StickingKnife Training KunTao Silat has many completely unique training methods that set KTS practitioners far apart from the standard martial practitioners you will see. KunTao Silat is often referred to as a “phonebooth style” denoting its penchant for VERY close quarter combat technology. KunTao Silat StickingKnife training is quite unique. KTS practitioners begin training early […]
American KunTao Silat System American KunTao Silat was born in Marin County California in 2000. Steve Gartin had been teaching KunTao Silat for over two decades, a system he founded with Chas Clements in 1978 comprised mostly from Indonesian silat and Chinese KunTao learned from the de Thouars Brothers. This was a very difficult system […]
KunTao Silat MP4 video downloads: Well, at long last we have found and implemented a program for the efficient and easy download of KunTao Silat videos. First, we have concentrated on the needs and desires of those in the Guru Certification Course who want to have KunTao Silat training videos in a portable format for […]
Eighteen Serak Djurus
Pak Vic’s Serak Djurus are not included in the American KunTao Silat curriculum but they are an elective, because they make a good addition for the KunTao Silat legwork and delivery mechanism, especially for those who have studied Serak. Here, Guru Joe performs the first eight of the Pak Vic Serak Djurus.
In KunTao Silat classes there are no calisthenics, no push ups, no jumping jacks. We utilize the stances and handwork for warming up since theses are the elements that will become forms and techniques as practitioners pass through the levels to Guru Muda. This is a normal class warm up led by Ted Garcia at […]
KunTao Silat has often been referred to as a “phonebooth” style, denoting its penchant for closing the gap and operating in close proximity to the opponent. Bladed combat is particularly appropriate for this approach as Steve Gartin demonstrates in this clip where he is training with one of his students, Trent Beech.
Guru George Morin was one of the original three disciples of Willem de Thouars back in 1976. Here George performs his personal kembaggan and then demonstrates techniques from it with Dave Anderson, another early disciple of KunTao Silat. Filmed by Steve Gartin, this is one of many of the finest KunTao Silat practitioners on the […]
Willem de Thouars’, also known as “Uncle Bill,” Stick Work KunTao Silat’s stickwork is much like all KunTao Silat – direct. In this video Willem de Thouars instructs Steve Gartin’s students at his home in Northglenn, Colorado in his version of stick techniques. Filmed by Steve Gartin, this is a short clip from one of the […]
KunTao Silat’s Guru Certification Course is not for everybody Since the early 1980’s Steve Gartin has been filming and sharing videos of KunTao and Silat with high-level martial practitioners all over the world. In the mid-1980’s the Distance Learning Course was designed for experienced martial artists who wanted to learn KunTao Silat. Now, in 2015 […]
