Sport in Indonesia an Indonesian native martial art, and Pencak Silat is an umbrella term for the indigenous martial arts created in Indonesia. The leading organisation of pencak silat in Indonesia is IPSI (Ikatan Pencak Silat Indonesia meaning Organization for Indonesian Pencak Silat). The liaison body for international pencak silat is the International Pencak Silat Association or PERSILAT ("Persekutuan Pencak Silat Antara Bangsa"). There is many "perguruan" (schools) and styles of pencak silat in Indonesia. Pencak silat has become one of sporting event in Pekan Olahraga Nasional and Southeast Asian Games with Indonesia as appear as one of the leading force in this
Pencak silat at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tanding 55 kg ten competitors from ten different countries competed in this Class B event, limited to fighters whose body weight was less than 55 kilograms. Abdul Malik from Indonesia won the gold medal after defeating Mohd Faizul Nasir from Malaysia in the gold medal match by the score of 5–0. Dines Dumaan from the Philippines and Bo Thammavongsa from Laos finished third and won the bronze medal after losing in the semifinal. Pencak silat at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tanding 55 kg The men's tanding class B (55 kilograms) competition at the 2018 Asian Games took place from 23 to