Martial art is a combat sport of traditions and practices, which made for a variety of reasons such as self-defence, spiritual development, competition, physical health and fitness, entertainment, and mental and physical.
Silat is the type of self‐defence originated from Malaysia which is deeply entrenched in the traditions and culture of Malays civilization.
The word silat means a kind of sport or game, which consists of quick movements in attacking and defending.
There are two types of sparring competition in silat; Silat Olahraga and Silat Tempur. Olahraga means the ability for a silat exponent to perform his / her silat techniques in combat with striking and defensive actions such as punching, kicking, throwing, catching, parrying and blocking and any skill related to silat techniques. Tempur means combat, sparring or battle between exponents.
The competition of silat tempur was introduced to prepare the young athletes for the sparring competition in silat.
As young athletes aspire to senior success, it is important for them to have an appreciation of and be conditioned towards the demands of elite senior silat olahraga sport using the silat tempur format.
It is a platform to establish and develop young athletes who have the courage, skilled in martial arts techniques and tactical in combat sports.
The first national silat tempur competition was held in University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia on 11-13 April 2014.
Fifty-six (56) silat exponents from various club participated on that competition.
The second competition of silat tempur was held on 22-24 August 2018 in Universiti Teknologi MARA, Negeri Sembilan with a record participation of 100 silat exponents from 6 states which come from numbers of major silat clubs in Malaysia such as Pusat Cemerlang Silat, Kelab Silat Fatani Bersatu, Akademi Silat Shah Alam and Kelab Silat Olahraga Bandar Baru Bangi. These are major silat clubs in Malaysia with numbers of full-time coaches.
The introduction of Piala Aminuddin Anuar (Aminuddin Anuar Cup) in 2015 attracted 102 silat exponents. It was held in Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor. The overall champion for all three competitions was Selangor. Most exponents that competed in the competitions were the new faces and those who has competed since the first competition in 2014.
The format of the competition was changed in 2017 with each exponent that competed in each series of competition will get points for each match competed in the competition.
Fifty points (50) will be given to the winner of each match and twenty-five (25) points for the loser. Another thirty (30) extra points will be given to the champion of each class. The overall winners will be the one with most points at the end of year.
The first world series of 2017 was held on 25-27 August and the second series was held on 24 - 25 November.
Four series of competition were held in 2018 with total of 200 silat exponents from ten active silat clubs in Malaysia. All first three competitions were held at Sherwood Gateway Hotel, Bandar Baru Bangi and the last series was held at Kinrara Resort Hotel, Puchong, Selangor.
The competition was upgraded to 5-star competition status due to the best facilities provided to all the committees, silat exponents and spectators that involved before, during and after the competition.
Since then the silat tempur league has received participation from local and international silat exponents such as Morocco, Syria, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Australia and many more. It is the only world silat league that dedicated to promote the combat sports of Malay Silat to the international participations.
For more information, please visit World Silat Tempur League.
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