"Pencak Silat" is my Talent

This post is written in order to explain to all of my friends in Monroe High School, related with my performance in Talent Show, March 2, 2012.

I was doing "Pencak Silat". So what is "Pencak Silat"?
Pencak silat (Indonesian pronounciation: [ˈpɛntʃaʔ ˈsilat]; also spelled penchak silat and pentjak silat) is literally "to fight artfully" based on two different meanings are, "Pencak" is training method for self defense: it consist of wide range controlled body movement directed to that purpose; the latter one "Silat" is the application of the training method - the actual fight. There can be no silat without pencak, on the other hand pencak without silat skills is purposeless.

The History of Pencak Silat
The combative measures as artifacts of silat roots, evolved about 8th century A.D and were operative in the Riau Archipelago, which lies between Sumatera Indonesia and the Malay Peninsula (Burma, Thailand, and Malaysia). These systems then spread as fighting arts into each countries and developed exclusively by local martial artists. For instance, Muay Thai Style in Thailand, Burmese, Silat Style in Indonesia and Malaysia. From the 7th to the 14th century, one of the earliest kingdom in Sumatera Indonesia, Srivijaya Kingdom, the efficiency of fighting skills were developed by imitating animal movement as a basic martial arts style with foot and leg tactics. In Java, the fighting arts developed since the 11th century relying on the "empty hand" style which separated into three geographical regions: West Java (include Banten), Central Java, and East Java. The technique reached perfection under the Majapahit empire. The martial arts were exclusively the property of Indonesia's nobles and ruling class, which kept them a closely guarded secret. They then evolved openly along with the process of East Indies independence (formerly of Indonesia), the noble man inherited by his blood line and the people united against Dutch colonialism. Later on, pencak silat was influenced by social, culture, religious, and sport context up to modern formulation of pencak silat. (thanks for www.wikipedia.org, anyways)

I hope you guys can understand what I was doing at Talent Show after read this blog.
Thanks for reading...