PHL adds two more bronze medals with Sunday's back-to-back victory in Pencak Silat

The Philippines on Sunday morning added two more medals to its haul with Jefferson Loon and Dines Dumaan's back-to-back victory in Pencak Silat in the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.

#PSCAsiadUpdates: The Philippines bags its 8th bronze medal in the #AsianGames2018 courtesy of Jefferson Rhey Loon in the 60-65kg. Pencak Silat! ????????#LabanAtletangPilipino #TeamPHIsaAsianGames2018 #parasainangbayan pic.twitter.com/lKReODkEff

— Philippine Sports Commission (@psc_gov) August 26, 2018

Loon settled for the bronze after losing to Vietnam's Ngoc Toan Nguyen in the Men's Class D: 60-65 kg event semis.

#PSCAsiadUpdates: Back-to-bronze medal finish from our Men's Pencak Silat! This time, from Dines Dumaan in the 50-55kg.

Patuloy ang #LabanAtletangPilipino! ????????#TeamPHIsaAsianGames2018 #parasainangbayan pic.twitter.com/JAEpribGVD

— Philippine Sports Commission (@psc_gov) August 26, 2018

Malaysia's Muhammad M Nasir, meanwhile, defeated Dumaan in the Men's Class B 50 to 55 kg, giving the Philippines its ninth bronze medal.

According to the Asian Games website, Pencak silat is a traditional Indonesian martial art, which is " is assessed from a punch, kick, sweep, and dings." It is a "non-aggressive martial art" which "employs natural body movements and develops balance and economy of movement in each individual."

The Philippines now ranks 24th overall in the Asiad. — LA, GMA News