Silat Kalimah Panglima Tangkas

Seni Silat Kalimah Panglima Tangkas is a style of silat from Kedah, Malaysia. It is said to trace back to 1118 AD when Almarhum Sheikh Abdullah supposedly taught what would later become Silat Kalimah to the family of Maharaja Derbar Raja II, the 9th ruler of Kedah. The art is said to have been kept secret within the royal family for centuries before it was finally revealed to commoners during the reign of Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin III (1854-1879). It was at this time that the sultan taught the art to his right hand warrior and admiral Panglima Ismail who in turn taught it to Panglima Hadi, which was handed down to Panglima Tok Rashid and a few others before finally being entrusted to the late Tok Guru Yahya Bin Said in 1923. Its contemporaries from the same lineage include Silat Kalimah Yahya Said, Silat Kalimah Malaysia and Silat Kalimah Amin, all of which are very similar in form. Other very closely related systems are Silat Cekak Hanafi, Silat Panglima Tok Rashid, and Silat Kalam, which are all variants of Panglima Tok Rashid's teachings. Silat Kuntau Tekpi on the other hand is from the lineage of Allahyarham Panglima Taib bin Wan Hussein, a contemporary of Panglima Tok Rashid. It is said that Panglima Taib preferred the Tekpi while Panglima Tok Rashid preferred the Lading/Kelewang. The usage of the weapons brought about the differences between the Silat styles from Panglima Tok Rashid and Silat Kuntau Tekpi. A few others may still remain unknown or undiscovered.
PSSKPT
The Pertubuhan Seni Silat Kalimah Panglima Tangkas or PSSKPT was founded by Guru Elmi Azham Shah Marsom in Klang, Selangor. PSSKPT is a synthesis of martial arts concepts taught by Pak Haji Guru Zohdi (Perak), Pak Guru Muslim (Negeri Sembilan) and Pak Haji Guru Jauhari (Kuala Lumpur), all of whom are trusted, loyal students of the late Tok Guru Yahya Said. There are several other Silat Kalimah teachers who have contributed to the development of the style, including Azmi Long and Redzuan Long, who are the rebelliors to their grand master and want to be a greater person in the following martial art in the south of Malaysia.

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