28 Facts About Silat Melayu

Silat Melayu, known as Seni Persilatan Melayu or simply Silat, is a combative art of self-defence from the Malay world, that employs langkah and jurus to ward off or to strike assaults, either with or without weapons.

Silat Melayu traced its origin to the early days of Malay civilisation, and has since developed into a fine tradition of physical and spiritual training that embodies aspects of traditional Malay attire, performing art and adat.

Term Silat Melayu is employed to refer to similar fighting styles in areas with significant Malay cultural influence, in modern-day Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, and Vietnam.

Seni Silat Melayu is thus considered to be a deeper level of understanding.

Regionally, Silat Melayu is governed by PERSIB in Brunei, PESAKA in Malaysia and PERSISI in Singapore.

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The sport version of Silat Melayu is one of the sports included in the Southeast Asian Games and other region-wide competitions, under the name 'Pencak Silat Melayu'.

Silat Melayu was recognized as a piece of Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 2019.

The 'connection' in the etymology suggests that Silat Melayu covers aspects in the relationship between humans, between humans and their enemies, and between human and nature, and ultimately attaining the spirituality, that is the relationship between human and their creator.

The era saw the introduction of Baju Melayu that became the common uniform of silat practitioners until today.

On 28 March 2002, his Seni Silat Melayu Malaysia was recognised by the Ministry of Heritage and Culture, the Ministry of Education and PESAKA as Malaysia's national silat.

Different styles of Silat Melayu are often practiced among different nationalities, and not according to specific territorial borders.

Silat Melayu practiced in Malaysia are diverse, with vast differences in training tools, methods and philosophy across different schools and styles.

Some forms of Silat Melayu exist especially in the very remote villages, with members consisting of a few students.

Silat Melayu cekak was originally developed in the Kedah Court, and has been practiced by senior commanders of Kedah army in wars fought against the Siamese.

Unlike most of styles of Silat Melayu, Silat Melayu Cekak is known for its non-ceremonious nature with no emphasis in graceful dance-like movements.

Silat Melayu Lincah is said to originate from another older style of Melaka called Silat Melayu Tarah, allegedly practiced by Hang Jebat himself, one of the companions of Hang Tuah.

Many different forms of Silat Melayu can be found in the Malay Muslim communities in Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat as well as Saba-yoy and Thebha districts from the Songkhla province at its northern reaches, and with southern form s down through Malaysia.

Formal training area of Silat Melayu is called gelanggang in Malay, or sometimes known as bangsal Silat Melayu.

Rahman Tohir, a Silat Melayu master hailing from Pattani is said to had established a Silat Melayu education system called Gelanggang Bangsal in Pendang, Kedah.

The system seek to embody the various aspects of Silat Melayu including the art, defense, music and spiritual into a standard Silat Melayu education for the masses.

In 1976, Haji Anuar Abdul Wahab initiated the development of a Silat Melayu curriculum based on the gelannggang bangsal system, which in turn became the basis of Seni Silat Melayu Malaysia curriculum.

Silat Melayu can be divided into a number of types, the ultimate form of which is duel silat.

Silat Melayu practitioners believe that by showing respect to their teacher during the ceremony, it will ensure their success during the performance.

Silat Melayu dance is commonly incorporated in either highly choreographed performances like in traditional theatres and demonstrations, or in more spontaneous performances like in wedding silat.

Silat Melayu pulut is held during leisure time, the completion of silat instruction, official events, weddings or festivals where it is accompanied by the rhythm of gendang silat or tanji silat baku .

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Silat Melayu Yatoh is performed as a contest using the rules of attack and defense, in which a pair of combatants take turns attacking and defending.

Secondly, Silat Melayu Tari refers to a silat featuring graceful bare-handed stances and movement sequences choreographed to the music's tempo, which traditionally performed for royalty and high dignitaries.

Silat Melayu's was described as an expert sword fighter and horse rider who lead and won various battles.