New World Competitions

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Pencak Silat World Cup 

Pencak Silat World Cup will only offer Match (Tanding) events/categories. No Artistic (Seni) events/categories will be offered in the Pencak Silat World Cup. Pencak Silat World Cup is a Team Event, where team will need to win six (6) games out of eleven (11) games against each team. Events/categories will be based on Host Country Selection. It will include eight (8) Male Match Events and three (3) Female Match Events. 

Pencak Silat World League 

Pencak Silat World League will only offer Match (Tanding) events/categories. No Artistic (Seni) events/categories will be offered in the Pencak Silat World League. 

The league takes place during a segment of the Calander year and involves the teams participating in match events home and away across the season. Three points are awarded for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat, with the team with the most points at the end of the season winning the Premier Silat World League title.

Open World Freestyle Artistic Pencak Silat Championship 

A contest where the unique feature and techniques of Pencak Silat are performed, accompanied by music (live or pre-recorded). Each category can be choreographed to the best ability, using Pencak Silat principles. Regular Competition jurus (forms) namely: Tunggal/Regu are not allowed. Artistic competition takes the form of 14 events as listed: Male Solo Barehand, Female Solo Barehand, Male Solo Weapon, Female Solo Weapon, Male Duo Barehand, Female Duo Barehand, Male Duo Weapon, Female Duo Weapon, Mix Duo Barehand, Mix Duo Weapon, Group Male, Group Female, Group Mix and Theatre Silat. 

Beach Silat Championship

The format for Beach Silat Championship is similar to the IPSF approved Pencak Silat event, "Asian Beach Games." Match (Tanding) Category will be in accordance with the Pencak Silat Competition Rules & Regulation. The Artistic (Seni) Category will have its own set of scoring and rules. Athlete will be declared as winner by winning two (2) rounds in a row. Should each athlete from each corner win one round, the third round will be determined with the points accumulated in each round. Violation of arena boundry for three-times in one round will be considered lose. Athlete that has been thrown down three (3) times in a round will be declared as loss due to referee stoppage. Artistic competition takes the form of four events as follows: Solo Barehand, Solo Weapon, Duo Barehand, Duo Weapon, Trio. 

Arena of Pendekar (Masters)

Arena of Pendekar is a Tanding team event, whereby each team has a minimum of 3 and maximum of 5 members. The team will compete under one weight category. The double elimination system until semifinals will be applied unless otherwise specifically determined for a competition. Finals will be via knock out. Changing of player can only be done at any point during the match when the Wasit (Referee) commands “Ti”. (Stop)

Pencak Silat-A-Bility

Silat-A-bility is a competition for athletes with disabilities under these 2 categories:

PARA- • An athlete with physical disabilities or challenges • An athlete that has physical conditions that affects a person’s mobility, physical capacity, stamina or dexterity, such as hearing and visual impairments, physical handicapped, etc.

SPECIAL • An athlete with intellectual disabilities or mental disabilities, lacking skills necessary for day-to-day living, such as mood disorders (anxiety, autism, etc.) down syndrome.