“A figure
stands in the shadows, her hands moving gracefully in slow, smooth dance-like
gestures as her light footsteps bring her ever closer to you. Her state of
subtle grace hides any trace of danger she might pose to you. In your mind, you
see nothing but beauty in her movements. That is until you realize your eyes
are hurting and before you can recover you feel sharp pains all over your body.
You start to lose consciousness, before you could understand what actually
caused you to be in the position you are now thrust into.”
“You will not
know that the pain in your eyes was caused by the sand that she kicked in your
face as she got closer to you, while you were preoccupied with her
"performance". You will never realize that the sharp pain you felt
all over your body was caused by the multiple stabs and slashes she rained on
you with a weapon you did not and will not see. There was no reason for you to
defend yourself, though you were well armed, for you foresaw no danger at all.”
This is one
likely scenario that could've taken place during the occupation of the Melayu
Archipelago (which includes the most part of what is now the South East
Asian countries) by either the Portuguese, Dutch, English, Spanish,
Japanese or American colonizing forces. According to Husni Naim, the woman in
the story could've been from any of the countries amongst the South East Asian
countries. The soldier who met with misfortune could've been from any of the
aforementioned colonizing forces. However, the art with which the woman so
cleverly put to use to defeat her bigger enemy would most likely be none other
than Silat.
The
interesting thing about Husni Naim is not necessarily how incredible of a student
and an athlete he is, but how he was recruited to be one of the Pencak Silat
members. He was starting his career as Athlete in Silat when he was 12 years
old. He said that how he was stuck in this martial arts
when his two sisters go training for the martial arts that is Silat. Since
then, he admired the art of Silat itself.
Husni
was born in 31 Mac 1991 in Kuala Lumpur General Hospital. He lived with his
family at Banting, Selangor. Now he is 24 years old. Currently study in Faculty
of Sport Recreation, University Technology Mara, Shah Alam. He was busy with
training and stuff but he could maintain his CGPA 3.60 and him currently in his
last semester. Husni is a student that really patient in what he was studied
for even though he is busy being an athlete.
“That
was the best part of being student but at the same time you are an athlete,
there’s no reason for me to not focusing in my study, you have to be balance,
study and being an athlete is two different thing. One is something that for
your future and one is something you sacrifice for.”
Husni has
continued to improve season after season, pushing his self-harder and harder to
not just be the best on his team, but also be the best of the entire field, and
his continuous improvement in results over these past three seasons has shown
that his tireless efforts do pay off.
With 12 years
of experienced in Silat, he has won so many competitions in his career. First,
his experienced played for Elite team for Malaysia has been 2 years, 2012-2013.
This achieved in his field started when he join South Asia Competition. At
first he just playing fun to entered the competition but then as a surprised he
actually won the competition. From that moment, he realised that he should
continue to participate with others competitions.
“Success is
not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
Said Husni.
Later on, he
joined the international level of competition that held in Belgium. Husni felt
so scared and happy at the same time because he managed to meet with so many
great competitors throughout the world.
“I couldn’t
more excite that Martial Arts that is Silat have been great sport among others
countries, and I feel so honoured to represent our country.”
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