Pencak Silat to Minangkabau word "silek". Due to Sumatran origin of the language, the Sumatran origin of the term is likely. Although the word "silat" is widely known throughout much of Southeast Asia, the term "pencak silat" is used mainly in Indonesia. Pencak silat was chosen in 1948 as a unifying term for the Indonesian fighting styles. It was a compound of the two most commonly used words for martial arts in Indonesia. "Pencak" was the term used in central and east Java, while "silat" was used in Sumatra, Malay Peninsula and Borneo. In Minang usage, pencak and silat are seen as
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