Indonesian martial arts to those practised by the Tionghoa community of the Indonesian archipelago. Kuntao has a long history in the region dating back to ancient times. Such has been the influence between kuntao and pencak silat that the terms are used interchangeably in some regions. Every Chinese community in Indonesia either has or historically had some style of kuntao, but they were not taught openly until the latter half of the 20th century. Northern and southern Chinese martial arts are represented in kuntao, both from the external and internal schools. Some systems were directly imported from China and underwent little or no
Silat in 1987 Southeast Asian Games and 2018 Asian Games, both were held in Indonesia as the home and the real land of Silat. Training halls are overseen by separate national organisations in each of the main countries the art is practised. These organisations are "Ikatan Pencak Silat Indonesia" (IPSI) from Indonesia, "Persekutuan Silat Kebangsaan Malaysia" (PESAKA) from Malaysia, "Persekutuan Silat Brunei Darussalam" (PERSIB) from Brunei and "Persekutuan Silat Singapura" (PERSISI) from Singapore. Practitioners are called "pesilat". While the word "silat" is used by Malay-speakers throughout Southeast Asia, the art is officially called pencak silat in Indonesia. The word "silat" has