Pencak Silat Going Global, Prabowo Subianto Says French Are Coming To West Sumatra And Cirebon To Study : Okezone Sports

YOGYAKARTA – General President of the Executive Board of the Association Martial Arts Indonesia (PB IPSI), Prabowo Subianto, highlighting the prestige of the sport of pencak silat which is increasingly globalized today. He also revealed that due to the popularity of the sport of pencak silat today, people from foreign countries, such as France, have come to Indonesia to study.

This was conveyed by Prabowo Subianto in his remarks at the inauguration of the administrators of IPSI Central Java (Central Java) and IPSI Yogyakarta. The event took place at Royal Ambarrukmo Grand Hall, Yogyakarta on Friday, October 7, 2022.

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“French people came to West Sumatra (West Sumatra), some went to Cirebon. He lived in the village for 7 months, 5 months, (to) learn pencak silat from the teacher. He was serious about studying “, said Prabowo Subianto.

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Prabowo Subianto added that the development of pencak silat in other countries is also fast. Some of these countries are India and Pakistan.

“India is the fastest growing pencak silat, Pakistan is the fastest. Central Asia, Russia, Europe, and they are physical, tall, lean, thin. A kick, Long kick. One kick, long kick,” he said.

According to Prabowo, this shows that foreign nations are very serious in the study and study of pencak silat. The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Indonesia also called on the Indonesian people to be serious about the country’s martial arts culture, including government support.

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“If we are not serious, one day they will master the knowledge of our ancestors,” Prabowo said.

“Therefore, we ask for the support of every regional government (local government) to further develop pencak silat, don’t just wait for the matches and don’t work only to get a gold medal,” he concluded. .


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