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Testing Resumes
Greetings to everyone in KTS, With Pak Steve’s release this weekend we will be resuming online testing. However, to streamline the online testing process for everyone in the Distance Learning Program and the Guru Certification Course tests will now be conducted via live video conference using FreeConferenceCall.com, FaceTime, or FaceBook Messenger. If you are wanting […]
BIG NEWS: Pak Steve to Return Home and More
Greetings to the KTS community, My apologies on the website having technical issues. While they are far from fixed, you should be able to access this page now. If it says, “critical error,” just refresh your browser. In order to do more complete repairs, we need Pak Steve’s passwords, which he cannot remember unless […]
Bela Diri – Self-Defense
Many readers may or may not know that there is an epidemic of homelessness in the United States. Many major cities have large populations of individuals living on the streets. A significant number of these people suffer from mental illness and/or addiction. I bring this up as a lead in to this week’s subject: teaching […]
Family Ties: A Comparison of Filipino Martial Arts and KunTao Silat
Recently, a member of the Distance Learning Program asked me about the similarities and differences between the Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) and KunTao Silat. As there is much crossover culturally and technically across the Southeast Asian martial arts, and many KTS players have a background in FMA, I thought this would be a great topic […]
Gauging “Success” of a Technique
A frequent source of online martial arts debates (as these questions could be easily resolved in person) is on whether or not a particular technique or even whole style “works.” That the functionality of any endeavor ultimately rests in the effort of the individual notwithstanding (because who wants to take responsibility for their actions), these […]
Training Theory: Eccentric Contraction and the Martial Power of Flexibility
One of the hallmarks of many classical or Pre-WW2 martial arts, regardless of culture, is that a practitioner typically finds a sophisticated physical training theory and specific conditioning exercises as part of the curriculum. Whereas many “modern” systems make good use of the widely available strength and conditioning tools and approaches available to the modern […]
Learning to Teach Yourself
Pak Steve has often referred to KunTao Silat as a, “collegiate martial art.” There are many reasons for this. First, it is important to remember that Pak Steve and the other founding members of the Kun Lun Pai were already experienced and highly proficient martial artists before they began training with Ba Pak Willem De […]
Happy New Year
Greetings, I just wanted to take this chance to reach out to the KunTao Silat community to thank you for your participation and support this past year. From the implementation on our regular online classes to Pak Steve’s life events to the (unexpected) passing of the lineage on to me for the next generation, it […]