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Chang Style LegSet WarmUp trains the ingredients of core internal mechanics

KunTao Silat Internal mechanics

Chang Style LegSet WarmUp Bill Chang called his art “Noble Gung Fu” and held that simplicity of technique and staunch mental focus provided the best combination for combat effectiveness. Here, Sigung Joe Judt explains some of the basics of the Chang Style LegSet WarmUp. AKTS Warm Up from Studio Garuda on Vimeo. Chang Style Warm […]

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KunTao Silat Triangle LegSet

KunTao Silat Triangle LegSet The Triangle LegSet comes from the Kendang Silat system and encompasses most of the critical leg maneuvers in silat. The front sweep is called “sapu” and the back sweep is “beset.” The turning 180 degrees accompanies both sweeps and is used in many of the most efficient silat applications. This is […]

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Triangle Elbow Exercise

KunTao Silat Triangle Elbow Exercise KunTao Silat Triangle Elbow Exercise “It is a common practice amongst silat systems to practice the djurus (handwork) and lankahs (legwork) separately. In KunTao Silat we generally practice them together, because in most cases the legwork provides a delivery mechanism for the hitting tools and amplifies the magnitude of the […]

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All KunTao Silat Forms in one place

KunTao Silat Forms: KunTao Silat is different from most martial arts in that KunTao Silat forms train actual combat related movements and strategy. We train as we fight. That is a simple concept, but isn’t it usually simple things that work? Here’s all the forms. Malabar KunTao Silat Forms Trailer from KunTao Silat on Vimeo. […]

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Willem de Thouars “OK?” series – a master evaluation

Although Willem de Thouars is not the most eloquent man on the planet, there is little debate over his prowess as a martial artist. This is an introduction to a new series by Steve Gartin evaluating the forms and applications of “Uncle Bill” contained in hundreds of hours of video filmed by Steve wherein Willem’s […]

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American KunTao Silat System video

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 […]

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KunTao Silat MP4 video Downloads now available

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 […]

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