Something I've tried to take away from silat is the ability to never give up. Guru Ismail Kassan of Silat Kuningan once said to me, "Selagi mana anak jari kaki masih boleh bergerak, selagi itulah kita terus berlawan".
This concept is well exemplified in the pepatah "Agi Idup, Agi Ngelaban", reportedly by the Iban warrior Rentap. It is currently used as the motto of the Malaysian Royal Ranger Regiment.
As the famed Commander Peter Quincy Taggert always said: "Never give up! Never surrender!"
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