Yes and no. It depends on how far you would like to take it. Pencak silat has a lot of aspects, it does not only cover fighting. It also...
The existence of martial arts in Indonesia is what I know indeed quite old. The oldest proof of martial arts in Indonesia are the carvings on the...
A German scientist has a made a study on kendang pencak. In the links below you can see several of the recordings that he made of kendang pencak...
I was in Den Helder. And I agree it was worth while. I hope they will visit us again soon!!! Garuda...
Last weekend I was at a demonstration of the Indonesian National Pencak Silat Team. They were in Bercy in France and in Den Helder in The...
When I look at the demonstration of the pesilat in the clip, it looks OK to me. My experience is that not everything is shown in a...
In our style the kembangan consist of the techniques of our style. Every movement is one or more technique, the techniques are there but they are...
To be honest when people or other MA-ists say things about pencak silat like: Isn't PS that dancing thing, or PS is not effective in real combat....
If I am correct there is Norwegian Pencak Silat Federation/Association. Maybe you could contact them for more info on PS schools in your...
As a kid I always wanted to do martial arts, due to the kung fu movies that I saw. I started when I was 6, with judo. The reason for this was that...
I also agree with both points. When I was younger I encountered the first type of situation (not with a knife, but someone pulled an awl). At that...
My teacher took on a western name when he moved to NL (Dave Nelson), but his real name is Raden Panji Setiosoeprapto. He however is not in NL...
Yes, that is correct. There are many Indonesian immigrants in the Netherlands (NL). I am also Indonesian, but my parents immigrated to NL....
My teacher is from East Java and he lived quite a long time in the Netherlands. Since December 2005 he returned to Indonesia to enjoy his...
In our style the kembangan are not useless. For us the kembangan comprises all the techniques, that you can use in a real fight. And we therefore...
Just to prevent confusion: One of the styles from Madura is Pamur and not Pamor. Pamur is an abbrevation of Pencak Angkatan MUda Rasio and its...
In would recommend the book of Oong Maryono about pencak silat, this book gives in my opinion a better insight in PS. Garuda...
For our demonstrations we play kendang pencak. We have our own kendangs and gong. We do not practice with music. When we do a demonstration the...
To be honest I do not believe in learning an MA like PS from a video/DVD. What I would recommend is to find a good teacher. A video or DVD can not...
There is an international pencak silat federation. It is name is PERSILAT. Members of the persilat are the national pencak silat...
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