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Seni Pedang Sukma Kencana was established in its present form in 2018 by Teungku Nara Paduka Hj Muhammad Hanif, who codified the syllabus, the grading structure, and the written curriculum now taught through the Akademi.
The art draws on sword practice transmitted within his family, whose descent is traced through Sheikh Abdul Latif Al Khalidi and Haji Muhammad Salleh, who settled at Piandang, Perak in the 1880s, and beyond them to an Ottoman Turkish forebear known as Effendi who reached Acheh in the eighteenth century. This genealogy rests on family record and oral account. It is offered as such, not as documented provenance for the martial curriculum.
What is taught today is therefore best described as a codification: an inherited practice given systematic form, written syllabus, and public instruction by its present custodian.
In 2020, Nara Martial Arts Academy was established as a means to teach swordsmanship and other martial arts utilizing a more open and modular concept. It was also during this year that Teungku Nara Paduka - pseudonym to Haji Muhammad Hanif - was acquainted with Professor Jak Othman, world-renowned authority on Silat. This collaboration opened the doors for Seni Sukma Kencana to the international stage.
On 7 December 2021, Pertubuhan Pemedang Seni Sukma Kencana Malaysia - Seni Sukma Kencana Swordsmen Organisation of Malaysia - was officially approved by the Registrar of Societies, Malaysia. This was an important step in the evolution and development of Malay swordsmanship both local and abroad.
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