Indonesia Martial Arts

On the other hand, in ancient time, when there was still no modern weaponMartial arts are some kind of arts developed as a fighting skill to defend oneself. It exists since ancient time developed until now. Basically, a person has an instinct of defense. Then, while growing and developing, a person will have physical activities, and can get in trouble with another person, then needs to defend him/herself.s, a human learned how to use his own body to defend himself, probably with simple weapons such as bones, stone axes, javelins, or simply a piece of wood. From there, human learned how to increase his fighting ability by using animals movements, such as eagles, tigers, monkeys and snakes. They made certain body movements as basic to strike or defend. Striking and defense would have other purpose, such as fighting to increase one’s area, for example enlarging the land. To take a land from someone else would require a high fighting ability, thus martial arts were formed. We can say that martial arts are dispersed through the world, and almost every nation has its own martial arts, even though it could be a branch from another kind of martial arts. For example, one of native Indonesian martial arts, Pencak Silat, was spreading to South-east Asian countries such as Malaysia, Thailand and Brunei. Nowadays, martial arts are performed not only for defense, but also as hobby or psychological enrichment. 1. Pencak Silat Pencak silat or simply called “silat” is a traditional martial arts native to Indonesia. Pencak silat uses various technics such as kicks,hands, grappling and strikes (using hand and feet). Each branches around Indonesia developed one or two technics specially as typical characteristic of the branches. For example, kicks are used more in West Sumatra and North Sumatra. Hands are used more in West Java, Sulawesi, and Kalimantan. Grappling is used more in East Java, Sumatra, and Bali. While strikes are used in Central Java, Madura, Bali, and East java. 2. Tarung Derajat Tarung Derajat is an Indonesian martial art based on practical and effective full body contacts. It was founded by Mr. Achmad Dradjat. He developed this technic from his experience of street fightings in 1960s in Bandung. Tarung Derajat is recognized as one of national sport in Indonesia, and used as basic training for Indonesian National Army. for further information and details, download this now and grab what you want. please enjoy this application and give us any feedback.