Tarung Derajat (TD) is a stand up and full contact martial art from Indonesia created and developed by Haji Achmad Drajat through his experience as a street fighter in the 1960s Bandung. Tarung Derajat is officially recognized as a national sport and used as a basic training by Indonesian Army.
The art has some influence from Karate and Silat. Tarung Derajat emphasizing on punching and kicking, but not limited to as grappling and sweeping are also included in its training method.
As a stand up martial art, Tarung Derajat was nicknamed as Indonesian Kickboxing and often compared to Kyokushin Karate due to several similarities. A practitioner of TD is called petarung (lit: fighter in English).
Since 1990's Tarung Drajat has been refined for sport. In 1998, Tarung Derajat organization officially became member of KONI. Since then Tarung Derajat has a spot in Pekan Olahraga Nasional, a national multi-sport competition held every four years. Tarung Derajat main association or KODRAT is now have sub-organizations in 22 provinces in Indonesia.
This martial art will be introduced in the 2011 Southeast Asian Games in Palembang, Indonesia[1].
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