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Abdul Razak bin Othman

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Founder of Jak Othman Kickboxing & Martial Arts Studio and British Silat Association; Chief Instructor of Harimau Berantai Silat & Raja Rimau Tomoi

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Successful People in Malaysia and Singapore (7th Edition)

December 2025

PSEUDONYM - PSEUDONYM

Jak Othman

E - EDUCATION

Degree in Filmography

CA - CAREER

Independent film director, professor and member of Senate of Asia Pacific Open University. He first set up a silat centre in 1986, and eventually opened Jak Othman Kickboxing & Martial Arts Studio in 2001. It offers training in tomoi kickboxing, silat and bladetech

CASA - CIVIL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

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AW - AWARDS

World Pugilist Hall Of Fame 2002, Loredo, Texas

ACH - ACHIEVEMENTS

Jak was internationally acknowledged as a silat authority. In 2009, he was inducted into the Malaysian Martial Arts Hall of Fame. Also, the centre held the longest non-stop martial arts kicking relay over a 24hr period in 2004, recording a total of 28,080 kicks and landing them in the Malaysia Book of Records. They went on to break that record in 2018 with 64,000 kicks. They have also set a few punching records

LS - LANGUAGE SKILLS

English, Malay

H - HOBBY

Silat, travelling, food, martial arts, learning history

PMM - PERSONAL MAGIC MOMENTS

i) Discovering that his family had their own style of silat called Silat Harimau Berantai; ii) undergoing silat training at Gudung Ledang under the tutelage of his aunt, Mak Intan

ROS - REASON OF SUCCESS

Passion, never give up, finding a good teacher, and learning from the source. Train 5000 times. When you make a mistake in front of a camera, do it with style

WEB - WEBSITE

www.tradisifitnest.com

B - BORN

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P - PARENTS

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CH - CHILDREN

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