja Riana, said after viewing their bodies at the Cipto
Mangunkusumo Hospital morgue on Tuesday.<br />
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Lisa said her brothers and two friends, identified as Oman
and Hendra, went to Serang, Banten, on Saturday evening to look for a master
who could teach them immunity against weapons.<br />
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Banten is famous for a traditional performance called the
debus in which a performer demonstrates his invulnerability to weapons and
fire.<br />
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“Andri told his wife that he went to a prayer gathering to
learn religion instead,” Lisa said as quoted by kompas.com.<br />
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Lisa said the family was informed about the incident on
Sunday evening after one of the victims’ friends called to inform them that the
brothers were dead and their bodies were in a hospital in Serang.<br />
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http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/02/22/four-die-extreme-martial-arts-tests.html</i></div>Mohd Nadzrin Wahabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688305454146125158noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047080913606410024.post-31764638607323016042012-01-23T10:59:00.003+08:002012-01-23T10:59:34.286+08:00PESAKA Aim To Defend Overall Champs Title At Belgium Open<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 (Bernama) -- The national silat squad will be going all out to defend the overall champion title at the 24th Belgium Silat Open Championship which will be held from May 1-8.</b><br />
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National Silat Federation (Pesaka) coordinator Osman Nok said the squad, which won seven gold medals previously, needed to defend the championship to prepare for several other competitions this year.<br />
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Osman, who is also Pahang Pesaka secretary, told Bernama today that Pesaka would depend on both new and experienced exponents at the championship.<br />
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<b>THE Malaysian National Silat Federation (Pesaka) is banking on its Sea Games gold medallists to deliver the goods at the inaugural Sydney Open Championships on Jan 23-30.</b><br />
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Pesaka coordinator Osman Nok said the federation will be sending four athletes to the tournament which is set to feature competitors from 17 nations but will, however, be without two big names in the sport-- Thailand and Indonesia.<br />
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Jakarta Sea Games gold medal winning trio Ahmad Sharil Zailudin, Mohd Al Jufferi Jamari, Mohd Fauzi Khalid and silver medallist Siti Rahmah Mohamed Nasir are the four athletes going to Australia.<br />
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"The four of them are only returning to centralised training today (yesterday) since we broke camp after the Sea Games but we do not expect that to be a problem as they are at a good level of fitness, having trained by themselves at state level," said Osman.<br />
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"We are confident of winning three gold medals at the event but do not expect things to be easy despite Indonesia and Thailand not competing.<br />
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"Vietnam will be our biggest rivals there but we expect the competition from Middle Eastern countries to be stiff as well. <br />
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"Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan also can't be ruled as we have seen them compete in the past and they have shown tremendous power, stamina and fighting spirit.<br />
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"We are not sure what they will bring to the table this year but we will not be taking them lightly as they are a definitely a threat to any team."<br />
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The tournament serves as part of the national exponents preparation for the Southeast Asian championships in Vietnam this July.<br />
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<i>Written by FADHLI ISHAK</i><br />
<i>Sourced from <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/sports/other/silat-pesaka-banks-on-sea-games-squad-1.30215">http://www.nst.com.my/sports/other/silat-pesaka-banks-on-sea-games-squad-1.30215</a></i></div>Mohd Nadzrin Wahabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688305454146125158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047080913606410024.post-1367585404918855262011-12-21T12:12:00.000+08:002011-12-21T12:12:59.595+08:00Get a Jolt From Java<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>When a pencak silat black belt throws a punch to an opponent’s groin, it doesn’t just look painful — it looks beautiful. The graceful Indonesian fighting discipline sure lives up to the name martial “art.” It’s been practiced in Southeast Asia since the sixth century, but you can try it a little closer to home.