The Setia Hati Terate Brotherhood (widely known as PSHT or SH Terate ) is a Pencak Silat organization that was initiated by Ki Hadjar Hardjo Oetomo in 1922 and was later established as the Persaudaraan Setia Hati Terate at its first congress in 1948 in Madiun, Indonesia.
PSHT is an integrated Pencak Silat organization and one of the founding schools of the Indonesian Pencak Silat Association (IPSI) on 18 May 1948. PSHT has around 7 million members, having branches in 236 districts and cities in Indonesia and branches in Malaysia, the Netherlands, Russia, East Timor , Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Belgium and France.
History
In 1922 , Ki Hadjar Hardjo Oetomo, a practitioner of Setia Hati Pencak Silat arts from Pilangbango, requested permission from Ki Ageng Ngabehi Soerodiwirjo (the founder of the Setia Hati aliran) to establish an training center for Pencak Silat. This intention was motivated by the situation at that time in which Pencak Silat was only taught to those who had a noble status. Ki Hardjo Oetomo intended that this martial arts could studied by commoners and members of the Indonesian independence. Ki Ageng Ngabehi Soerodiwirjo agreed so long as the education center should have a different name.
However, some internal politics occurred between the students of Ki Ageng’s students and the establishment of the Pencak Silat center. In addition, the existence of this training center was considered by the Dutch Colonial Government as a means to oppose the colonial government. Ki Hardjo Oetomo was arrested and served a sentence of Dutch prison.
In 1948, after the Indonesian independence, the first Setia Hati Terate conference was held and the formally introduced the name Persaudaraan Setia Hati Terate. During the 1980’s the number of PSHT schools grow rapidly. They founded institutes such as the Sekolah Menegah Industri Pariwisata Kusuma Terate (SMIP), a high school for tourism. Many students graduated and began working in the hotel business. The PSHT also founded the Koperasi Terate Manunggal a cooperative institution that supports the welfare of its members. PSHT currently has hundreds of schools all over Indonesia and branches throughout the world.
Training
There are five basic elements in the education in PSHT. These five base elements were established in the teachings
called Panca Dasar, the five base principles:
- Persaudaraan – The Brotherhood
- Olahraga – The Sport)
- Seni – The Art
- Beladiri – Self Defense
- Kerohanian – The Spiritual Being
The Pencak Silat curriculum is is divided into 3 groups. The first group is basic Pencak Silat training consisting of group exercises, basic martial arts moves and toya and dagger weapons, locks ( kripen ), and martial arts for singles practitioner, two practitioners and a team (seni for tunggal, ganda, and beregu).
The second group is the martial arts achievement group to take part in a championship or sporting event involving Pencak Silat with sparring tanding as well as seni, whether single, double, or team. And the final group is the practical self-defense Pencak Silat group which is given professional martial arts, performances and special skills.
PSHT encourages its members to internalize the following 5 principles:
- Be noble, know good from evil, and acknowledge God Almighty.
- Be courageous and not fear death.
- Be able to put minor difficulties into perspective, but know how to act immediately in situations when honor, human dignity are in jeopardy.
- Always be modest.
- Mamayu Hayuning Bawana (Sanskrit) Guard and maintain nature, peace and world’s safety.
The video below is Pencak Silat PSHT performing in Japan in the Natsu Matsuri Festival or the Summer Festival in Kyusu, Japan.
