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Alam niyo ba na ang Pentjak Silat ay nakatuon din sa mga gawi at galaw ng mga hayop?

Oo. Ang mga manlalaro ay sinasanay na gayahin at obserbahan ang bawat galaw ng mababangis na kahayupan gaya na lamang ng mga tigre, agila, ahas, buwaya, unggoy, alakdan, at maging ang pinaniniwalaan nilang mga dragon.

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Silat Pulut. Ang Silat Pulut ay karaniwang isinasagawa sa tuwing mayroong ikinakasal kung saan ipinapakita kung kailan ang mga bagong kasal ay dumating na sa bahay ng lalaki. Diro, ang bawat kumpas ng kamay at indak ng katawan ay makulay na ipinipresenta upang magbigay ng respeto at ang pisikal na sakitan ay hindi maaaring gawin dito.

Seni Gayong. Ang istilong ito naman ay ibinahagi ng mga Bugis, isang tribo mula Sulawesi Indonesia kung saan binigyang kahalagahan ang lakas, bilis, at liksi. Ang mga manlalaro ay nagsisimula na walang hawak na anomang kalasag at kalaunan ay pagbibigyan nang gumamit ng mga tabak sa loob ng anim na yugto.

Ang pinakahuli naman ay ang Pentjak Silat na kinakailangan ng maraming galaw. Ang istilong ito ay nakatuon sa opensa at pananakit sa katunggali sa paggamit ng pagsipa, pagsangga at pag-atake gamit lamang ang kamay at pag-atake na gamit ang tabak.

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Ang Silat ay nagsimula noo pang ika-walong siglo sa Java, Indonesia. Hindi nalalayo sa ilang martial arts na karaniwan nating nakikita sa kalapit bansa tulad ng China, Korea, at Taiwan, ito ay idinisenyo para maging pansariling depensa noong kasagsagan pa ng mga gera at pananakop.

Ang martial arts na ito ay gumagamit ng tinatawag na keris at parang, kung saan ang mga ito'y makatutulong upang mas maprotektahan ang sarili. Dagdag pa rito, naka-tuon ang Silat sa kumpas ng kamay at maging sa mga galaw ng mga paa.

Marahil, kung titingnan ay matagal na palang nagsimula ang isports na ito. Ngunit matagal mang hindi napansin, ang mahalaga ay unti-unti na nitong nakukuha ang atensyong nararapat para dito.

Ang Silat ay pinakakilala sa mga bansa sa Timog Silangang Asya katulad ng Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunie, Thailand, Singapore, at maging dito sa Pilipinas. Kasama rin ang isports na ito sa Southeast Asian Games na dinadaluhan ng mga nabanggit na mga bansa at iba pa. Dahil sa humigit-kumulang isang libong pamamaraan ng pagsasagawa ng Silat, umabot na rin ito sa mga malalayong bansa tulad ng Austria, United Kingdon, Estados Unidos, at France.

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Always remember that in a maze, we might not see the end of our journey, there's always a wide sky for us to look upon and reflect. That how long and hard our journey was, the sky is always bigger than land. Solutions are always bigger than our problems.

Do not let hindrances hinder our chances to praise God. As Sovereign Shepherd Baptist Church's theme: We must praise and serve God on top even at tough times.

Be like Job, Act like Job, Serve like Job.

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Letting God drive our journey towards living like how He wanted us to live is the best thing we can do. To rely on His arms is always better than worrying.

If we are about to compare what Job experienced and what we experienced, it is like you are comparing an elephant to a cat. With that being said, we knew that the problems we are facing are inevitable. If we still look for how gigantic those walls are and do not try to look for other ways for us to escape these trials, we will be trapped.

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Despite from what we are currently experiencing in life, if we truly trust God and if we truly profess our faith in His hands, doubts can never conquer our holistic being. Times might be hard for both of us reading this right now, as a student and as a teacher, but we need to realize that our lives are already written and planned.

All we need to do is to live accordingly in this one great chance that God granted us to have. If we decided to let fear and trouble overcome ourselves, sorrows and long-term effects of problems we faced, currently facing, and even the problems we will about to face will be embarked.

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The Tribulations of Job

Over the time of one day, Job is given four reports, each informing him that his sheep, servants, and ten children have all died due to thieving intruders or natural disasters. Job rips his clothes and shaves his head in sorrow, yet he still praises God in his prayers.

This time, Job is distressed with terrible skin sores. His wife urges him to denounce God and to give up and die, but Job protests, trying to endure his inflictions.

