Tapak Suci Putera Muhammadiyah (Sacred Palm, sons of Muhammadiyah), shortened as Tapak Suci, is an autonomous silat martial art organization of Muhammadiyah, the second largest modernist Muslim organization in Indonesia. Tapak Suci is one of the ten 'historic schools' of IPSI (Ikatan Pencak Silat Indonesia, or Pencak Silat Association of Indonesia), the leading organization of pencak silat in Indonesia.
The silat school was founded and made an official part of Muhammadiyah on July 13, 1963 in Yogyakarta,and currently spread nationwide within the organization. The silat masters and practitioners of Muhammadiyah was concerned about the threatening situation towards their members at that time
Tapak Suci trains physical silat techniques and breathing exercises to its members.The school, however, does not teach body invulnerability (ilmu kebal, which is taught by some more traditional silat schools), as it opposes cults and considers them shirk.
As an autonomously managed part, the martial art school is allowed to open membership not only to Muslims but to anyone interested, either in Indonesia or overseas chapters.
