Silat Tempur League: The Analysis of Athletes Performance in 2019 Competitions
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24036/imacj5019Keywords:
Combat Sport, Gayung Fatani, Malay Martial Arts, Self Defense, YouthAbstract
There are two types of sparring in silat: Silat olahraga and Silat tempur. Silat tempur is a combative sport focused on children particularly beginners aged 7 to 13. The competition of Silat tempur was introduced to prepare the young athletes for the sparring competition in Silat olahraga. The main agenda of this sport is to improve combative techniques among young silat exponents. The arena of Silat tempur is similar with fencing platform which aimed to ease the exponents to perform silat techniques in competition. The first national silat tempur competition was held in 2014. Then in 2019, four series of competition were held with total of 200 silat exponents from ten active silat clubs in