Job damns the day he was born, relating life and death to light and darkness. He hopes that his birth had been obscured in darkness and desires to have never been born, believing that life only increases his suffering. Eliphaz replies that Job, who has comforted other people, now reveals that he never actually knew their pain. Eliphaz concludes that Job’s pain must be due to some sin Job has acted, and he recommends Job to seek God’s favor. Bildad and Zophar agree that Job must have performed evil to provoke God’s justice and argue that he should attempt to manifest more innocent behavior. Bildad supposes that Job’s children brought their deaths upon themselves. Even worse, Zophar suggests that whatever wrongdoing Job has done he likely deserves more suffering than what he has experienced.

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Personal Input: This for me clearly states how things start to oppose Job’s side. With the death of his animals, servants, and even his ten children, as we speak, if we are in his position, we can easily blame God upon what is happening in our life. But Job still glorifies his Creator. He also experienced having skin sores that is used to be discriminated against back then. It has been said that even if his wife is pursuing him to denounce God, Job stood still to his faith.

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NANGUNGUNANG MGA AKSYON!

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NANGUNGUNANG MGA AKSYON!

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Nakamamanghang galaw hango sa aktuwal na tunggalian!

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2018 OPEN BELGIUM PENCAK SILAT HIGHLIGHT

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Pagsasanay para sa mga baguhan!

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Cecep Arif Rahman - 1st Panglipur Silat Hong Kong Seminar 2019

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1. Job was superstitious

Like many religious people, Job subscribed to the faithless wisdom of sowing and reaping. If his kids threw a wild party, Job would bring a sacrifice. “They might’ve sinned; I’d better do something about it.” Debits and credits. “This was Job’s regular custom” (Job 1:5).

2. Job was sin-conscious

Not his sins, of course, because he didn’t have any. (Cough!) Job saw himself as a good man who kept the ledger clean. Job viewed sin like kryptonite (see Job 31:11-12). He was terrified of it and thought about it constantly (see Job 31).

3. Job was full of fear

Job was insecure and bound with fear. He would’ve been the perfect customer for an insurance salesman because he feared calamities and disasters that would wipe him out (Job 31:23). When that happened he said, “What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me” (Job 3:25).

4. Job was full of self-pity

Read Job’s words and you get a strong sense of “Woe is me.” Although his woes were legitimate, he was utterly focused on his own sorry state. He was self-indulgent to the point of whining. “I will give free rein to my complaint” (Job 10:1). And complain he did.

5. Job allowed bitterness to take root

Bitterness is a grace-killer, but Job allowed that evil weed to flourish in the garden of his heart. “I will complain in the bitterness of my soul” (Job 7:11).

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Many people consider Job a great man and a champion of the faith.

Job, you will recall, lost everything (his family, wealth and health), then sat on a dunghill scratching himself with a broken plate while having a theological debate with seminarians. As a result of this rich, life-affirming experience, many people now believe the following lies:

God gives and takes away good things like children, health, jobs

God uses sickness to punish or discipline me

God puts me through hard times to teach me humility

God uses Satan as a sheepdog to keep the sheep in line

I want to offer a different perspective.

The Book of Job is not about a great man but a flawed man. The Job we read about was not the man of God many think he was, but a superstitious and fearful man who, in a time of great pain, said things he later regretted.

His story is not about the triumph of the human spirit, but the awesome grace God gives to broken humanity.

"But Job was a righteous man."

Actually, he was a self-righteous man and basically an unbeliever, as we shall see. I'm not knocking Job. My purpose is to show you how grace changes broken people like you, me, and Job.

By the time we get to the end of this short series, you're going to be amazed at some of the good things God says about this imperfect man. But to finish well we must begin with a proper understanding of Job's state apart from God. Here are ten little known facts about Job:

1. Job was superstitious

Like many religious people, Job subscribed to the faithless wisdom of sowing and reaping. If his kids threw a wild party, Job would bring a sacrifice. "They might've sinned; I'd better do something about it." Debits and credits. "This was Job's regular custom" (Job 1:5).

2. Job was sin-conscious

Not his sins, of course, because he didn't have any. (Cough!) Job saw himself as a good man who kept the ledger clean. Job viewed sin like kryptonite (see Job 31:11-12). He was terrified of it and thought about it constantly (see Job 31).

3. Job was full of fear

Job was insecure and bound with fear. He would've been the perfect customer for an insurance salesman because he feared calamities and disasters that would wipe him out (Job 31:23). When that happened he said, "What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me" (Job 3:25).

