 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Seni Gayong akatanga pakati pevanhu veBugisi veSulawesi muIndonesia uye ainzi Silat Sendi Harimau. Chaizvoizvo rinoreva kuti tiger joint silat, gadziriro yacho yaishandisa unyanzvi hwomunwe weshumba kuvhara majoini omuvengi. Muchinda weBugisi Daeng Kuning, akabva mumutsara murefu wehondo, akaunza chimiro kuMalaya Peninsula muma1800. Pakupedzisira rakapfuudzwa kumuzukuru wake Meor Abdul Rahman. Kudzidzisa kwaSeni Gayong, sezvinongoita mamwe masitayera esilat, kwaimbova kwakaganhurirwa kuvadzidzi vashomanana pasi pemudzidzisi mumwe nomumwe. Muna 1942 panguva yokugara kweJapan, Meor Abdul Rahman akadzidzisa Seni Gayong pachena pachitsuwa cheSudong, Singapore apo vagari vemo vaitya kurwiswa nemaJapan. Sezvo akagara nhaka hunyanzvi kubva kuna sekuru vake; Syed Zainal Abidin Al-Attas, Dato Meor Abdul Rahman akazopedzisira atanga sangano rekutanga remitambo yekurwa muMalaysia, Pertubuhan Silat Seni Gayong Malaysia. Yakanga iri uye ichiri nzira yokurwisana isina zvombo yakadzidziswa kumapurisa eRoyal Malaysia 