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Tapak Suci

The history of the Perguruan Tapak Suci starts with three men, who practiced at Perguruan Banjaran: Abu Amar, Boerhan and Busyro.
Because these three persons lived in Kauman, a district in Yogyakarta, the name of the Perguruan they founded was Perguruan Cikauman. At this Perguruan practiced two brothers, A. Dimyati en M. Wahib. They followed a profound and harsh daily trainingsprogram for a period of nine months. After they were found ready, the brothers went on to study Pencak Silat more thorough.

In this period of deepening there knowledge of Pencak Silat, the eldest brother, A. Dimyati, wandered through western-Java. Eventually he ended up in the teritories of the Perguruans Cikalong, Cimandé and Banten on Jawa-Barat (Western-Java). For a period of three long years A. Dimyati made these styles his own and deepened his knowledge of Pencak Silat. At the same time his younger brother, M. Wahib, wandered for five years over the islands of Java and Madura. He specialized himself in Kuntaw (Indonesian Kung-Fu) and Rawean.

When they returned, they founded the Perguruan Siroman, A combination of all the Perguruans they had practiced. At this Perguruan practiced Djarnawi Hadikusuma (later he was chairman of Tapak Suci until his death in 1993). Together, M. Wahib, A. Dimyati en Djarnawi Hadikusuma founded the Perguruan Kasegu. At this Perguruan practiced Barie Irsyad (at the moment Pendekar Besar=Black 5 at Tapak Suci).