Colonial era Ĭonflict with the European rulers provided an impetus for the proliferation of new styles of pencak silat, now founded on the platform of nationalism and the desire for freedom from colonisation. In Majapahit, pencak silat became the specialised property of the nobility and its advanced secrets were hidden from commoners. This was the first empire to unite all of Indonesia's major islands, and pencak silat reached its technical zenith during this period.

The village he founded became the Majapahit empire. With his silat-trained warriors, Raden Wijaya then turned on the Mongols so that they fled back to China. With their help Raden Wijaya was able to defeat the Kediri forces. His son-in-law Raden Wijaya replaced Kertanegara as leader and allied himself with the arriving Mongol army. Kublai Khan retaliated by sending a punitive expedition of 1000 junks to Java, but Kertanegara had already been killed by a vassal in Kediri before the Yuan force arrived. From 1280-1289, Kublai Khan sent envoys demanding that Singhasari submit to the Khan as Jambi and Melayu had already done, but Kertanegara responded defiantly by scarring the last envoy's face. His successor, the warrior-king Kertanegara of Singhasari conquered the Melayu Kingdom, Maluku Islands, Bali, and other neighbouring areas. This is pretty much reflected the jago (people's champion) culture of ancient Java, where a self made cunning man skillful in martial arts, could rally supports and took over the kingdom. Nevertheless, people use the words Pencak and Silat separately as a single word due to the dialectic habit.During the 13th century, Ken Arok, a thug turned into a self made hero and ruler, took over the power from Kediri Kingdom and established the Rajasa Dynasty. In the international communities, Pencak Silat has become the official term since the international federation organization was founded in Jakarta in 1980, which was called Persekutuan Pencak Silat Antarabangsa, abbreviated as PERSILAT, (The International Pencak Silat Federation). This term is also used by the schools in many different countries which teach Pencak and Silat derived from Indonesia. Since then, Pencak Silat has become the official term in Indonesia. The combination of the words Pencak and Silat into a compound word was made for the first time when an organization of the unity of Pencak schools and Silat schools in Indonesia was founded in Surakarta in 1948, which called Ikatan Pencak Silat Indonesia (The Indonesian Pencak Silat Association), abbreviated as IPSI. The word Pencak is commonly used by people in Java, whereas the word Silat is commonly used by the people who live in the other regions of Indonesia as well as in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam.

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