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International Paris Open Championships
25-27 March 2005

The Pencak Silat Federation of the UK (PSF UK) sent a team to take part in the 1st International Paris Open Championships, which were organised and hosted by the Association France Pencak Silat (APSF) with the support of the Indonesian Embassy in Paris.

The competition categories consisted of Tanding (Silat Olahraga) and Jurus Tunggal (standardised solo Jurus).  The Championships were open to clubs, which meant that countries could register more than one fighter per category. A total of some 100 competitors from 10 countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Russia, Singapore and the UK) took part.
 


Presentation of Teams
 

The guests of honour attending the opening ceremony included: Bapak Rachmat Gobel (Vice President, Ikatan Pencak Silat Indonesia (IPSI), Bapak Rosano Barack, (Vice 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.  This was followed by Silat demonstrations given by French students of Cimande Terumbu, Persaudaraan Setia Hati, Pamur Kombinasi and a Silat team from Italy. 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. 

 

 

Pencak Silat performance given by athletes from Indonesia (IPSI) & Performance by Indonesian Dancers

 

 

Competitions

The UK had entered six fighters to compete in the Tanding competitions, and following are some pictures of their fights.
 

 

Arash Adami (UK) vs Philippe Brun (FR)

Arash Adami (UK) vs Adel Ellab (UK)

Arash Adami (UK) vs Nacib Louati (FR)

 

Hannah Alrashid (UK) vs Fatima Outelli (NL)

Hannah Alrashid (UK) vs Emy Latif (Mal)

Sohaib El-Nahla (UK) vs Alessander Schröder (SUI)

 

Zainab Ganiyu-Dada (UK) vs Hariet Zuidland (NL)

Shah Haque (UK) vs Marniel Dimla (Phil)

Arash Adami (UK) vs Martijn Houwerzijl (NL)

 

 

Seni Festival

The highlight of Saturday evening was the Seni Festival with further outstanding Silat performances by the demonstration team from Indonesia.
 

Pencak Silat Team from Indonesia (IPSI) performing at Seni Festival

 

 

Medals

 

Gold: NL, Silver: UK, Bronze: FR & Singapore

Gold: Malaysia, Silver UK, Bronze: NL

 

UK Team & Medal Winners
Front Row (from left): Supporter, Zainab Ganiyu-Dada (Silver), Hannah Alrashid (Silver) Bapak Aidinal Alrashid (President, PSF UK),
Irfan Alrashid (Coach), Arash Adami (Silver) Sohaib El-Nahla
 Back Row (from left): Shah Haque, Adel Ellab

 

The full results of the Open French Championships can be found here.