About Silat Martial Arts

The Silat Jutsu system is based on the traditional system of Pencak Silat Seni Bela Diri but is a flexible system focused mainly on self-defence techniques and sports competition including kickboxing and open Martial Arts tournaments . . Our academy is about learning and teaching the most practical techniques of Traditional Pencak Silat and Kickboxing that can be incorporated into any self-defense system. The focus is less on forms but more on sparring and practical techniques in addition to physical, mental, and spiritual conditioning.  

Silat or Pencak Silat is not only a complete martial art system, it is also a system of discipline that helps develop the person’s personality of respect for parents, elders, and teachers and builds a sense of teamwork and cooperation with others. Pencak Silat is divided into 4 main branches: 

(1) The Mental or Spiritual aspect and practices. 

(2) "Seni" which is the artistic or cultural aspect

(3) "Bela Diri" which is the self-defence aspect, and 

(4) "Olahraga" which is the sporting aspect. 

As a martial art, Silat is more of a hybrid system like Hapkido, traditional Jujutsu (Jiu Jutsu), and Shorinji Kempo which has all the different aspects of martial arts including but not limited to: Forms, breathing techniques, punches, strikes, blocks, different hand formations, kicks, grappling, throws, sparring, falling, rolling, joint locks, self-defence against all forms of attacks…etc., Basically, it has soft and hard techniques depending on the attacker since it is a self-defense system that goes back to more than 2500 years originating from South India (Kerala) like Kung Fu and developed in Southeast Asia.

This Southeast Asian martial art is also based on animal movements like Kung Fu and other similar martial arts. It is the main martial art in Nusantara countries which are Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines and South Thailand. Silat functions are based on three fundamental things: Technique, Energy, and Balance.

The word Jutsu means technique, the skill of fighting, self-defense, unarmed fighting, and physical health. It is a Japanese term but it has become commonly used for different martial arts.
Silat Jutsu Academy of Martial Arts is a member of the Canada Pencak Silat Federation as well as WAKO Canada. Our academy is about learning and teaching the most practical techniques of Traditional Pencak Silat and Kickboxing that can be incorporated into any self-defence system. The focus is less on forms but more on sparring and practical techniques in addition to physical, mental, and spiritual conditioning.