Ki Hadjar Hardjo Oetomo born Aug. 28, 1929 in the village of Yogyakarta in East Java.

Hardjo Oetomo, as he was named, discovered the Penchak-Silat at the age of 13 under the direction of Kiaji Ireng, a member of the school Pondokan Pesantren, which makes it see the ancestral techniques Pencak Silat.

Thereafter, he became a disciple of the great master Kiaji-Ngabeihi Soerordiwirdjo (Founder of Persaudaraan Setia Hati) through his father who was one of his disciples.

When Eyang Suro (Kiaji-Ngabeihi Soerordiwirdjo) décéde in 1944 as a result of an illness, Pah Turpijn continues his training with her dad and his great assistant Kijai Hadji Abdullah, who, every two, died during the revolution for independence in 1945.

Then his life is hectic, he lived for thirteen years in the Indonesian jungle in a sort of monastery where he became a disciple of two major Senior Pencak Silat: Bapak Tjorkro and Djamaed Bapak. There will study the science of Ilmu Batin (Tenga Dalem) is a force on energy and strength and an internal study on the spiritual philosophy. Just as we find the Kiaï in Karate, the Chi in Chinese Kung-Fu, Ilmu is the supreme power and unshakeable, invisible and spiritual, which injects a terrible efficiently to the rich technical Pencak Silat.During these studies, Pah Turpijn must remain discreet and can not have contact with the outside world, nor even with her own family. At the end of his studies he left the monastery, and enlisted in the army.

It is part of the suicide commandos (Partisans Siliwangi) operating in the jungle during the invasion. Les hommes du commando sont regroupés par trois ou cinq et foncent sur un groupe d'ennemis comme autant de tigres déchaînés. Men commando are grouped by three or five and darken on a group of enemies like tigers unleashed.

We must kill quickly and efficiently, using twists of cervical vertebrae or pins and cutting poisoned fixed on bushes.

In other words, to master Turpijn, Penchak is not a acrobatics, but as a martial art hard that must be effective.

In 1966, Pah Turpijn settled in Holland, where he works as a pioneer of Silat-Penchak in Europe.

Master Hardjono Turpijn died July 31, 1996 in the Netherlands from an illness ...

About Master Hardjono Turpijn: "The thing that counted for him it was effective. Beauty of the gesture was forgotten and unnecessary movement evacuated. Actually, master Turpijn had two ways of teaching. On the one hand, efficiency in its purest form and the other the traditional aspect of Pencak Silat, with lanka. traditional side, it taught to everyone, however, it chose the people to whom he taught the deadly side-Silat Penchak. In human terms, this was someone who had a very large heart and who lived intensely what he was doing. Education was hard, rigid, as master Turpijn wanted his art be transmitted without distortion."

Master of Silat Pencak style Setia Hati Terate

8th Dan Black Belt

Ex-Commando of the Indonesian Army

A pioneer of Silat-Penchak in Europe

Died in July 1996 in Amsterdam (Holland)

Master Turpinj was a pupil of Master Kijaî-Ngaberthi-Soerodiwirdjo, founder of Setia Terate Hati.

Master Turpinj was the first to bring the awareness and Pencak Silat in Europe. He was also part of the Siliwangi "Partisans" commandos of the Indonesian army in the jungle loaded to attack and neutralize the guard posts of the enemy during the invasion of Japan and Dutch Indonesia.

This means that Ki Hadjar Hardjo Oetomo experimented in real conditions the effectiveness of the techniques of his style.