4. Job was full of self-pity

Read Job's words and you get a strong sense of "Woe is me." Although his woes were legitimate, he was utterly focused on his own sorry state. He was self-indulgent to the point of whining. "I will give free rein to my complaint" (Job 10:1). And complain he did.

5. Job allowed bitterness to take root

Bitterness is a grace-killer, but Job allowed that evil weed to flourish in the garden of his heart. "I will complain in the bitterness of my soul" (Job 7:11).

6. Job was self-righteous

Job's confidence was not in the Lord but his own good behavior. "How many wrongs and sins have I committed? Show me my offense and my sin" (Job 13:23). Like an indignant Pharisee Job had an inflated sense of his moral performance. "Let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless" (Job 31:6).

Job's self-trust reinforced his victim mentality. "Can anyone bring charges against me?" (Job 13:19). Eventually his self-righteousness became so odorous that it even silenced the self-righteous men who came to counsel him. "These three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes" (Job 32:1).

7. Job thought God didn't care

"Even if I summoned him and he responded, I do not believe he would give me a hearing" (Job 9:16). Job's self-pitying distorted his perception of God's character. Like many people going through hard times, Job thought God was opposed to him (Job 13:24).

8. Job blamed God for his troubles

It is often taught that Job never blamed God (which is a misreading of Job 1:22). However, Job did not hesitate to point the finger at "the Almighty, who has made my life bitter" (Job 27:2).

A storm killed his kids and tribal raiders stole his herds, yet Job attributed his loss to a God who gives and takes away (Job 1:21). Again and again Job said God was the cause of his trouble (see Job 2:10, 6:4).

Given his good behavior, Job couldn't make sense of this divine unfairness. "Don't you have better things to do than pick on me?" (Job 7:20, MSG). God moves in mysterious ways, thought Job. At any time he might "crush me with a storm and multiply my wounds for no reason" (Job 9:17).

9. Job thought God was trying to kill him

"Although I am blameless... He destroys both the blameless and the wicked" (Job 9:21-22). Job actually thought that God was trying to kill him. "You turn on me ruthlessly; with the might of your hand you attack me... I know you will bring me down to death" (Job 30:21,23).

10. Job despaired of life and wished he was dead

Job loathed his life (see Job 7:16). "Who can see any hope for me?" (Job 17:15). This so-called hero of the faith had a death wish. "I prefer strangling and death, rather than this body of mine" (Job 7:15). Job had no faith in a God who heals and restores, but said, "the only home I hope for is the grave" (Job 17:13).

Many people honor Job as a giant of the faith who was renowned for his great patience. However, Job is not listed in Hebrews 11 among the other heroes of the faith and the only righteousness he exhibited was the stinky, self-made kind.

But wait, there's more...

Stick around because we're going to see that God's grace is for imperfect people like Job. "He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill" (Psa 113:7).

As we will see, Job's life had a second act. Before he met the Lord Job was a whiner who falsely blamed God for his troubles; but afterwards he become a brand new man, a man that God saw as righteous and upright.

It is an amazing story and you won't want to miss it!

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Many people consider Job a great man and a champion of the faith. Job, you will recall, lost everything (his family, wealth and health), then sat on a dunghill scratching himself with a broken plate while having a theological debate with seminarians. As a result of this rich, life-affirming experience, many people now believe the following lies: God...

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Story of Job in the Bible

In this Bible story from the book of Job, there is a wealthy man named Job residing in an area called Uz with his extended family and vast flocks. He is “blameless” and “upright,” constantly mindful to live in a righteous manner (Job 1:1). God mentions Job to Satan saying, "There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.” However, Satan contends that Job is only righteous because God has favored him generously. Satan dares God that, if given the approval to inflict suffering, Job will change and curse God. God permits Satan to abuse Job to experiment with this brazen claim, but he forbids Satan to take Job’s life in the manner.

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In this Bible story from the book of Job, there is a wealthy man named Job residing in an area called Uz with his extended family and vast flocks. He is "blameless" and "upright," constantly mindful to live in a righteous manner ( Job 1:1). God brags to Satan about Job's virtue, but Satan contends that Job is only righteous because God has favored him generously. Satan dares God that, if given the approval to inflict suffering, Job will change and curse God. God permits Satan to abuse Job to experiment with this brazen claim, but he forbids Satan to take Job's life in the manner.

Over the time of one day, Job is given four reports, each informing him that his sheep, servants, and ten children have all died due to thieving intruders or natural disasters. Job rips his clothes and shaves his head in sorrow, yet he still praises God in his prayers. Satan arrives in heaven again, and God allows him another opportunity to test Job. This time, Job is distressed with terrible skin sores. His wife urges him to denounce God and to give up and die, but Job protests, trying to endure his inflictions.

