{"id":244479,"date":"2025-11-23T23:08:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T17:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=244479"},"modified":"2026-01-13T23:12:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T17:42:25","slug":"traditional-malaysian-sports-you-should-know-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/traditional-malaysian-sports-you-should-know-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditional Malaysian Sports You Should Know About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malaysia&#8217;s sporting traditions stretch back centuries. The games played by locals reflect the culture of the Malay community, as well as the Chinese and Indian communities. Competitions are held in villages and towns where ancient games are still alive. Even popular websites including <a href=\"https:\/\/dashking88official.com\/\">https:\/\/dashking88official.com<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0strive to offer a wide range of sports games for viewing. This is precisely what helps such rare pastimes remain popular. Below, we&#8217;ll look at two of the most interesting sports games and their features.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sepak Takraw: The Acrobatic Ball Game<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sepak Takraw involves volleyball game rules but incorporates martial arts techniques. The game involves kickball with a rattan ball that cannot be touched with the hands. Points are scored based on the failure of the opposing team to return the ball after three attempts. A certain flexibility and control over the air that appears impossible to master are involved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Important movements performed during Sepak Takraw include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bicycle kicks for spiking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Header blocks at the net.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rolling saves near boundaries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knee deflections for control.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jumping serves with rotation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Training begins with wall kicking exercises. Both legs are trained equally so that there can be proper balance while performing maneuvers in the air. Skilled practitioners do spin kicks that make the ball come down at an angle that cannot be blocked by the opposing team. International-level countries compete for medals at the Asian Games and the Southeast Asian Games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-244480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Malaysian-Sports-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Malaysian-Sports-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Malaysian-Sports-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silat: The Root of Malay Culture\u2019s Martial Arts\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silat embraces various fighting arts that span over a few hundred years throughout the Malay archipelago. The moves include punching, locking, and throwing that originated over time as fighting tactics among the warrior class. Contemporary Silat training targets exercises meant for defense and preservation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silat schools can be found at community centers and privately-owned dojos across the cities of Malaysia. Masters teach their knowledge through direct instruction that focuses on respect and discipline, aside from physical knowledge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This martial arts discipline finds its place at cultural festivals with demonstrations that draw crowds of people who do not know the complexity of the sport. International governing bodies have created world championships that encompass practitioners coming from Europe, Africa, and Asia.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":244480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6998],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Traditional Malaysian Sports You Should Know About - Colombo Telegraph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/traditional-malaysian-sports-you-should-know-about\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Traditional Malaysian Sports You Should Know About - Colombo Telegraph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/traditional-malaysian-sports-you-should-know-about\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Colombo Telegraph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-23T17:38:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-13T17:42:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Malaysian-Sports.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"341\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Branded Content\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/traditional-malaysian-sports-you-should-know-about\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/traditional-malaysian-sports-you-should-know-about\/\",\"name\":\"Traditional Malaysian Sports You Should Know About - Colombo Telegraph\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/traditional-malaysian-sports-you-should-know-about\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/traditional-malaysian-sports-you-should-know-about\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Malaysian-Sports.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-23T17:38:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-13T17:42:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/traditional-malaysian-sports-you-should-know-about\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/traditional-malaysian-sports-you-should-know-about\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/traditional-malaysian-sports-you-should-know-about\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Malaysian-Sports.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Malaysian-Sports.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":341},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/traditional-malaysian-sports-you-should-know-about\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Traditional Malaysian Sports You Should Know About\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\",\"name\":\"Colombo Telegraph\",\"description\":\"In journalism truth is a process\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3\",\"name\":\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/920b3181b0bf86b5c339ad9f0963a89f6a8b19c4b971e629987a021ba7a663df?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/920b3181b0bf86b5c339ad9f0963a89f6a8b19c4b971e629987a021ba7a663df?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\"},\"url\":\"\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Traditional Malaysian Sports You Should Know About - Colombo Telegraph","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/traditional-malaysian-sports-you-should-know-about\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Traditional Malaysian Sports You Should Know About - Colombo Telegraph","og_description":"[&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/traditional-malaysian-sports-you-should-know-about\/","og_site_name":"Colombo Telegraph","article_published_time":"2025-11-23T17:38:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-13T17:42:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":512,"height":341,"url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Malaysian-Sports.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Branded Content","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/traditional-malaysian-sports-you-should-know-about\/","url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/traditional-malaysian-sports-you-should-know-about\/","name":"Traditional Malaysian Sports You Should Know About - Colombo Telegraph","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/traditional-malaysian-sports-you-should-know-about\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/traditional-malaysian-sports-you-should-know-about\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Malaysian-Sports.jpg","datePublished":"2025-11-23T17:38:01+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-13T17:42:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/traditional-malaysian-sports-you-should-know-about\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/traditional-malaysian-sports-you-should-know-about\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/traditional-malaysian-sports-you-should-know-about\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Malaysian-Sports.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Malaysian-Sports.jpg","width":512,"height":341},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/traditional-malaysian-sports-you-should-know-about\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Traditional Malaysian Sports You Should Know About"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/","name":"Colombo Telegraph","description":"In journalism truth is a process","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3","name":"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/920b3181b0bf86b5c339ad9f0963a89f6a8b19c4b971e629987a021ba7a663df?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/920b3181b0bf86b5c339ad9f0963a89f6a8b19c4b971e629987a021ba7a663df?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH"},"url":""}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Malaysian-Sports.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244479"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245375,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244479\/revisions\/245375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}