Almost every Betawi village has a silat champion. One of the silat styles that was very well known and gave birth to many champions in his time was the Mustika Kwitang Silat.

The Mustika Kwitang flow originates from the Kwitang area, Senen, Central Jakarta. This flow acculturates Chinese martial arts and Betawi martial arts. This combination has made Mustika Kwitang Silat a relatively rigid and respected martial arts school in Jakarta.

In the beginning, around the 17th century, a sinshe (physician) named Kwee Tang Kiam in the 19th century introduced martial arts similar to the Shaolin style, which combined elements of strength, physicality, and speed. He passed on his knowledge to the Betawi people who lived around him.

One of the descendants of Kwee Tang Kiam's student named, H. Muhammad Djaelani, then he preserved Kwee Tang Kiam's silat knowledge by establishing the Mustika Kwitang Pencak Silat school.

Mustika Kwitang was a well-known figure in martial arts in Jakarta then, whose name was H. Muhammad Djaelani.

Then H. Muhammad Djaelani handed over the Mustika Kwitang Silat School to his grandson, Zakaria Abdurachim.

Let's get to know the Mustika Kwitang Silat moves:

A. The Basic Kick of the Empty Hand is divided into eight moves:
Kick – 1 Sideways punch movement.
Kick – 2 Move a straight punch towards the stomach and block the punch towards the abdomen.
Stance – 3 Movement Straight punch towards the face and block towards the face.
Kick – 4 Sideways punch and kick block (Lok Bee).
Kick – 5 The movement to catch the opponent's punch is countered with a sideways punch.
Kick – 6 Movements catch the opponent's punch & reply with elbows and punches.
Kick – 7 Sideways punches and parries and elbows.
Kick – 8 Catch punches and breaks.

B. The Core Kick of the Empty Hand consists of 10 Kicks

1. Kick Shot (consecutive blows)
2. Kick Piong
3. Kick Wave 1
4. Kick Wave 2
5. Kick Wave 3
6. Kick Wave 4
7. Kick Wave 5
8. Kick Wave 6
9. Swim Dragon Stance

Source: Processed from various sources.