Three of Job's companions, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, arrive to comfort him, sitting with Job in silence for seven days out of reverence for his grieving. On the seventh day, Job talks, starting a discussion in which each of the four men shares his reflections on Job's troubles in poetic descriptions.

Job damns the day he was born, relating life and death to light and darkness. He hopes that his birth had been obscured in darkness and desires to have never been born, believing that life only increases his suffering. Eliphaz replies that Job, who has comforted other people, now reveals that he never actually knew their pain. Eliphaz concludes that Job's pain must be due to some sin Job has acted, and he recommends Job to seek God's favor. Bildad and Zophar agree that Job must have performed evil to provoke God's justice and argue that he should attempt to manifest more innocent behavior. Bildad supposes that Job's children brought their deaths upon themselves. Even worse, Zophar suggests that whatever wrongdoing Job has done he likely deserves more suffering than what he has experienced.

Job reacts to each of these remarks, becoming so angry that he calls his sympathizers "worthless physicians" who "whitewash [their help] with lies" ( Job 13:4). He questions why God judges people by their deeds if God can just as easily change or forgive their behavior. It is confusing to Job how a human can truly satisfy God's justice as his ways are mysterious and exceeding human comprehension. Furthermore, humans cannot possibly convince God with their words. God cannot be fooled, and Job confesses that he does not even know himself well enough to adequately defend his case to God. Job desires for someone who can mediate between himself and God, or be sent to Sheol, the dark space of the dead.

Job believes that there is a "witness" or a "Redeemer" in heaven who will testify for his integrity ( Job 16:19, Job 19:25). The suffering shows too much for Job, and he turns bitter, anxious, and scared. He deplores the injustice that God lets evil people thrive while he and many other honest people suffer. Job wants to face God and protest, but cannot physically find God. He assumes that wisdom is concealed from humans, but he decides to persevere in seeking wisdom by fearing God and evading evil.

God eventually intervenes, commanding Job to be brave and explains various detailed features of his creation. Overcome by the appearance of God, Job recognizes God's infinite power and accepts the constraints of his human understanding. This response pleases God, but he is upset with Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar for emitting lousy advice. Job reconciles on their behalf, and God forgives them. God then restores Job's health, granting him with twice as much property as before, new children, and an remarkably long life. In the end, Job never completely gave up hope or faith in God as inspiration to everyone enduring suffering of their own.

Read scripture text about the Bible story of Job and find related articles, podcasts, and sermons below!

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The Bible story of Job, from the book of Job, is a powerful tale of testing the devotion and fortitude of the human will. In this epic wager between God and the Devil, discover how Job reacts to the shocking curses inflicted upon him and what we can learn from his incredible example of remaining faithful through suffering.

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“February is short and very sweet.”  — Charmaine J Forde

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“February is short and very sweet.”  — Charmaine J Forde

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"A strange, amazing day that comes only once every four years. . . A day of temporal tune up. " ―Vera Nazarian  

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"A strange, amazing day that comes only once every four years. . . A day of temporal tune up. " ―Vera Nazarian  

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“Though, February is short, it is filled with lots of love and sweet surprises”. ― Charmaine J. Forde

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“Though, February is short, it is filled with lots of love and sweet surprises”. ― Charmaine J. Forde

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"In February there is everything to hope for and nothing to regret." ―Patience Strong

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"In February there is everything to hope for and nothing to regret." ―Patience Strong

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Sa lahat ng antog na mga isports hindi lamang dito sa ating bansa kundi maging sa buong mundo, hindi maikakailang mayroon talagang mga isports na naisasantabi at hindi napapansin sa matagal na panahon.

Mariin akong naniniwala na ang unti-unting pag-usbong ng pangalan ng Silat sa mundo ng isports ay sumisimbolo sa unti-unti ring pagmulat nating mga indibiduwal, Pilipino man o hindi, sa kaisipang sa likod ng mabilis na pag-usad ng modernasisasyon dito sa ating mundo ay napakarami pa ring sinaunang mga gawi ang nangangailangan ng ating atensyon at pagkilala.

Bilang pagiging totoo, nakalulungkot isiping mas binibigyan natin ng pansin ang mga gawi ng ibang mga bansa kung gayo't mayroon naman tayo dito na malapit sa atin.

Kung ating titingnan at aanalisahing mabuti, ang Silat ay hindi naman talaga ididisenyo upang maging isports. Ito ay orihinal na isinakatuparan upang maging instrumento ng pagdepensa sa sarili. Ngunit nakatutuwa namang isipin na ngayon, hindi na lamang pang giyera ang Silat.

