Your Ultimate Guide to the Karambit Knife 2023
The Karambit knife is the curved blade of the Minangkabau people of Sumatra, Indonesia, and one of the deadliest edged-weapons in the art of Pencak Silat. Discover the history, culture, meanings, and usage of this fascinating knife of ancient legends.
A Brutal Introduction to African Martial Arts
When it comes to martial arts, we visualise somebody from Asia throwing kicks and blows, twisting arms, snapping necks, etc. What we don’t visualize is Africans doing the same, not because Africans don’t practice martial arts but mostly because martial arts in Africa is not exposed to other parts of the world. Thankfully, in recent times social media has exposed many African martial arts to the world.
Your Ultimate Guide to Keris: Dagger of Life and Death
Known as one of the most iconic and revered weapons of the Nusantara, the region which is now mostly known as Malaysia and Indonesia. A dagger-like weapon famously used by warriors, rulers, and commoners alike in early Nusantara Kingdoms in the Malay Archipelago and was considered as one of the most recognized symbols of the Nusantara.
The Rise and Fall of Malacca
The start of the trials of colonialism faced by the Malays following the conquest of the Sultanate of Malacca. And how Pencak Silat withstood the onslaught of one of the most advanced naval forces of the day: the Portuguese Conquistadors. For the citizens of the Sultanate of Malacca and their successors, the resistance to the conquistadors proved to be as much a political, religious, and cultural struggle as one of the force of arms.
Brutal History : 5 Craziest Torture Methods of All-Time
Humans have long come up with methods of punishing criminals, villains, or anyone who’s unlucky enough to mess with the wrong people, at the wrong place and time. Hanging, burning, stoning, caning, those are among the popular ones, the ones we are all familiar with. But what about the ones that are just plain mad and cruel, the craziest ones? The torture method that causes not only physical pain but is psychologically destructive, leaves deep mental scar if not crippled for the rest of their lives or worse, death.
Weapons of Silat
Until the early twentieth century, the people of the archipelago have forged weapons primarily for their daily use and self-defense rather than using it for offensive purposes. People mainly use these weapons as a tool for their daily chores and activities such as hunting, gathering firewood, care for their crops, and building their shelter. As the cultural and social systems developed, the functions of the weapons have also evolved and changed.