Foster Knowledge Promote Pencak Silat
Rapid Journal Vol.7 No.3 (Book 25 2003: 46)
Under the leadership of Mr. Wongosonegoro (1948-1973), Tjokopranolo (1973-1978) and Eddie M. Nalapraya (1978-2003), and with the support of the government and President Soeharto as…
Rapid Journal Vol.7 No.2 (Book 24 2002: 44, 37)
In the previous edition, we have seen how the founders and board members of IPSI aimed at standardizing ‘pencak silat’ on the assumption that its…
Rapid Journal Vol.7 No.1 (Book 23 2002: 40-41, 39)
In the previous edition, I concluded by mentioning that on December 21-23, 1950, the second IPSI congress was held in Yogyakarta to strengthen the organization…
Rapid Journal Vol.6 No.4 (Book 22 2002: 38-39)
Efforts to revamp pencak silat were badly needed in the early years of the Republic. Manyperguruan were no longer functioning, and many leaders and masters…
Rapid Journal Vol.6 No.3 (Book 21 2002: 36 – 38)
At the outset of the Japanese occupation, the military authority banned all socio-cultural activities (including pencak silat) that might endanger its future existence. Only after…
Rapid Journal Vol.6 No.2 (Book 20 1999: 42 – 43)
The reputation of pencak silat began to improve in the early 20th century with the emergence of the Etische Politiek or Ethical Policy, which aimed…
Rapid Journal Vol.6 No.1 (Book 19 2001: 40 – 41)
Discussion of pencak silat during the time of the Dutch-East Indies would not be complete without bringing up the issue of ‘jago’: a pencak silat…
Rapid Journal Vol.5 No.4 (Book 18 2001: 42 – 43)
At the beginning of the colonial period, pencak silat continued to expand to all outlying areas of the archipelago, as a result of greater, large-scale…
Rapid Journal Vol.5 No.3 (Book 17 2001: 37 – 39)
Beginning in 1598, Dutch traders came to the islands of the archipelago and tried to gain control of the spice trade, competing with local authorities…
Rapid Journal Vol.5 No.2 (Book 16 2000: 35 – 37)
Changes in the function of pencak silat came about in line with the gradual transformation of it surrounding society, and was initiated in the two…
Rapid Journal Vol.5 No.1 (Book 15 2000: 40 – 41)
Continuing our travel through time, it is important to pose to discuss the Majapahit Empire, between the XIII and the XVI century, since this was…
Rapid Journal Vol.4 No.4 (Book 14 2000: 40 – 41)
As we discussed in the previous article (O’ong Maryono 1999:38-39), Malay myths concur that pencak silat was originally developed by tribal groups in the archipelago…
Rapid Journal Vol.4 No.3 (Book 13 1999: 38 – 39)
It is not easy to trace back the history of pencak silat because written documentation is limited and oral information handed down from the guru…
Rapid Journal Vol.4 No.2 (Book 12 1999: 38 – 39)
Many of the readers may wonder what pencak silat actually is. In the Philippines, with its many martial arts forms, pencak silat is still relatively…
Before beginning the discussion of jago and the role they played in the colonial period, we must first explore the meaning of the term “jago”…
That day was the end of Pitung’s life, but because of his good deeds towards those in need, Pitung will always be remembered as the…
Adapted from Notosuyitno in ‘Miscellaneous Pencak Silat’ 1999:28-30. Pencak Silat competition is one of the means to perpepuate, develop and socialize pencak silat and to…
According to the Bahasa Indonesia dictionary, ‘guru’ is a person who has teaching as profession. ‘maha‘ originally derives from Sanskrit, meaning ‘great/big’. Therefore ‘mahaguru‘ is synonym of…
Life of Pak Kahir (An excerpt translated from Gema Pencak Silat Vol.3 No. 1:18-19) The founder of Silat Cimande, Pak Kahir, first became known as…
“Kuntao is not self-defense”. This sentence may sound strange to us, but according to Liem Yoe Kiong (1960:215) it has some value if the name…