Movie spurs thousands to learn traditional martial art

A silat performance during Festival Pentas Pendekar Johor at the B5 Johor Street Market.

THERE has been an overwhelming increase in public interest to learn the traditional martial art of silat following the release of the movie Mat Kilau.

Johor Pencak Silat Association president Md Yusshalman Md Yusof said there were at least 15,000 students of silat in the state.