Weapons

Oong demonstrating the use of kipas.

Panglipur uses this kind of kipas (fan) as weapon in its demonstrations. The one below was donated to me by Panglipur master, Holidin.

This sheath is encased in metal over part of its surface. This is type of ornamental motif representing a peacock is called rambang merak.

To protect the keris a wooden sheath (sarong) is used.

This keris is estimated to have been made in the 12th century, during the Majapahit Kingdom (East Java). The handle is new.

This is keris given to me by my guru Mohammad Hadimulyo, founder of KPS Nusantara. It belongs to his family.

To make the golok unique, IPSI inscribes the name of the receiver on the blade.

This is a Sundanese golok (West Java) that IPSI Jakarta gives to certain people in recognition of their dedication to pencak silat. It is 46cm long.

The black stripe on the mandao indicates the use of poison.

Originally, human hair taken from the enemies were used for decoration of the mandao, but nowadays leaves are used.

These two weapons are a mandao from the interior of Kalimantan used by the Dayak ethnic group (above), and a golok from the island of Sumbawa (below). The mandao is 66 cm. long and the golok is 51cm long.

These two weapons are a golok from Toraja, South Celebes (above) and a sword or pedang from the island of Bawean (below). The golok is 71 cm. long, and the sword is 87cm long.

This is a short knife (30 cm) from Bukit Tinggi, West Sumatera. It was given to me as a present from Master Ramli, Sile’ Tuo, Bukit Tinggi.

This is short weapon (15 cm.) from East Celebes (Bugis). It is very dangerous as it is impregnated with poison.

This is an Acehenese blade or rencong aceh that measures 32cm. It was given to me by one of my students at KPS Nusantara Banda Aceh.

This is my favorite traditional weapon calok lancor from the island of Madura. It is a very dangerous weapon 118 cm. long. This was given to me as a present by master Hasan Habudin, founder of Pamur Madura.

This is my collection of weapons from different islands of the Indonesian archipelago.