PERKEMBANGAN PERGURUAN KELUARGA SILAT NASIONAL INDONESIA PERISAI DIRI DI SURABAYA TAHUN 1959-1982

Abstract

This research reviews the development of the Perisai Diri Indonesian National Silat Family school which is located in the city of Surabaya as the center and the beginning of this college developing, Perisai Diri or known as the Indonesian Kelatnas Perisai Diri is a silat martial arts school that was founded in the city of Surabaya in 1955 by R.M.Soebandiman Dirdjotmodjo. At the beginning of its development, the Silat Perisai Diri College experienced several obstacles, from internal and external problems. The emergence (PD) at that time was initiated as a silat martial arts course institution at the East Java Culture Office in 1955 until it was officially widely known as a silat martial arts school in 1959 with the creation of an organizational system which this development had a positive influence on the Self Shielding martial arts course. In its development, the changes that existed at that time were motivated by internal member conflicts which had an influence on the history of the development of the Perisai Diri school in Surabaya. In this case the researcher found out about the history of the development of the Perisai Diri school, especially the problems that existed as the background for the formation of the organization after the 1959 internal conflict. practicing, from 1955 to 1959. There were internal problems in the silat course members resulting in the departure of the first cadre member of Perisai Diri, who chose to leave the silat course and these problems had a significant impact on the sustainability of the silat course generation opened by Mr. Dirjo, where the cadre students The first one no longer trains in Self Shield due to a conflict with his own great teacher.
The researcher obtained primary source data regarding this problem, described chronologically what was the cause of the internal conflict in 1959 which was explained by the source witness, Mr. directly by the main warrior founding Perisai Diri Mr. Dirjo in 1982. The resource person Mr. Noerhasdi as a living witness described what happened in 1959 and his role in the development of Perisai Diri, bearing in mind that the conflict resulted in the loss of pioneer cadres, the members who left were actually prepared to become the next warrior for the Self Shield school. The conflict with the first cadre went on for a long time, until Mr. Dirjo, as his professor, did not approve of appointing his first cadre to become a warrior. The professor of Perisai Diri Mr. Dirjo at that time experienced a crisis of confidence in his students, from the beginning Perisai Diri was established in 1955 and only in 1982 Mr. Dirjo made his students graduate to become warriors with the title "Persaisai Diri Historical Warriors" with a total of 23 people. In addition, in 1970 Perisai Diri officially changed the name of the college to Kelatnas Indonesia Perisai Diri along with the attributes of its silat uniform which were originally black and switched to white uniforms. This development had an impact on identity externally, causing negative prejudice and gossip from other martial arts schools.
Keywords: Development, Martial Arts College, Self Shield Surabaya.