PENCAK SILAT BONGKOT
They are firm believers of the old adage "early bird catches the worm" and they are keeping to it. The national silat team have been undergoing training for a while
now and they have not rested much during the fasting month of Ramadhan. The team still trains two sessions a day (2-5pm and 9-11pm) and they
know that it is the only way to stay in top shape.
They are one of the teams that have been shortlisted for the 26th Southeast Asian Games (Sea) in Indonesia later this year in November and they are trying to ensure they get
themselves tickets on that plane there. "It is important that we do not stop training completely because we need to prepare ourselves on both the physical and technical sides,"
said Suhartono, the national silat coach, in an interview with The Brunei Times recently when met at the Indoor Stadium of the Hassanal
Bolkiah National Sports Complex in Berakas.
Having prepared early, it paid off as the sport delivered the country's only gold medal in the 25th edition of the Games in Laos back in 2009 through Hj
Md Khairul Bahrin Hj Duraman in the men's tunggal event. In addition, the national side have been
given a boost with the Philippines national team providing sparring options staying in the Sultanate last month as they are also preparing for the Sea Games. "We have been
training together and this has been a very good programme. We needed sparring partners during training especially for those who are already the best in the country,"
said Suhartono. On the other hand, the last outing by the national squad saw them return with one silver and two bronze medals at the 3rd Southeast Asian
Pencak Silat Championships in Kuala Lumpur in June.
Sending only a squad of only four athletes, Eddy Ratno Hj Abu Bakar won the bronze in the men's tunggal while the bronzes came
from Md Amali Hj Malik and Farina Afidah Pehin Dato Paduka Hj
Abdul Jalil in the men's Class B and the women's Class F events respectively. According to the national coach, they only sent a small contingent as the rest had
remained to train with the Filipino athletes. "Those that needed more experience went out to compete. They were also looking to get some achievements and prove that they can do
it," explained the Indonesian.
The team will take their talents to Indonesia from Sept 12 onwards for a month-long training. The programme will involve travelling about to Jakarta,
Bandung, Surabaya and Jogjakarta to compete. "There are very strong athletes there. We'll be staying at the tournament venue (for Sea Games) to train and
then go around different provinces in search for sparring partners," said Suhartono. "We're still undergoing the selection process and going to Indonesia is an
important period for us because it will either make or break them," said the 54-year-old.
BONGKOT - BHAKTI NEGARA
Three pesilats of Bongkot Harimau have competed in a trial with team Bali players from Bhakti Negara in Denpasar.
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PALEMBANG, INDONESIA.
Abas Akbar, Indonesia's former class D top pesilat and currently one of the ambassadors of South Sumatra, carrying the SEA Games torch.
JUNIOR ACTION
NEDERLAND. Junior players of Padjadjaran nasional, Bintang Lima and Bongkot Harimau in action at a local silat tournament. For results and photos check news archive
Pencak silat medal hopes fade
VIETNAM. Changes to the pencak silat event at this year's SEA Games in November could seriously reduce Viet Nam's medal-winning hopes and favour Indonesia, the host country.
At the Singapore Asian Pencak Silat Championship in April, Viet Nam managed to win 11 gold medals, despite half the team coming down with chronic diarrhoea, while Indonesia grabbed just
five.
Indonesia has deleted five weight categories – the men's 80kg, 85kg and 95kg and women's 50kg and 75kg – in which Viet Nam are unrivalled. Indonesia's decision to reduce the number of weight
categories is designed to favour the host nation, who have set themselves the target of winning up to 10 golds, which would give them the top podium. In Jakarta, Viet Nam will compete in all six
seni (performance) and 12 in tanding (combat) events. Viet Nam's three main gold medal hopes are Tran Van Toan in the men's 60kg, Nguyen Ba Trinh in the men's 65kg and Tran Thuy Luyen in women's
70kg.
Two years ago in Laos, Viet Nam won six SEA Games golds. Coach Huynh Ngoc Minh Tien said the team would find it hard to secure this year's target of just three golds.
Viet Nam are also facing the likelihood that a number of their more experienced athletes may retire, while others might have to miss the tournament through injury. World and SEA Games champions Huynh Thi Thu Hong, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thuy and Le Thi Hong Ngoan said they wished to spend more time with their families, while Nguyen Thanh Quyen said she wanted to concentrate on her studies.
