Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Bhuku raLiang rinotaura nezvoumambo hunonzi Poling kana kuti Poli kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweGuangdong. Vachifungidzirwa kuva vari muMalay Peninsula, vanhu voumambo uhwu vanonzi vane tsika dzakafanana nedzeCambodia uye zvinogadzirwa zvakafanana neSiam. Zvombo zvavo zvinonzi zvakafanana nezvomuChina kunze kwechakram iyo vagari vomunzvimbomo vanonzi vane unyanzvi zvikuru. Mifananidzo inobatanidzwa nekandi yeIndonesia inoratidza zvombo zvenguva yacho. Zvimwe zvombo zvaishandiswa pamifananidzo iyi zvaisanganisira mapakatwa, nhoo, uta, matanda, mapfumo, mapanga uye mapanga. Dvarapala dzakavezwa (varindi vemasuo) dzinowanikwa mutemberi dzakapoteredza nharaunda yacho igamba rakashongedzerwa namatanda namapakatwa. Pakati pezana ramakore rechi11 nerechi14, silat yakasvika pakakwirira zvikuru pasi paMajapahit. Yakatangwa naRaden Wijaya mushure
richidzinga vaMongol, umambo hwacho hwakabatanidza zvitsuwa zvose zveIndonesia ndokuwedzera pesvedzero yahwo kupinda mupeninsula yeMalaysia. Silat yaishandiswa uye mune zvimwe zviitiko ichiri kushandiswa nemauto ekudzivirira ehumambo hwakasiyana-siyana hweSoutheast Asia uye nyika dziri muIndonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand neBrunei.