Silat kho ping hoo
In conclusion, the martial arts depicted in Kho Ping Hoo and the movie Merantau both have similarities and differences. However Silek minang could also be performed in a ceremony or a festival. A similarity is that both silek minang and kungfu is used as a purpose of self defense. However, in the movie Merantau the people that demonstrate the martial art of silek minang uses a weapon called kuku harimau. A difference is that Kho Ping Hoo didnt mention any specific weapon used in Kungfu apart from a bamboo stick. There are many similarities and differences between the martial arts in the movie Merantau and the martial mentioned in Kho Ping Hoos book. The Silak minang is mainly used for self defense. This weapon is used as an extension nail whereas can give severe damage.
Silat harimau has a specific weapon used called the kuku harimau which has a concaved shape. Silat harimau is a martial art which can be fought with both legs and arms. This martial art concentrates on the movement of a tiger. The specific type of martial art used in the movie was silat harimau. Silak minang is a type of Indonesian martial art, pencak silat. Merantau means to seek for an opportunity in a new place. The movie Merantau is an Indonesian martial art based movie, mainly silak minang. Kho Ping Hoo mentioned that Kungfu is a martial art of internal energy. Kungfu is one of the most popular and oldest well known martial arts. The kunfu techniques could also be applied on bamboo sticks, nun chucks, swords, spears and many other weapons Kungfu techniques could pretty much be applied in anything realistic as a weapon. Kungfu uses both hand and foot techniques. Kungfu is a martial art where the aim is to attack the pressure points and any other weak spots. The type of martial art Kho Ping Hoo wrote was KungFu. Kho Ping Hoo wrote books illegally since during that era, anything that was Chinese related was banned including the language. Kho Ping Hoo was inspired from Hongkong and Taiwanese films. Kho Ping Hoo was a famous Indonesian martial art author with Chinese ethnicity who wrote stories about martial art. The martial arts depicted in Kho Ping Hoo and the movie Merantau both have similarities and differences.
Martial arts in Indonesia all started when the Chinese raced Indonesians brought the Chinese martial arts to Indonesia allowing Indonesian martial arts to develop.