Monday, February 11, 2013

INDONESIA MARTIAL ARTS GOES TO FREEDOM


Indonesia is a nation with full history. History of arts and culture. History of national struggle. Before Indonesia gained independence, the people struggling from Portuguese, colonial Netherlands and Japanese, a variety of mean and efforts to fights again colonial. With limited weapons and implements of war, the people of Indonesia’s cooperation against colonialism. All the techniques and tactics also are very simple armor finally Indonesia got independence. Although it must be paid for with the blood and lives or our fighters.

In Batavia ( Jakarta now ), the Dutch/Netherlands era, many people who become  warrior and hero, they have a martial art called PENCAK SILAT. This martial art is very popular in the Dutch era in Indonesia before.. The person who has parried divided two camp, one defender common people called Jawara and another one that defends the Dutch  colonial in exchange of money for money and live well. The winner of this martial art greatly feared the Dutch colonial. Betawi Legend of the famous fighter silat such as SI Pitung and SI Jampang. In his legend they always defend weak and common people to fight against colonialism.

Pitung as a fighter of silat has History in Batavia. Pitung was born in a village in Rawabelong Pengumben which at the moment are in the vicinity of station Palmerah, his father was named Bung Pitung and his mother was miss Pinah. Pitung receive education in school led by Haji Naipin ( a merchant goat ). As told in Pitung Movie (1970). The origin named of Pitung is Salihoen. Pitung is Robinhood of Betawi or Batavia, Jakarta now. In dutch colonial era Pitung  greatly feared because of the greatness Of Silat, with Silat as Indonesia martial arts Pitung goes freedom against colonialism.

History of Martial art Silat or Indonesia martial arts. Pencak silat as a part of the culture of Indonesia is growing in the line with the story of the people of Indonesia. With a variety of geographical and ethnological  situation and the time that experienced by Indonesia, Pencak silat shaped by the circumstances. 

Pencak silat now we know with the and style of its diverse , has the same aspect. Pencak silat is the personality elements of the Indonesian Nation possessed of the cultivated are hereditary  Generally Pencak silat teaches self recognition as a human being and or living being believe a higher power, namely god almighty. Typically, pencak silat as teaching spirituality/mysticism is givens to student  who have advance in their studies pencak silat. 

The goal is to enhance  the character or virtue students. So in the ends pencak silat has the objective to achieve alignment/balance/harmony/environment to increase faith and piety to god almighty, to fill the Indonesian national 

Development in achieving complete Indonesian man who Pancasila. So martial arts is part of the Indonesian nation’s struggle  for independence. The Indonesian martial arts make goes to freedom country. A country free from colonialism. It’s great become a free nation.  Indonesia freedom.

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