To love silat is to know silat. [Newspaper] (2022)
Abstract
I was ashamed of myself when an American silat practitioner asked me if I had learnt silat. This happened before I became a pesilat and when I was studying in Baltimore for my degree. It was during the semester break and I decided to take the Greyhound bus to New Jersey to visit a Malaysian silat master who opened a silat academy there.
The person who asked me was a student there and who had trained for a while under the master. I only told him that my late grandfather once taught silat to his 'pondok' students and changed the subject. That incident renewed my interest in silat after graduation. I researched silat when I was on my university breaks. The only problem was that information on the Internet at that time was limited, especially on silat from Malaysia. There were websites on silat made by Americans and Europeans who studied or had an affinity towards silat. However, these websites posed another issue. Most of their understanding of silat was either from Indonesian sources or was very generic.
| Item Type: | Newspaper |
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| Keywords: | Malaysian silat, Martial art, Cultural heritage |
| Taxonomy: | By Subject > Sports Science & Recreation > Martial Arts |
| Local Content Hub: | Subjects > Sports Science & Recreation |
| Depositing User: | Jamil Jawi |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jul 2023 09:23 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Jul 2023 09:23 |
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