Important Individuals: Penghulu Yusuf

3. Penghulu Yusuf bin Abdullah

 In the year 1978, Zubir bin Mat met a well-known warrior who had awesome skills during his youth. He was one of the Silat Terelak’s warrior and taught Zubir bin Mat Isa silat moves in the form of training and strikes. That warrior is Yusuf bin Abdullah or known as Pak Choh Tok Le’.

 On one occasion, Pak Choh Tok Le’ defeated a Japanese army officer who was armed with samurai sword with an empty hands at a place called Bukit Keteri. Because of this incident, that officer was impressed with Pak Choh and appointed him as a village headman of Kampung Peruah, Tok Kayaman, Perlis.

 The Japanese army rewarded a pair of samurai swords and a bicycle as an act of acknowledgment to Pak Choh. He has a vast experience in the fighting ring as one among the champions in the silat arena and is unbeatable at his own place. However, Zubir bin Mat Isa only managed to be Penghulu Yusof bin Abdullah’s student for a short time because his father Lebai Isa (Mat Isa) told him to stop from being a sudent to Pak Choh.

Raymond