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Tapak Suci Putera Muhammadiyah (), shortened as Tapak Suci, is an autonomous pencak silat martial arts organization of
Tapak Suci Putera Muhammadiyah (), shortened as Tapak Suci, is an autonomous pencak silat martial arts organization of Muhammadiyah
Muhammadiyah ( ar, محمدية; 'followers of Muhammad'); also known as the Muhammadiyah Society ( id, Persyarikatan Muhammadiyah) is a major Islamic non-governmental organization in Indonesia.A. Jalil HamidTackle the rising cost of living longer ...
, the second largest modernist Muslim organization in Indonesia. Tapak Suci is one of the ten 'historic schools' of IPSI (''Ikatan Pencak Silat Indonesia'', or Pencak Silat Association of Indonesia), the leading organization of pencak silat in Indonesia.
The silat school was founded and made an official part of Muhammadiyah on July 31, 1963 in Yogyakarta and has since spread nationwide within the organization. The silat masters and practitioners in Muhammadiyah were concerned about the threatening situation confronting their members at that time, especially from various mass organizations that belonged to the Communist Party of Indonesia
The Communist Party of Indonesia (Indonesian: ''Partai Komunis Indonesia'', PKI) was a communist party in Indonesia during the mid-20th century. It was the largest non-ruling communist party in the world before its violent disbandment in 1965. ...
(PKI).
Tapak Suci trains its members in physical silat techniques and breathing exercises. The school, however, does not teach body invulnerability (''ilmu kebal'', which is taught by some more traditional silat schools), as it opposes cult
In modern English, ''cult'' is usually a pejorative term for a social group that is defined by its unusual religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs and rituals, or its common interest in a particular personality, object, or goal. This ...
s and considers them '' shirk''.
As an autonomously managed part of Muhammadiyah, the martial arts school is open to membership not only of Muslims but to anyone interested, either in Indonesia or overseas chapters.
See also
*Muhammadiyah
Muhammadiyah ( ar, محمدية; 'followers of Muhammad'); also known as the Muhammadiyah Society ( id, Persyarikatan Muhammadiyah) is a major Islamic non-governmental organization in Indonesia.A. Jalil HamidTackle the rising cost of living longer ...
* Pencak silat
* Styles of silat Silat is a generic name for the martial arts of certain countries in Southeast Asia. There is untold number of Silat systems in Maritime Southeast Asia, with there being over 150 styles recognized styles of pencak silat in Indonesia, and more in abo ...
References
{{reflist Muhammadiyah Indonesian martial arts organization