The Founder
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The founder of Silat Perisai Diri is RMS Dirdjoatmodjo and among his student, he used to be called as Pak Dirdjo.
On January 8th, 1913, He was born in Yogyakarta inside the community of Paku Alaman Kingdom. On his 9th year old, his friends trusted him to become martial arts trainer for their age. This is because he had a talent in martial arts compare to his friends.
When he was 16 years old, he decided to move out from the kingdom civilization for one reason: He wanted to travel around Java for learning martial arts.
His first destination is to the east of Java. He went to Jombang to learn at Pondok Tebu Ireng, which was famous for learning martial arts and religion. |
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Why did he learn from many guru’s ? In his point of view, by having a new guru, he will have more knowledge. More, one guru can renovate other’s weakness.
After feeling that what he had was enough, he went to Jombang again and established his first martial arts called EKA KALBU (one heart). During the time, he met a Chinese guru that was excellence in Siauw Liem Sie, one of Chinese martial arts. His name is Yap Kie San.
Since he met Yap Kie San, he learned martial arts from him for 14 years until he felt that he had gotten what he was looking for.
In 1954, Pak Dirdjo moved to Surabaya and stay there for good. He worked for Indonesian Arts and Culture Department, in martial arts division. One year after, he established the new Indonesian martial arts called PERISAI DIRI on July 2nd, 1955. In complete words, it is stated as Keluarga Silat Nasional Indonesia PERISAI DIRI (The Brotherhood of Indonesian Martial Arts PERISAI DIRI).
On May 9th, 1983, Pak Dirdjo passed away on his 70 years old. The responsibility of PD technique had been trusted to his students that are now in Pendekar level, which is the highest level in Perisai Diri. Due to his existences in bringing Indonesia to be known overseas, the Indonesian government awarded him with an honor title of ‘Pendekar Purna Utama’ (Greatest martial arts master) in 1986.
Since it was established, the technique of Silat Perisai Diri has never been changed, added or reduced. With its motto, ‘learn martial arts without injury’, PERISAI DIRI has been received in all society and ages, ranging from students to professionals and from children to adults.
Surprisingly, Perisai Diri does not only exist in Indonesia. Since the organization consists of people with intelligence and professionalism, PERISAI DIRI has spread out through other countries in Asia, Australia, Europe and America. PD has established and grow very well in Australia. Other countries such as Japan (Tokyo), United Kingdom (London), United State (New York) , Netherlands (Holland and Utrecht), Switzerland (Zurich), Germany (Berlin) and Austria (Wina) have also had training classes of Silat PERISAI DIRI. |
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