'To be confidence and calm'; that's one of the reasons why Anji Muhamad Saputra is engaged in pencak silat.
The young man who is a representative of the board of the New South Wales' Australian Pencak Silat Federation (APSF) started to learn silat at the age of 15, when he felt 'inferior' to see his other stronger friends.
Had a break from silat when he was just arriving in Australia five years ago, Anji later found out that the sport already has a national federation. He then joined the APSF in 2017 and had the opportunity to join a tournament in the same year.
Anji, who also teaches pencak silat in Sydney, shares his story with SBS Indonesian about what it takes to learn the traditional martial arts and to what extent it has developed in Australia.
