Shunning more conventional sports surfaces, two Indonesian martial artists demonstrated their ancient fighting techniques knee-deep in the mud of a rice paddy on Thursday 10 November.

The pair were demonstrating sequences of moves in a style known as Aglara Silat.

Silat, also known as Pencak Silat, is a family of related martial arts native to Indonesia and the wider Malay Archipelago.

It would more typically be practiced on dry ground or training mats, but these fighters were demonstrating their moves while wading in an inundated rice field in Tanah Datar Regency in West Sumatra Province.

The muddy demonstration has become a popular attraction for tourists in the area.

AGLARA SILAT, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL INDONESIA MARTIAL ARTS WORLDWIDE, IN VARIOUS REGIONS IN INDONESIA HAVE ITS OWN SILAT FLOWS, LIKE IN WEST SUMATERA, VARIOUS SILAT FLOWS ARE GROWING UP BECAUSE MAGATA IS A ONE STAR OF A SYSTEM CULTURE AND UNDERSTANDING SILAT, THE SHOW IS NOT ONLY ON A DRY OR HARD FIELD OR FIELDS, SHOWS ALSO HAVE HELD IN A MUDDY RICE FIELD.
THE ACTION OF THE FITNERS SHOWING THEIR SKILLS IN MUD BECOME THE ATTRACTION FOR TOURISTS.