SINGAPORE – Despite ongoing investigations involving Singapore Silat Federation (SSF) chief executive Sheik Alau’ddin Yacoob Marican, national silat exponents insist that they are not distracted and ...

BUKIT MERTAJAM: The government intends to increase silat training in schools and expand the martial art into higher learning institutions to strengthen unity and discipline among youths. Prime ...

Kolkata’s Raja Das wins Pencak Silat gold at Khelo India Beach Games 2026, balancing family struggles, work, and dreams of ...

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“Compared with other martial arts, silat is more difficult, and the training is harder, much like in kung fu when an action is repeated over and over again,” said Kamanis. He said in silat the moves ...

Gladstone club members, master instructor Tony Arandale, Master Lorry Thomson, Zane Theile, Geoff Atkinson, David Bloomfield, Ryan Theirauf, Karen Brookes, Mark Brookes, Tobi Arandale, Connagh ...

BOGOTA, Colombia: The martial art of silat has been recognised as an Intangible Cultural Heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). It was officially ...

outh and Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi has set a higher target for Indonesia's pencak silat athletes at the upcoming Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, South Sumatra, in August. “Pencak silat was ...