Silat also known Pencak silat in Indonesia is one of the nation’s
cultural richness that must be preserved from extinction. Pencak silat is a
martial art native to Indonesia, culture
of local products that have a lot of understanding in it, depending culture
respective regions.
The beautiful Indonesia martial art is accordingly cultural richness of
Indonesia’s diverse martial arts certainly makes sense too diverse. Often always synonymous with culture with
culture fill with myth.
Way of thinking that people learn martial arts, is more due to reason of
safety guard. For the community, there are greater things to acquired in studying
martial arts, in addition to just getting the ability to fight.
Currently, learning martial arts was more on a desire to live healthy
and fraternity. In the life of ancient times, people learn martial arts because
of the social and the natural human need to have ability to fight physically.
Even a person’s social status is also not free form physical force. The more a
person or a powerful bruiser, then people will increasingly get a high position
in society.
Currently physical strength is not everything, the beautiful Indonesia
martial art of Silat tend to have a high artistic value sports, martial arts
culture that became the pride of Indonesia as one of the ancestor. In the Silat
arts there are also a variety of flow, because silat there are in various
regions in Indonesia.
*SILAT SENDENG
Silat Sendeng martial arts is purely a cultural heritage, especially in
the Bugis society and Sidrap Sengkang, South Sulawesi, and as happens in other
cultures in Indonesia, this Silat Sendeng martial arts also reap polemic
because Malaysia has claimed the Silat Sendeng martial arts as part of the
heritage their culture. In the history of this Sendeng Silat, the Malay people
from Indonesia consisting of several tribes settlers who occupy different
regions in Malaysia, one is the Bugis sailors, who at that time was known for
his expertise belligerent with the fiery nature.
In martial arts Silat Sendeng there is a step and bare hands to attack
unique and practical. Silat Sendeng motion devote concentration reading and
recognizing superimposed at the weak spot in the opponent’a goal. In this
ranking defensive or aggressive manners does not depend on the opponent.
Typical martial arts character of the land Bugis in the narrows space the step
and movement known great and hard.
*SILAT MERPATI PUTIH
Merpati putih is empty hands martial art of Silat that align your heart
and mind in all actions. Exercise Merpati Putih concerned with aspects of
self-defense without weapons or empty hands. The parts of human body can be
used as a weapon that is not less effective as real weapons. Merpati Putih then
translate it in the exercises. From this great energy that can be controlled
and can be raised at anytime. ’Initially, the energy comes in the form of rough
energy, which can be used for breaking hard objects with the energy in.
Currently in the process of detection of vibration, rough energy of the
body is actually refined and transmitted to the brain. From this process the
energy is then released again to detect the presence of objects around him. Merpati
Putih success in developing methods of vibration, amaze many neighboring
countries around Indonesia. It is no less important is the Merpati Putih could
also be developed for the treatment of health and sports health, Science of
Merpati Putih Medicine is also able to cope with a number of diseases.
Breathing that we have developed will be used to treat diabetes, asthma,
and heart. Through intensive training process, these all diseases InsyaAllah
can be cured. The people has disease, such as cancer, can be cured but the
process through vibration techniques.
The existence of Merpati Putih, has given a new color in the
world of Indonesian martial arts. Their success in developing inner power, it
can provide benefits for treatment of healthy life. Silat as martial arts of
Indonesia not only for Fight or sport.
*SILAT KUMANGO
This kind beautiful Indonesia martial arts is come from West
Sumatera-Minangkabau. The community was thrilled by literature one is martial
arts. There are various stream in Minangkabau Silat one was parried Kumango.
Kumango Is a village located in the Batu cage Tanah datar, West Sumatera
village full name Rao rao Kumango. Here Silat Kumango was developed.
Inside Silat Kumango emphasis lies precisely in the element of
spirituality, today among young people who learn martial arts there is a
tendency to give priority to physical elements and ignore even leave at all
elements of spirituality or the soul arts. This tendency found in nearly all
streams, not least in Silat Kumango, it can be proved by everyday realty.
