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THE martial art of silat, indigenous to South-East Asia especially in Indonesia and Malaysia, is growing in popularity among youths in Mersing, Johor. The traditional self-defence technique, passed ...

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Karate, kung fu and taekwondo are the most well-known forms of Asian martial arts, but a local training center is working to grow pencak silat (pronounced pen-chak see-lat), another form of martial ...

Discipline within martial arts dictates self-restraint. Its popularity has never been based upon the art of hurting and bullying a weaker opponent but on the ability to defend and attack strictly when ...

The government intends to increase silat training in schools and expand the martial art into higher learning institutions to ...

There is no doubt that the interest in martial arts disciplines has been increasing in India and that is also reflected in the events being held in the 37th National Games in Goa. Pencak Silat and ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Gareth Evans doesn't look much like the sinewy martial arts fighters that star in his latest film "The Raid 2." But the Welsh-born director is fighting just as hard to bring the ...

Abu Dhabi: Silat, a martial art form, is fast gaining popularity in the country, especially among the Indonesian community. Heru, 54, an Indonesian national champion of Silat and two other instructors ...

MANILA, Philippines—The difficult part of Mary Francine Padios’ goal as an athlete is not the winning of medals. The 19-year-old Padios has already proven herself in her sport, pencak silat. She is ...

BUKIT MERTAJAM, Sept 16 (Bernama) -- The government will empower silat activities in the country through coordination at the ...

In a bid to curb violence, East Timor is cracking down on pencak silat. Discipline within martial arts dictates self-restraint. Its popularity has never been based upon the art of hurting and bullying ...