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The Raid and Expend4bles star Iko Uwais who, somehow, remains the most underrated icon in the action movie game, has debuted ...

JAKARTA: “Daasshh!” Mr Zakaria, a 90-year-old Indonesian pencak silat master exclaimed as he kicked his right leg high into the air, showing off his martial art skills. Mr Zakaria, who goes by one ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian martial arts film with fast fight sequences has smashed domestic box office records and become the first Indonesian flick to break into the U.S. box office, also ...

— There may be American instructors of the Southeast Asian martial art of silat who are more skilled or more experienced than Chris Robinson. But none is receiving more attention, or is perhaps as ...

Kahar Saidun demonstrates a Yip Kin Wing Chung form using one of the 18 weapons. After being bullied in school, Kahar Saidun turned into a master of a southern-style Chinese martial art, encouraged by ...

THE martial art of silat, indigenous to South-East Asia especially in Indonesia and Malaysia, is growing in popularity among youths in Mersing, Johor. The traditional self-defence technique, passed ...

Okay, “new” might not be the best way to describe the late Meor Abdul Rahman (1915-1991). But “Gayong”, an action-packed period epic inspired by the man’s life, hits the big screen to offer a mix of ...

TAIPING, Dec 24 (Bernama) -- The long-neglected ancestral home of Datuk Meor Abdul Rahman Daeng Uda Mohd Hashim, founder of Malaysia’s Silat Gayung, will soon be restored, Malaysian National Silat ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian martial arts film with fast fight sequences has smashed domestic box office records and become the first Indonesian flick to break into the U.S. box office, also ...