Isa na itong gawaing pang-libang, isa na itong gawaing pampatay-oras, at higit sa lahat, isa na rin itong gawaing nakapaghahasa hindi lamang ng ating pisikal na kaanyuan kundi ng ating pangloob na kalooban dahil sa disiplinang kinakailangan upang matagumpay na maisagawa ang isports na ito.

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6. Job was self-righteous

Job’s confidence was not in the Lord but his own good behavior. “How many wrongs and sins have I committed? Show me my offense and my sin” (Job 13:23). Like an indignant Pharisee Job had an inflated sense of his moral performance. “Let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless” (Job 31:6).

Job’s self-trust reinforced his victim mentality. “Can anyone bring charges against me?” (Job 13:19). Eventually his self-righteousness became so odorous that it even silenced the self-righteous men who came to counsel him. “These three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes” (Job 32:1).

7. Job thought God didn’t care

“Even if I summoned him and he responded, I do not believe he would give me a hearing” (Job 9:16). Job’s self-pitying distorted his perception of God’s character. Like many people going through hard times, Job thought God was opposed to him (Job 13:24).

8. Job blamed God for his troubles

It is often taught that Job never blamed God (which is a misreading of Job 1:22). However, Job did not hesitate to point the finger at “the Almighty, who has made my life bitter” (Job 27:2).

A storm killed his kids and tribal raiders stole his herds, yet Job attributed his loss to a God who gives and takes away (Job 1:21). Again and again Job said God was the cause of his trouble (see Job 2:10, 6:4).

Given his good behavior, Job couldn’t make sense of this divine unfairness. “Don’t you have better things to do than pick on me?” (Job 7:20, MSG). God moves in mysterious ways, thought Job. At any time he might “crush me with a storm and multiply my wounds for no reason” (Job 9:17).

9. Job thought God was trying to kill him

“Although I am blameless… He destroys both the blameless and the wicked” (Job 9:21-22). Job actually thought that God was trying to kill him. “You turn on me ruthlessly; with the might of your hand you attack me… I know you will bring me down to death” (Job 30:21,23).

10. Job despaired of life and wished he was dead

Job loathed his life (see Job 7:16). “Who can see any hope for me?” (Job 17:15). This so-called hero of the faith had a death wish. “I prefer strangling and death, rather than this body of mine” (Job 7:15). Job had no faith in a God who heals and restores, but said, “the only home I hope for is the grave” (Job 17:13).

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Tayong mga Pilipino, ano mang kulay, saan mang rehiyon ipinanganak, ay mulat sa kaisipan ng samu't-saring mga isports sapagkat ang ilan sa mga ito ay ating naka-ugalian at nakagisnan na simula pa lamang noong pagkabata at ang iba naman ay natutunan na natin sa paaralan. Isa na rito ang Silat o kilala rin sa katawagang Pencak Silat.

Sa bahaging ito, sabay-sabay nating tunghayan kung ano nga ba ang isports na Silat, ano ang pinagmulan nito, papaano ito isinasagawa, at papaano nito naaapektuhan ang isang taong gumagawa nito sa pisikal man o sa kaloobang aspeto.

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Lahat ng manlalaro ng Silat ay nakasuot ng itim na pananamit na sinamahan pa ng bandana na maaaring lagyan ng Arabic letters at litrato sa kadahilanang ang mga ito ay nagdadala ng mahikal na kapangyarihan.

Ayon nga sa nabanggit ko kanina, ang karaniwang ginagamit sa isports na ito ay ang keris at parang. Ngunit ano nga ba ang keris? Ang keris ay binubuo ng siyam na uri ng metal na pinagbuklod ng maalin sa kahoy, ginto, at garing o ivory.  Ito ay nahahati sa tatlong bahagi: ang bilah o blade, hulu o hilt, at warangka o ang sheath.

Sa kabilang banda, ang talim naman ng parang ay maaaring baliko o deretso.

Maaari ka ring gumamit ng lembing o sibat dito kun saan ito ay gawa sa kawayan, bakal, o kahoy. Ang sabit naman o sikle ay isa rin sa mga karaniwang ginagamit sa Silat.

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Personal Input: This is when the story of Job starts. The website's description, clearly states how Job was fortunate enough, but still keeps his feet on the ground and does not let his wealth dictate his life. It is also said that Job was an obedient servant to God and with that, Satan condemned God saying Job is just righteous because He is good to Him.