Meanwhile, Le Ngoc Tan and Vu Thi Thao are unlikely to recover from serious injuries in time for the tournament. As a result, 15 new members have been called to the national team. "They are
strong rivals with great technique but they lack international competition experience," said Tien, after the team returned from a short training course in Indonesia.
Viet Nam finished the Southeast Asian Pencak Silat Championships in Malaysia in August in second place with seven gold medals. The pencak silat event will run from November 10-17.
Baomoi.com.
National silat exponents at the National Sports Complex yesterday. — Pic. Supian Ahmad Source: nst.com.my
Ready to strike
MALAYSIA. CHEF-de-mission Datuk Naim Mohamad is confident that the national silat exponents heading to the Indonesia Sea Games will be able to surpass the two gold, one silver and five bronze medal target set by the Malaysian National Silat Federation.
Naim, who visited the squad at the National Sports Complex yesterday, said PESAKA’s target was set conservatively considering that the sport, which is divided into silat olahraga (sparring) and silat seni (artistic) is a subjective sport heavily reliant on judges’ scoring.
'Despite tough competition expected from hosts Indonesia and Vietnam at the event, the target set for them is quite conservative and I believe that the exponents know that they are capable of achieving and I feel that they will be able to do so,” said Naim. The squad are well prepared for the tournament, having gone into training in March this year and have also competed in numerous local and international tournaments since then as part of their preparation for the event. A lot depends on judges’ scoring for silat and we hope that the judges will be fair and award points on merit and avoid from being biased,” added Naim.'
PESAKA have listed experienced exponents Mohd Hafiz Mahari, Mohd Fauzi Khalid and Emy Latip, all gold medallists when Malaysia won four gold, and six bronze medals at the 2009 Laos Games, as potential gold medal winners next month. One notable omission from the 24-exponent squad is 2010 World Silat Championships gold medallist Faizal Abdullah who has yet to recover from a knee injury suffered at the Asian Pencak Silat Championships in Singapore last April.
Gold act: Silat exponent Mohd Fauzi Khalid will start as the favourite when he features in his third SEA Games. — S.S.KANESAN/ The Star
Fauzi not comfortable with favourite tag in SEA Games
KUALA LUMPUR: Jakarta has been a good hunting ground for silat exponent Mohd Fauzi Khalid. Last year, the Penangite defied the odds to beat an Indonesian exponent in the final to win the men’s below 75kg category in the World Championships in Jakarta.
The 24-year-old Fauzi will surely start as the favourite when he features in his third SEA Games, based on his achievements this year.
He won gold in all the three competitions he featured in this year – the Asian meet in Singapore (March), Belgium Open (April) and South East Asian meet in Kuala Lumpur (July).
Fauzi, however, is not comfortable with the fact that the Malaysian Silat Federation are banking on him to deliver one of the two gold medals targeted for the SEA Games.
“Although Jakarta is a good hunting ground for me, I am already feeling the pressure of having to retain the gold medal in the Games,” said Fauzi, who won a silver in the world meet in Jakarta in 2007.
“I am afraid that I might not live up to expectations as I am not too pleased with my techniques in the combat sport.
“I am in good physical shape but I need to improve on my techniques.
“I also expect strong challenges from exponents from Vietnam, Singapore and Indonesia.”
At the last SEA Games in Laos two years ago, Malaysia returned with four golds – out of the 12 at stake – and six bronzes.
Although the number of gold medals have been increased to 18 for the Indonesian SEA Games, the MSF have only set a modest target of two golds.
Faizal Abdullah, who won the gold medal in the below 80kg in the Laos Games, will not defend his title because of a knee injury.
The MSF have named 24 exponents – 13 men and 11 women – for the SEA Games. The silat competition is divided into two categories – sparring and demonstration. source: thestar.com.my
Men: Mohd Hafiz Mahari, Mohd Taufek Abdul Latif, Mohd Helmi Abdul Aziz, Ahmad Shahril Zailuddin, Mohd Al-Jufferi Jamari, Mohd Fauzi Khalid, Azrul Abdullah, Mohd Firdaus Sabaruddin, Mohd Faiz Abdul Malek, Mohd Taqiuddin Hamid, Ahmad Tajul Zaman Tajuddin, Hanif Ismail, Mohd Hafiz Mohd Arif.
Women: Noor Farahana Ismail, Emy Latip, Siti Rahmah Moh Nasir, Siti Khadijah Hassan, Matsura Sapuan, Maslinda Zakaria, Kamilah Sulong, Siti Arfiyah Abdul Jalil, Nurnaema Nayan, Nor Afizah Ariffin, Nurul Hidayah Sobri.
