Rama and the Lost Art of Martialism
Early on

(Sounds the bell home from school)

Ting ... Tongs ...

"Ah ... finally get out of this stuffy and boring class."

I muttered while sighing.

"If only every day it was a subject of sports, continue to discuss the art of martial arts. Maybe, I'll be ranked one in a row. Moreover, when the sports lesson that's where I wash my eyes, hehe."

Continue to murmur while imagining it.

"Think all students must be good at maths what! moreover, from Monday to Thursday the math is constantly, it's a real wonder."

Say my protest to no matter who, while packing books and other writing equipment into the bag.

While I was cleaning the school equipment. At first glance, I looked at my two classmates, namely Doni and also Typhoon came to my seat.

"Hey Rama, go home from school to play together?" ask Ryan.

"Sorry, I have a handle-"

Not yet finished finishing my words, Typhoon mouth with its supersonic speed, suddenly interrupted the conversation of the two of us.

"Apaan anyway, Rama participated in the extracurricular pencak silat. Where could he play with us." said Typhoon to me.

"Today is Thursday, right? Pencak silat's extracurricular activities today." Ryan replied to Typhoon.

"Yaudah, next time it's Rama."

ryan said as he left and waved his hand at me.

When the two of them left, I heard Typhoon sayings about me.

"What the heck is Rama, we have always been good to him. With the initiative to invite him to play first, but always rejected by him." said upset Typhoon

"She even chose extracurricular cliches so, if it is an expert what does she want to be? the hotshot? want to be a superhero? it's weird, kid." Continue the word Typhoon.

"Udah diem, don't talk much. It'll sound the same to him." Ryan replied.

Hearing the words of the Typhoon, I don't want to bother. I always have a principle that life should be enjoyed every second. For them, maybe playing is their way of enjoying life, but for me it is different.

By participating in this extracurricular activity, I felt that, this was the first time I was accepted by a community without the term it wanted. Why are there people who do not understand the concept of dissent? I always ask that in the depths of my heart.

Although, actually ... I began to feel the meaning of solitude. In fact, it is very rare to play with peers.

After I finished cleaning all the writing equipment, I rushed to the extracurricular training room.

"The chief must be waiting, I must hurry to go to the practice room."

I muttered while running and looking at the watch.

My name is Rama, I'm a 2nd grade high school student. Little I like, but there are many things I hate. Oh yes, speaking of things I like, I like various kinds of martial arts such as Karate, Taekwondo or Wushu. Yes .. although I can say, I am not too old or good at these 3 martial arts.at least, I know and understand the techniques and basics.

In addition, there is one martial art that I really like, the perfect blend of movement techniques as well as movement aesthetics, that makes me fall in love at first sight. Right, his name is pencak silat.

The chief knows very well what he is doing. From earlier, he continued to deflect while searching for the right momentum between all the blows I had dealt to him. Because actually, when humans hit, usually they will continue to increase power or strength, in the hope that the target gets a fairly fatal wound. That's where my mistake lies.

And boom! when I hit with my left hand. The chairman quickly moved to the left side of my body and immediately quickly too, locking my left hand with his left. He slipped a quick attack with his right hand and intended to attack my stomach.

But because it has been one year, accustomed to practicing a match against the chairman. I'm starting to understand the pattern of his attacks. As the chief lashed out at my stomach, quickly, I also locked his right hand using my right hand.

"What do you want to do?" I asked the chairman while attaching to him.

"You've developed enough, Rama, but you've never learned from your mistakes" the chairman told me.

Without a cue, suddenly the chairman lifted my body and slammed it into the mat.

"Awww...it hurts a lot." I said while holding my back

"You've lost, Rama."

the chief said to me with a smile and extended his hand.

"Yahhh .. how else" I said while welcoming the chairman's hand with the intention of waking me up.

Long story short, we also rested. And start talking about random things and then talk about the extracurricular development of pencak silat.

"Oh yes, chief, what about this pencak silat in the future?" ask the chairman.

With a pause of about 3 seconds, while contemplating and playing the mineral water bottle, the chairman gave an answer, and the answer made me so sad.

"Sorry Rama, but this extracurricular ., like I'm going to close" replied the chairman.

I who heard that answer straight from the chairman's mouth, felt sad. Because, the only thing that keeps me alive has to be gone and gone forever.

Naturally, the extracurricular pencak silat began to be abandoned. And from year to year, the quieter the enthusiasts, because they lose competitiveness with other extracurriculars. Right, right now, the extracurricular members of pencak silat only consist of me and plus the chairman into two people.

"The chairman does not need to apologize, this is not the chairman's fault, the chairman has tried everything possible to revive this extracurricular activity is not it?!"

I said while encouraging him.

"In life, things don't always go according to our plans, shouldn't we always be prepared for the worst?" continue my word

"Rome ... You ..." said the chairman while looking at me

Then, the chairman for a moment smiled and looked back at his mineral water bottle while saying.

"You're right Rama, thank you for this one year, there have been so many.

"Sama-sama ... chief." I reply

When it showed that it was 16:00 in the afternoon and the chairman had permission to go home first, I, who wanted to feel the last moments in this place, decided to train in a moment.

However, because he is so busy practicing. I forgot the time and when I saw the watch, I was surprised. Because it was late at night around 19:00. I rushed home too.

On the way home, and across a dark and narrow alley. Here, I shouldn't have seen what I see now!