PENCAK SILAT WORKSHOP

Monday 25 November

Pencak Silat is a form of Martial Arts indigenous to Indonesia. The instructors are Indonesian and proficient in Bahasa Indonesia, providing students with the opportunity to engage with members of the Indonesian community and to utilise language, they have learnt in an authentic interaction.

Originally from Bali Indonesia, black belt Pencak Silat instructor, Made Muzir and his team visited LHS to provide us (50, Year 7 students) with an introduction to this traditional Indonesian martial art and test us on our Indonesian language skills too!

Here's some of the feedback from those who participated in the workshop:

Berasal dari Bali, pengajar Pencak Silat sabuk hitam Made Muzir serta rekannya berkunjung ke sekolah kami baru-baru ini untuk memperkenalkan kami (50 murid) kepada bentuk ini seni bela diri asli Indonesia...dan menguji kemampuan bahasa Indonesia kami juga! Inilah beberapa masukan dari yang ikut serta di pelajaran:

• "I loved learning cool moves and new things" (Aidan)
• "It was good, you got to learn new things and have fun and make new friends.  It was just something different to learn" (April)
• "The best part about Pencak, was learning how to use self defence" (Jak)
• "It was interesting to see how different it is to Australian martial arts" (Alyssa)
• "It was fun - I got to be with my friends and the instructors were nice" (Lucas)
• "It was really fun.  I got to learn new things and how to defend myself" (Myah)
•  "It was quite fun and entertaining. I enjoyed it" (Kaleb)

Lonan Lorgnain, Mary Rowson & Kelly Farrell