Dear All,
Asyik banget program karate program self defense for women yang aku koordinir
masuk/dimuat beritanya pada hari ini (25 Januari 2007).Disana juga ada
sejarahnya.Yang menyebutkan Pak Sensei Deddy Masyur lah yang membantuku agar
latihan itu terlaksana.Bahasannya lebih dari 1/2 halaman lho plus 3 foto ketika
latihan.Wah aku senang banget kegiatan itu diliput The Jakarta Post,kapan nih
dimuat di Kompas?He..He..
Salam,
Dinda
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The Jakarta Post, January 25, 2007
Giving women options in face of assault
Some 26 women lined up in pairs in the front yard of house in Taman Tanah
Abang,Central Jakarta on Sunday.
Each of women took turns trying to dodge an attack with effective
punch, strike ,or kick.
“Left ! Right ! Left ! Right!” ordered Sensei Fahmi Syarief the
instructor of the martial arts class for women.
It was not yet noon but the participants were full of energy and
laughter.
Sensei Fahmi cracked one joke after another, making learning this
tough combat sport both fun and easy.
The training focused on perfecting basic knowledge-showing the
women how to utilize their reflexes and body to protect themselves.
Amid the increasing number of report of violence against women
and crimes targeting women, classes like the one of Tanah Abang are being
organized to empower women to act quickly if they think they might be
attacked or are threatened.
According to the National Commission on Violence Against Women
(Komnas Perempuan) there has been a 45 percent increased in reported cases in
2004 from 14,.020 cases to 20.391 cases in 2005.Some 85 percent of the cases of
were domestic violence with the perpetrator being mostly people familiar to the
victims.
Outside, on the street working women also become easy prey for
muggers and rings of robbers operating from taxis.
The marital arts class for women is free of charge and the first
of its kind in the country. Its founder, Titiana Adinda said the class was
initially organized in response to the deplorable conditions women were both
working and living under.
Even with the high number of the cases of crimes against women,
there have yet to be any classes here to defend them selves, said Titiana, who
was formerly assistant coordinator at Komnas Perempuan.
In 2005, KomnasPerempuan data shows, 215 institutions dealt with
more than 20.391 cases of violence against women. The Institution including 59
crisis centre scattered across 20 provinces, which handled about 97 cases each
year.
The class was assembled using the power of Internet technologies.
It all began when Titiana uploaded her 2003 opinion piece, title Violence
against women ; society’s disease on the Internet in September 2006.The article
was previously published in national daily Kompas.
The 27-year-old woman, better known as Dinda, said an
Indonesian-born Karate Sensei in the United States, Deddy Mansyur, read her
piece and offered to help her establish self defense classes for women here.
He contacted his friend and fellow karate instructor in Jakarta,
Fahmi Syarief, who volunteered to teach the class for free.
Dinda said she promoted the class trough the Internet by sending
email to number of mailing lists including Forum Pembaca Kompas (Kompas
Reader’s Forum)Hanya Wanita (Just Women),Cita Cinta and Mediacare.
“We can’t afford to advertise through the media and don’t have
enough friends to rely on them spreading the word, that’s why my mailing list
was the most effective means of telling people about the class.
The first courses started in November with about 20 participants.
At the time, practice held in the Senayan Sports Complex, South Jakarta. Every
Sunday for five weeks, participants built coordination agility, strength, and
poise.
The second course with new participants is being conducted at
Sensei Fahmi’s house. “It’s cleaner and more comfortable for doing push-up and
sit-ups” Dinda said
She said most of the women were working women who had experienced violence.
Dinda said she hoped the class inspired others to offer similar
courses for women. She also plans to write the book on self defense for women.
“It’s very important for every women to learn to protect
themselves. Every women is at risk of violence; working women, stay-at-home
wives and domestic and migrant workers” She said.
Thirty-four year-old Betty Suryaningsih a class participant, said
she was once attacked by knife-wielding mugger in Cilincing. “At that time I
was scared and did not know what to do”
She said the self defense class had taught her how to handle
dangerous situations with simple moves.
“We taught to be alert. Sensei also told us how to dodge people
who harass us, how to avoid being mugged and even how to fend off a taxi
drivers who attempts to rob us”.
Fahmi said the humans were encoded with ability to protect
themselves. “Utilizing your reflexes in the best possible way is the key to
self-defense”
He said the class was strictly for women.”No men can enter this
class, or else they would come to know the secrets of women’s self-defense,”he
said smiling.
Contact details for Karate Program
Jl.Taman Tanah Abang II No.19 Central Jakarta
Ida: 021-98830032 or Dinda 021-70736928
(Reported by: Prodita Sabarini-The Jakarta Post,Jakarta)
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http://titiana-adinda.blogspot.com/
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