Saturday, August 25, 2007

The Silat Kids

The best time to instill the spirit of courage, discipline and survival among the kids is when they are young. Like what the Malay proverb says " kalau hendak meletur aur biar lah dari rebung ". As they grow older the period of teaching and disciplining tend to disappear and you have to start treating them like friends ..... teach and develop them in a friendly manner.

The silat kids were thought not only the art of self defence but discipline, integrity and bravery. It was reflected in their determination during the grading test at padang UKM recently. In fact I was told by some of the fathers that their children could hardly sleep that night practicing their steps and movements for the test. Early in the morning they woke up and donned their silat uniform and excited to rush to the padang for the test and to meet their silat mates.

The pictures tell the rest of the stories ........




Big and small


Pair of 5 yrs old doing their movements



Breakfast on site




Check up girls



Green Belts club


Age and gender not an issue here

3 comments:

djambu puadovich said...

minta izin nak amik gamba letak dlm blog. terima kasih

djambu puadovich said...

minta izin nak amik gamba letak dlm blog. terima kasih

jaflam said...

djambu p,

No problem silakan.