Blade

The blade, being the favorite type of weapon used by Indonesians, is also, naturally enough, the favorite in pencak-silat. Weapons of this type are numerous. A few of the most common are the pedang, a long, swordlike weapon, single-edged and somewhat akin to a cutlass or saber; the
parang, a shorter, single-edged weapon not unlike the machete; the keris, a unique blade indigenous to Indonesia; and the tombak, a spear used throughout Indonesia.