Another female teacher is Ibu Rita Suwanda, younger sister of the late master teacher, Pak Herman Suwanda ( ) of the Bandung-based, internationally operating Mande Muda / Suwanda Academy school. Since 1996 her daughter Titih Hayati has followed in her mother s footsteps as a member of the dewan juri ( council of referees ) of West Java in local and national tournaments of the IPSI.
Sukeja ( ) took over the duties as a co-leader of the Perguruan Riksa Diri from Bandung after the early death of her husband Pak Emuh Sukeja in Besides this task, during the 1980s she volunteered as an accomodation organiser for West Javanese athletes during national pencak silat seni tournaments in Java, Kalimantan, and elsewhere a task that earned her a similar nickname of Ibu silat ( Mother of silat ).