Posted by sulaiman In my opinion, to not repeat the pathetic spectacle that usually passes for silat competitions , you will have to seriously change the IPSI rules, especially when it comes to the olahraga. Shame the official Pesilat/IPSI body of the PSF UK has missed out on all this , and has managed to restrict the membership of its organisation to the 2 schools of its president and vice president.
on 10/9/2005, 10:58 am, in reply to "Re: Silat competition/exhibition"
Hi Paul,
Provisionally Gayong Spain would be interested in something like this .
It would all depend on how and why it was organised.
If it was a genuine effort to promote Silat as an art, to raise the profile of silat amongst the martial arts community and to foster a spirit of cameraderie, friendly competition and respect between the different silat aliran , then I am sure people would get involved.
We definitely are not interested in taking part in a second rate kickboxing bout.
To not repeat the mistakes made by silat organizations previously you would have to get all the Gurus of the interested Perguruans to agree a set of rules that protected the participants , but at the same time allowed them to do silat!
I would love to see an event of this kind in the UK, which seems to have undergone a silat renaissance in the last few years , and can now boast a good number of traditional and modern silat styles and a quantity of talented persilat.
Would be good to see something that represented the traditional malay culture of respect and modesty rather than just representing the modern political culture of nepotism and beaurocracy !
peace
sulaiman
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