</b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh32Ohehfu060SRBogbEvheCA889kfjM395qyWZcyej3faGxYfRxOLzr9cKBq-bHZQa0qNQ3jAuo3z1aZfJ2cq88sU3AcFNmjBAecBEOVCt-Dvpthw6SjHGqnm_lWvSoENOs5JDgxNtvMU/s1600/pencaksilat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh32Ohehfu060SRBogbEvheCA889kfjM395qyWZcyej3faGxYfRxOLzr9cKBq-bHZQa0qNQ3jAuo3z1aZfJ2cq88sU3AcFNmjBAecBEOVCt-Dvpthw6SjHGqnm_lWvSoENOs5JDgxNtvMU/s1600/pencaksilat.jpg" /></a><b>What It Is:</b> Traditionally used to battle outsiders, pencak silat is now being embraced by them. Over the past 40 years, the techniques culled from 800 various fighting styles from across the islands have been gaining popularity around the world as a way to stay in shape and hone self-defense skills. In the Washington area, classes have been available at the Indonesian Embassy since 1980 through the nonprofit Al-Azhar School of Pencak Silat, but Richard Subaran and Wona Sumantri opened Kliwon International Indonesian Martial Arts Center in Rockville in October to expose more people to pencak silat. “At the embassy, it’s pretty much been closed-doors and by referrals, so having our own studio allows us to open it up to the greater public,” Sumantri says.<br />
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Kliwon focuses on a form of pencak silat from Java that emphasizes rapid, fluid handwork and footwork. “[We’re] very circular in our movements as opposed to something like karate or tae kwon do, which is very linear — straight forward, straight backward,” Subaran says. Stances resemble how animals slink through the jungle and are often named after beasts, such as tigers and dragons.<br />
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<b>Moves: </b>The half-hour warm-up includes stretching (downward dog and cobra), strength building (push-ups and side planks) and cardio (kicks and punches combined with torso twists). For the next hour, the class divides up by experience level to practice positions and combine them into fighting sequences that students work on solo before attempting with a classmate. For example, keeping your arms level with your face to block punches, drop into a deep reverse lunge, shift your weight to the back leg and punch one fist up toward your adversary’s groin. Then immediately shift your weight forward so you can kick the back leg out and hook your knee around your enemy’s ankle as you simultaneously press the thigh with one forearm and push the kneecap with the other to bring him or her down.<br />
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Sparring becomes more complex — and brutal — as you advance. “You have to be very aware of where your body is,” says Julie Fisher, 20, a student at American University who’s taking pencak silat to earn a credit within the school’s health promotion program.<br />
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After a year of sharpening their skills, students start incorporating various weapons, including the kerambit (a curved blade made to look like a tiger’s craw), the toya (a stick that’s made for more than just walking) and the kipas (a dangerous fan).<br />
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<b>Workout: </b>Learning how to not get your butt kicked can really kick your butt. Even the instructor winced his way through some of the warm-up abs work at a recent class. The quick pace will have you panting, and the rapid transitions from squats to lunges leave you feeling more like a jellyfish than a wild predator. “Doing just lifting or sit-ups, you’re working certain muscles. The conditioning here is more all-around,” says Raphaël Shepard, 24, who has taken classes at the embassy, too.<br />
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</div><b>Crowd: </b>Although men and women of all abilities take the 90-minute class, everyone takes the lessons equally seriously. There’s no time for chitchat, just focusing on the task at hand. Everyone is barefoot, and most attendees wear the traditional uniform — loose-fitting red shirts and white pants — but that’s optional.<br />
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<b>Lingo:</b> Instructors mix in a few Bahasa Indonesian words to give commands. Students had better pick up quickly on “kiri,” which means left; “kanan,” which means right; and “pukulan,” which means punch.<br />
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<i>Adult pencak silat classes ($109 for three per week per month or $199 for an unlimited monthlong pass) meet at Kliwon International Indonesian Martial Arts Center (1609 E. Gude Drive, Rockville) weekdays at 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 1:30 p.m. New students can sample a month of classes for free.</i><br />
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<i>Sourced from </i><a href="http://www.expressnightout.com/2011/12/get-a-jolt-from-java/"><i>http://www.expressnightout.com/2011/12/get-a-jolt-from-java/</i></a></div>Mohd Nadzrin Wahabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688305454146125158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047080913606410024.post-74269882834231611842011-12-02T10:49:00.001+08:002011-12-02T10:49:52.714+08:00'I was wrong, but I didn't kelong'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>On his Facebook wall reads an ominous prayer, posted in malay, a week prior to the recent South-east Asia (SEA) Games, asking God to "shelter him from ridicule, criticism and dissatisfaction from the silat community".</b><br />
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Was it a sign of nerves before his refereeing assignment in Jakarta or was it a premonition of things to come?<br />
