silat

Also known as Pencak, Silat Melayu, Silek

thumb|right|A demonstration of the Minangkabau people|Minangkabau style of silat.

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Martial art.image: Silat (vietnamese).jpg
Martial art.imagecaption: A Vietnamese pesilat armed with golok
Martial art.name: Silat
Martial art.focus: Self-defense
Martial art.hardness: Full-contact, semi-contact, light-contact
Martial art.country: Brunei, Indonesia (as Pencak Silat), Malaysia, Singapore, southern Thailand, southern Philippines, and southern Vietnam
Martial art.olympic: No
Intangible heritage.ICH: Silat
Intangible heritage.State Party: Malaysia
Intangible heritage.ID: 01504
Intangible heritage.Region: APA
Intangible heritage.Year: 2019
Intangible heritage.Session: 14th
Intangible heritage.List: Representative

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Commons category: Silat
native label: ꦱꦶꦭꦠ꧀

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Etymology
Origins
Legend
History
Weapons
Training
Initiation
Salutation
Stances and footwork
Forms
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Energy
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thumb|right|A demonstration of the Minangkabau people|Minangkabau style of silat.

Silat is the collective term for a class of martial arts from the Nusantara and surrounding geocultural areas of Southeast Asia. It is traditionally practised in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, southern Thailand, southern Philippines and southern Vietnam. There are hundreds of different styles (aliran) and schools (perguruan) which tend to focus either on strikes, joint manipulation, weaponry, or some combination thereof.