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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 ...

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 ...

Silat has been listed under the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity category by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco). This ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 (Bernama) -- Silat, a traditional Malay martial art, holds great potential to be promoted as one of the country’s tourism products, particularly as a distinctive cultural ...

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 ...

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 ...

Anything a boy can do, girls at the Northern Colorado Martial Arts Academy can do … and sometimes better. Boys and men make up roughly 70-80% of all martial arts practitioners across the world, but ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...