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Pencak Silat

Pencak silat is a Southeast Asian martial art and competition sport. The sport distinguishes tanding as a bout between two pesilat and tunggal, ganda and regu as technical artistic/form categories with their own execution and scoring logic.

LevelMain sport FamilyCombat Sports CategoryCombat sport / martial art

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Classification

Category Combat sport / martial art

Family Combat Sports

Level Main sport

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Martial art with tanding sparring and technical form categories tunggal, ganda and regu.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who want to combine technique, expression, tactics and Southeast Asian martial-art formats.

Cost Trial class with coach; buy uniform and protection only after school/format guidance. Club/school fee, uniform, protection for tanding, possible weapons/props for forms and tournament entries. Pencak silat school, national silat federation, university sport or PERSILAT/IPSF-adjacent group. Learn tanding and forms separately; respect protection and target-zo…

First progress Basic steps and forms quickly; tanding tactics and clean form scoring take months.

Fitness level medium to high

Was du brauchst

coach/school
mat area
uniform
protection for tanding
partner
possible weapons/props by format

First steps

find school/coach
learn sikap pasang and pola langkah
practise basics without contact
clarify protection for tanding
learn form format separately

Pencak silat school, national federation, IPSF/PERSILAT-adjacent contacts or university sport.

Contact only under control with coach, protection, permitted target zones and clear stop signals.

Weitere Angaben

Tags pencak-silat, combat-sport, kampfsport-familie, kampfsport-kampfkunst, combat-sport-martial-art

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Depending on format, score legally in tanding or perform the required technical presentation cleanly in tunggal/ganda/regu.

Teilnehmer

Individual, pair or team by format.

Teamgröße

1, 2 or 3 by category.

Spielfeld

Mat/arena or performance area.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

Hits, throws, technical sequences, form accuracy and penalties.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

uniform
mat
protection for tanding
weapons/props by format

Wichtige Regelpunkte

illegal target zone
dangerous technique
leaving the mat
form/timing error
unsporting conduct

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

International Pencak Silat Federation / PERSILAT
International Pencak Silat Federation / PERSILAT (IPSF / PERSILAT)

IPSF Sport Rules and Regulations International Pencak Silat Federation / PERSILAT · rulebook · high
Silat rules and regulations ActiveSG · sport-guide · medium
Rules & Regulations Pencak Silat Prakasam · club-rule-guide · medium