Pencak Silat

Historia

Pencak silat is the family of martial arts of the Malay world — Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore — with hundreds of styles, many linked to local culture, music and ceremony. "Pencak" is often linked to the artistic forms and "silat" to the fighting application.

The international federation PERSILAT was founded in 1980. Pencak silat is part of the Southeast Asian Games and was a medal sport at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. In 2019 UNESCO listed the traditions of pencak silat as intangible cultural heritage.

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• Competitions include fighting (tanding) and artistic forms performed alone, in pairs or in teams.
• Many styles imitate animals such as the tiger, monkey and eagle.
• The film "The Raid" (2011) showed silat to audiences worldwide through actor Iko Uwais.
• Traditional weapons include the kris, the golok (machete) and the karambit.

Glosario de técnicas

Kuda-kuda

stances

Langkah

footwork

Tendangan

kicks

Sapuan

sweeps

Guntingan

leg-scissor takedown

Formas

Tunggal (solo form)Ganda (pair form)Regu (team form)

Armas y equipo

Kris

wavy-bladed dagger

Golok

machete

Karambit

curved claw knife

Toya

staff

Celurit

sickle

⚔ In the Arsenal

KrisKarambitGolok

Figuras clave

• Iko Uwais (1983–) — Indonesian actor and silat practitioner, star of "The Raid"

Fuentes: UNESCO — Traditions of Pencak Silat · PERSILAT · Olympic Council of Asia