Brunei team gear up for Sea Games
Picture: BT/Yee Chun Leong
FILIPINO EXPONENTS TRAINING IN BRUNEI
Borneo Bulletin. Wednesday Jul, 27 2011By James Kon
Twelve Philippines' pencak silat exponents are currently training with the Brunei exponents to better prepare for the upcoming 26th SEA Games in Palembang, Indonesia from Nov 11-25. The stint from July 19 to Aug 8 is beneficial to both sides as the Brunei exponents will have new sparring partners in training while the Filipinos can learn the basic technique of pencak silat from Brunei's national coach Suhartono.
Following a few days of training, Suhartono who was also a former coach of the Philippines' silat team from 2000 to 2005 said: "The aim of the Philippines silat exponents in Brunei is to learn the basic technique of pencak silat in preparation for the SEA Games. The team is already physically strong but still lacks the basic silat techniques."
"I appreciate the Philippines team has chosen Brunei as the ground for training because they felt that Brunei possess one of the highest standards of silat in the region," Suhartono added. Meanwhile, one of the senior silat exponents from the Philippines, Marniel Dimla, is happy to train under his former coach again. Dimla who was a gold medallist in the 2005 SEA Games said: "12 athletes including me are in good hands under coach Suhartono. In the morning, we train on agility and speed and in the afternoon we learn more about the basic techniques of silat to minimise our mistakes during matches."
Recalling his training with Suhartono from 2000 to 2005, he said: "Coach Suhartono is a good coach, he taught us to focus on the match and the various techniques. We are happy to be here to train under him." On the Brunei pencak silat exponents, Suhartono commented: "Brunei athletes are preparing well for the SEA Games in term of physical and techniques. Now they just have to maintain their standard."
When asked about Brunei's silat team expectations at the upcoming SEA Games, the coach said: "We hope to do well. In the last SEA Games, we took one gold and two bronze medals. This year, we are hoping to win two gold. Our athletes are expected to compete in both Tanding and Seni events." To better prepare for the upcoming SEA Games, he revealed that the Brunei exponents will be heading to Indonesia for a month of training starting Sept 7.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2010
The 14th world championship Pencak Silat, kejuruaan dunia, have been succesfully organised by host country Indonesia. Nearly 32 national teams, representing 400 athletes, gave their best performance in the superb organised championships at Indonesia´s national training centre Padepokan Taman Minih. Team Bongkot Harimau from Groningen won 2 bronze and 1 silver.
Six members of Pencak Silat school Bongkot Harimau were selected for the Dutch national team, together with three pesilats from Bongkot Friesland: silver/medallist Patrick Pronk, Dennis Scholten and Jan Van Houten.
Class I competitor Eddy Clements booked great succes in de preliminary rounds by defeating sequentially Australia and New Zealand by 5:0. In the semis Eddy lost from Malaysia. Security.nl teammates Remi Grooten, class H, and J class fighter Roy Schut occured the same. Schut was mastering the game in the first two rounds, but was severly punished for a few dodging tactics in the last round. Grooten bravely strived to overcome Malaysia´s 2009 Sea Games champion Faizal Abdullah, but came up short in experience. Dutch G class pesilat Martijn Houwerzijl passed India in round one due to overweight and disqualification of his opponent on the scales. In the next round an exciting match followed against Singapore in which both pesilats mutually scored points. Unluckily Houwerzijl came up short one point in the end, after leading the game.
More bronze and silver
5th Groningen exponent, Emil Nuninga, booked a great win over Singapore in his first World Championship participation. He managed to regain double points in round two and three. A stunning action. In the semis against Malaysia Emil managed to maintain his act, losing by a few points only. A promising performance, awarded with a bronze medal. Team Bongkot´s last trump card, Harriet Zuidland, proved her reputation as a world class fighter by defeating Malaysia in the semifinals. Great expectations were made for the finals against Vietnam, a close fight, unfortunately lost.
Hollands' hunger
Netherlands showed their best will and skill in a weeklong mondial meeting with highly preprared teams from Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and other Southeast asians countries. Even though there is a great difference in available ops and hours between Asean and European teams the Dutch are convinced there´s ground for more. Passion for Pencak is feeding Holland´s hunger.
Team Bongkot, Padepokan Jakarta 2010
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