Selection of Pencak Silat Athletes to Represent the Single Defense Arts Competition Using Multi Atribute Utility Theory

Pencak Silat is one of the original martial arts from Indonesia. Besides being useful for protecting oneself from threats and introducing indigenous Indonesian culture, pencak silat is one of the martial arts sports that is often contested in sports championship events at the national and international levels. There are 3 categories in the pencak silat martial arts competition, one of which is the single art category. This study aims to enable the coaches of Pencak Silat achievements to determine which Pencak Silat athletes are eligible to participate in the Pencak Silat martial arts competition in the single art category, using a decision support system with the Multi Attribute Utility Theory (MAUT). The data collection was based on the results of interviews and data from the pencak silat athletes at the "Setia Hati Terate" Pecat Silat hermitage which was located on Jalan Abdul Wahab Syahrani Polder Air Hitam Samarinda, East Kalimantan.