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.
