Affiliated Members are Pencak Silat associations recognized by the national authorized agency of the respective country. Within these regions there are National Federations (NF) that are limited to specific countries (ex: Thailand, Egypt, Uzbekistan, UK etc). PERSILAT consists of Regional Federations (RF) that cover larger geographical regions such as Asia, Europe, Africa, Americas, etc. These are known as PERSILAT Founding Members. Although PERSILAT was founded in Indonesia, its founding member organizations include IPSI (Indonesia), PERSISI (Singapore), PESAKA (Malaysia) and PERSIB (Brunei Darussalam). PERSILAT the special abbreviation of Persekutuan Pencak Silat Antarabangsa while pesilat is the Pencak Silat athlete or practitioner.Īt the time of this writing, the President of PERSILAT is Prabowo Subianto, a former Army lieutenant General, who is currently the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Indonesia.
To non-native speakers, PERSILAT is often confused with the word pesilat. The organization has their own juridical personality and fiscal autonomy, having jurisdiction and competence over all associated organizations. PERSILAT was founded in on Main Jakarta as an international sanctioning body that sanctions international Pencak Silat championships. For Pencak Silat, its Persekutuan Pencak Silat Antarabangsa, translated as the International Pencak Silat Federation and most commonly referred to as PERSILAT.
For Karate it is the World Karate Federation and for Muay Thai, it is International Federation of Muay Thai Associations. In Taekwondo its the WT or World Taekwondo. For most competitive martial arts, there is a governing organization that oversees and regulates the sport.
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