| International Pencak Silat Federation | |
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| Abbreviation: | IPSF, PERSILAT |
| Formation: | 11 March 1980 |
| Purpose: | Martial art and sport |
| Headquarters: | TMII, Jakarta |
| Location: | Indonesia |
| Region Served: | International/ Worldwide |
| Language: | English Indonesian Malay |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Prabowo Subianto[1] |
The International Pencak Silat Federation (IPSF, Indonesian: Persekutuan Pencak Silat Antarabangsa, '''{{lang|id|PERSILAT), which was founded in Jakarta on 11 March 1980, is the only international Pencak Silat organization in the world.[2] The International Pencak Silat Federation (IPSF) is the largest international governing body of competitive pencak silat (aka sport silat) with 66 member countries.[3] IPSF is the only pencak silat organization recognised by the Olympic Council of Asia and has more than five million members.[4] The IPSF organizes the Junior and Senior World Pencak Silat Championships, which are each held every other year.[5] The President of the IPSF is Prabowo Subianto, and the headquarters are located in TMII, Jakarta, Indonesia.[6]
As of 2021, the global membership of the International Pencak Silat Federation stands at 67 national federations, spanning five continents.[7]
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 Cambodia | |||||||
 India | |||||||
 Indonesia (IPSI) | Japan | ||||||
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 Yemen | |||||||
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 Nigeria | |||||||
 South Africa | Ghana | ||||||
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Pencak Silat competition features 4 event categories:
Tanding sparring is a full contact event that takes place on a 10 x 10 meter matted arena inscribed with a circular match ground that is 8 meters in diameter. Tanding matches are carried out in three two-minute rounds. Competitors wear black uniforms and black body torso protectors covering the chest, ribs, and back. Attacks to the head are not permitted. Technical points are weighted as follows:
To obtain a technical score, an athlete must apply the Pencak Silat Principle wherein attacks are linked together with Step Patterns (Pola Langkah) and On Guard Positions (Sikap Pasang).[8] [9]
In 2021 the IPSF updated tanding rules to include a wider variety of permissible techniques, added emphasis on the ``Pencak Silat Principle``, and additional ground techniques and submissions.[10]
The tunggal or solo performance event requires the athlete to perform Jurus Baku Tunggal, a pre-defined solo routine that showcase a variety of pencak silat moves. The jurus consists of three sections: 1) empty hand, 2) golok and 3) toya (staff). Performances are judged objectively on the presence of all required sections and motions, time (3 minutes +/- 5 seconds) and subjectively on stability, stamina, comprehension and depth of motion.[11]
In the ganda or choreographed pairs performance a duo of athletes perform their own specially choreographed routine consisting of any combination of attack and defense sequences. In 2021 permissible weapons were expanded to include a wider variety of weapons hailing from Southeast Asia including, but not limited to cambuk/pecut (whip), clurit (sickle), golok (machete), knife, kerambit, toya (staff), tekpi / cabang (truncheon/sai)
Regu or synchronized group performance features a trio of athletes performing Jurus Baku Regu, a pre-defined routine in sync as a team. Regu features a showcase of Pencak Silat motion, but unlike the Tunggal category is performed solely empty-hand without weapons.