Anies so swordsman martial arts college Son: An honor the best

The Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan, was inaugurated as the honorary Swordsman of Silat Tapak Suci Putera Muhammadiyah in Muhammadiyah Da'wah Center, Menteng, Central Jakarta, Sunday (11/2). The inauguration was also witnessed by PAN's senior politician, Amien Rais, who is also the advisory board of the martial arts college
In the presence of members of Silat and Amien, Anies felt dreaming of herself becoming a warrior. "So Pak Amien, if we were in Yogya we can only dream of looking at this really cool, yes, how to do it," Anies said at the site on Sunday (11/2).

"I am grateful that an honor is truly an honor for me to get the mandate to become a warrior of honor." "Hopefully, the Sacred Pancasila can prepare a leadership supply for Jakarta and Indonesia," he added.
Anies continued, Pencak Silat is a unique martial art. because in addition to strength and firmness, there is also tenderness and subtlety.

On the one hand the power is not raised in ways that make intimidation but we know exactly with this martial art defense is shown exactly in a gentle but solid way, "he said.

To him, the philosophy of Indonesian martial arts is courage without being accompanied by ferocity. the former minister of education assessed, though courageous and assertive, the attitude of tenderness should still emerge. He also saw the expression of martial arts is the character of the nation.

"Our martial arts philosophy is courage but not accompanied by ferocity, assertiveness, but expressed in a gentle manner," he said.

"The expression of martial arts shows the character of the real nation, there is courage of assertiveness but not raised scary faces," Anies said