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French Championships
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The Pencak Silat Federation of the UK (PSF UK) sent
a team to take part in the 10th French Open Pencak Silat Championships, which
were organised and hosted by the
Association
France Pencak Silat (APSF) with
the support of the Indonesian Embassy in Paris and the Council of the village
of Savigny sur Orge. The competition categories consisted of Tanding (Silat Olahraga), Jurus Tunggal (standardised solo Jurus) and Ganda (freestyle double mock fighting ). The Championships were open to clubs, which meant that some countries had registered more than one fighter per category. A total of 75 competitors from 7 European countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Switzerland and the UK) as well as from 2 Asian countries (Singapore and Nepal) took part. |
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The guests of honour attending the opening ceremony included: Bapak Rachmat Gobel, Treasurer of Ikatan Pencak Silat Indonesia (IPSI), Bapak Rosano Barak, (Deputy President, PERSILAT), His Excellency Bapak A Silahali, Ambassador of the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia to France, Jean Marsaudon, Deputy Mayor of Savigny sur Orge and representatives from the Malaysian High Commission, Bank Paribas and the Karate Magazine of France. The cultural show started with a multi-media presentation of the history and development of Pencak Silat in France since 1994. This was followed by Silat demonstrations given by French pesilat from Persaudaraan Setia Hati and by Dutch pesilat from Silek Paulu Sembilan. The highlight of the show was an exhibition of the different styles of Silat given by a group of pesilat from IPSI who had been invited to take part in the French Open Championships. Their demonstration included Jurus Ganda, Jurus Tunggal, Silat Baringin Sakti, Silat Satria Muda Indonesia and Silat Ciuing Wanara. |
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