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Jasni Salam's worst fears were realised two Thursdays ago when one of the most bizarre sequence of events in the sport unfolded in the Class A 45-50kg final on Nov 17.<br />
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In a 51-second YouTube video that has attracted 352,000 views, Indonesian exponent Dian Kristanto employed unorthodox methods such as running around the competition arena, biting his opponent on the shoulder and hiding behind Jasni en route to beating Thailand's Anothai Choopeng 5-0 for the gold medal.<br />
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Jasni, a 52-year-old with over 20 years of refereeing experience, came under fire for his shambolic handling of the final and Singapore Silat Federation (PERSISI) chief executive Sheik Alauddin even went as far as calling him a "moron".<br />
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Efforts to contact Jasni had proved unsuccessful since his return from Indonesia.<br />
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When The New Paper finally tracked him down yesterday, he maintained his innocence when asked point-blank if he was under any influence to swing the match Indonesia's way.<br />
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"My conscience is clear... I made some poor refereeing decisions in the final, but there was no <i>kelong</i>," said the former national coach, who is an International Class One referee - the highest standard attainable - and was one of two Singaporean referees sent to the SEA Games by PERSISI.<br />
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"The Indonesian supporters were absolute fanatics, but I tried my best to be as fair as possible. No-one approached me to influence the game unfairly.<br />
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"I am clean. Before anyone accuses me of being corrupt, please show me the evidence."<br />
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In the two-hour long interview with TNP at the Eunos Community Club yesterday, he admitted that he turned in a poor performance.<br />
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So what were the "poor refereeing decisions" which he made?<br />
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Jasni said: "I reviewed the video of the entire fight with PERSISI on Friday and I realised I made a mistake when I failed to penalise the Indonesian after he committed a similar offence (of leaving the arena) for the third time."<br />
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In pencak silat, exponents must display proper technique as they mount an attack or defence and they are not allowed to run amok.<br />
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The referee is supposed to issue a warning when he thinks proper technique is not employed or if there's an infringement.<br />
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The third warning in each round would result in a one-point deduction, and the subsequent caution represents a two-point penalty. However, the foul counters are reset after each round.<br />
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Defending himself, Jasni said: "There were so many people who could have corrected my mistake, but nobody did.<br />
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"Unlike in football, the referee's decision is not final. In silat, it is not just the referee who officiates the fight. In fact, the referee doesn't award points, the five jury members seated around the arena do.<br />
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"Silat referees only indicate to the jury when there should be a point deducted for breaking the rules. The only case where he awards points is when there is a take down, which is worth three points.<br />
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"There were also the head of competition (from Malaysia), three members in the referees' council (from Brunei, Indonesia and Vietnam), as well as the international technical delegate (from Indonesia) and his assistant (from Singapore). Why didn't they do anything?"<br />
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Sources told TNP, however, that the referee council did highlight to Jasni his failure to award a penalty point to Dian, but the Singaporean did not heed their advice, and went on to miss other infringements in the third round.<br />
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When told of this, Jasni said: "If I made a mistake, the head of competition or the technical delegates have the right to stop the fight and hold a discussion. "If I was doing so badly, why didn't they substitute me with another referee, which is within their rights to do so?"<br />
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Ultimately, the gold went to Indonesia, although Thailand had every reason to feel aggrieved.<br />
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Sheik told TNP: "Yes, the Indonesian guy was leading after two rounds, but if you factor in the points deduction, Thailand could have won."<br />
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He explained by saying that the points difference awarded by each jury member was very narrow.<br />
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So despite the eventual scoreline of 5-0, any deduction for Dian could have swung the match in Thailand's favour.<br />
