03 Vision, Mission, and Scope

a. Vission and Mission

Vision: Conserve and develop the martial arts that became the pride and identity of the Indonesian nation.

Mission : Preserving the traditional martial art of Pencak Silat as a national heritage to be passed back to the future generations. Developing Pencak silat  both quality and quantity are adjusted with the times without losing typical martial arts.

b. Scope

1. Pencak Silat Training

This division is concerned with pencak silat training and education. The material is systematically and gradually graded based on the training curriculum which consists of pencak silat tradition preservation and modern pencak silat development. The modern pencak silat development’s material is suited with the changing world without ignoring original pencak silat tradition.

Garis Paksi’s material mainly covers the following things:
1. Pencak silat for sport competitions
2. Art of Pencak silat
3. Pencak silat self-defence
4. Original traditional pencak silat styles

Details of all training material and curriculum of Garis Paksi can be explored in MATERIAL AND TRAINING CURRICULUM

Types of training:
1. Regular Training
2. Specific Training
3. Private Training
4. Long Distance Training
5. Workshops and Seminars

2. Research and Development on Pencak Silat

This division is focused on scientific research of pencak silat covering self-defence, art, spiritual and philosophical sides of various styles and schools of pencak silat in Sundanese land, which now has been divided into West Java and Banten.
This effort is intended to explore ‘hidden pencak silat resources’ so that they will be beneficial for public.

3. Pencak Silat Documentation

The focus of this division is documenting studies/researches or work in the forms of written documents, photos, cassettes, video tapes, CD, pencak silat tools/equipment etc. Pencak silat practitioners have not used the advance of technology in electronic and print media optimally so far. Oral tradition in inheriting-process of pencak silat which generally occurs should be well-balanced by written one. It will be certainly and preciously strategic if we can start to file pencak silat archives in the forms of video tapes, books or audio visual CD.

Garis Paksi provides opportunities to pencak silat schools to cooperate in documenting their school life e.g. their history, philosophy, and any technique used in the schools. This is very useful or helpful to get written data on their school profiles for research data, at least for their members or pencak silat researchers.

4. Pencak Silat Publication

This division focuses on efforts of publishing pencak silat publicly in the forms of articles, books, videos, websites etc.

5. Pencak Silat Communication Forum

The forum is widely open for anyone who has concerns on the preservation and development of pencak silat such as practitioners, observers or fans of pencak silat. This is intended to facilitate those who wish to communicate among themselves so that they will be able to expand their horizon, to lift narrow minded fanatism, to create mutual respects. In return, it will be expected to grow goodwill among them to develop pencak silat.

6. Pencak Silat Event Organizer

This division is focused on various activities/events such as shows/exhibitions, competition, workshops etc. Garis paksi can hold the events independently held or can cooperate with other parties.

7. Pencak Silat Equipment Provider

This division is set up to assist pencak silat practitioners to get supporting equipment for their practice.