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He added: "The referees' council also activated the buzzer and lights twice to alert Jasni, which he didn't respond to.<br />
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"Analysing the video, there were behavioural changes compared to past matches in which Jasni was referee."<br />
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Jasni, who was national coach when the sport collected its best SEA Games haul of three gold medals in Brunei in 1999, admitted he had missed the council's attempts to get his attention.<br />
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He said: "It was so chaotic and noisy, I didn't see or hear the signal.<br />
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"That's also my mistake. But why didn't they persist to get my attention by blowing a whistle or by getting the competition secretary to announce 'referee, referee'?<br />
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"This is common practice which they didn't perform."<br />
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Jasni was summoned by PERSISI last Friday to explain the chain of events in Jakarta.<br />
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PERSISI general secretary Isiah Majid told TNP the matter has been handed over to the disciplinary committee.<br />
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Sheik added that if found guilty, the maximum sentence would be a life ban from refereeing silat competitions.<br />
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What looked like a dream assignment has turned sour for Jasni, who also works as a housekeeper at a local hotel to make ends meet.<br />
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He said: "I can understand how some people can claim that I <i>kelong </i>because they don't know the rules, but I am disappointed by Sheik's comments, calling me a moron.<br />
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"I am hurt and depressed because I tried my best and it ended up like this.<br />
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"I feel really sorry to my family for putting so much pressure on them. "I may just retire from refereeing and focus on coaching."<br />
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Former world silat champion Imran Abdul Rahman was one of those who spoke up for his former coach.<br />
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Imran said: "I've watched the video of all three rounds and made calls to people who watched the bout in Indonesia, and I feel justice needs to be done.<br />
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"Officiating a silat fight is not just a one-man show. I know it is easy to watch the clip and say that it is fixed, but people need to know the rules before passing judgment.<br />
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"I hope he will not quit refereeing, but bounce back to prove he can still do a good job."<br />
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<i>Written by DAVID LEE & SAZALI ABD AZIZ</i><br />
<i>Sourced from http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Sports/Story/A1Story20111130-313637/3.html</i></div>Mohd Nadzrin Wahabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688305454146125158noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9047080913606410024.post-19561183137328575952011-11-18T13:09:00.001+08:002011-11-18T13:09:56.236+08:00Indonesia Pencak Silat Contingent Came Out as Overall Winners<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>Indonesia pencak silat contingent finally reached the target to become SEA Games XXVI overall winners. They successfully collected 9 gold medals, 5 silver medals, and 2 bronze medals.</b><br />
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The runner up is Vietnam with 6 gold, 7 silver, and 5 bronze medals. Whereas Malaysia is on third position with 3 gold, 1 silver, and 7 bronze medals.<br />
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The certainty of Indonesia becomes the overall winners for this sport was confirmed after three Indonesian fighters defeated their opponents in the final match at Padepokan Silat Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII), Thursday (11/17). The last three gold medals were presented by Rosmayani (class C female), Amelia Roring (class E female), and Dian Kristianto (class A male).<br />
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All three Indonesian fighter defeated their opponents with same score 5-0 each. Rosmayani represented gold medal after defeated Thailand fighter Jutarat Noytapa, while Amelia won against Malaysia fighter Siti Rahmah Mohamed Nazir and Dian Kristianto defeated Anothai Choopeng from Thailand.<br />
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Edhy Wibowo as Indonesia Pencak Silat Team Manager admitted proud with this achievement. He said that training and hard work done by Indonesian athletes are finally resulted. “We are able to reach two targets, namely be the overall winners and collected nine gold medals, although initially we only targeted five gold medals,” he stated, Thursday (11/17).<br />
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<i>Sourced from http://www.beritajakarta.com/2008/en/newsview.aspx?idwil=0&id=21168</i></div>Mohd Nadzrin Wahabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01688305454146125158noreply@blogger.com0