Hello, Dr. Jon here. The following is a message from Ibu Rose which she asked me to share with the KunTao Silat community on her behalf: “I speak from with-in my heart a moral outrage, lost words changed meanings,Freedom, pride, patriot, all criminal words in this day and time. My life, country, home have […]
Archive | Letters
An Update from Pak Steve
“Well, I want make a brief statement to my friends out there in Catron County and my students all over the world and the veryfew special people that really are concerned about me and what’s going on. I’m now 115 days in jail.I wanted to go over with you what they have on me, what […]
Greetings to Everyone in KunTao Silat
Hello KTS Community, As I’m sure most of you have seen, last month Pak Steve Gartin made the surprise announcement that he wants me to carry on his KunTao Silat legacy as Keeper of the Lineage. This means that I will be carrying the banner for Pak Steve’s Malabar and American KunTao Silat disciplines, as […]
An Important Message from Pak Steve to all of KTS
Hello everyone, This is Dr. Jonathan Pyndus. Pak Steve has asked me to share this letter with the KTS community: “To all those on the Earth who call me Teacher, I’m in prison again for a M4F someone else wrote and filed in a case closed April 8, 2004 in Colorado~18 years ago. This […]
A profile of Steve Gartin
A Profile of Steve Douglas Gartin as martial artist and senior student of Willem de Thouars ~ by Chas Clements 1990 Hai-Dan Sifu Willem de Thouars as been privileged to have the opportunity to mould martial artists from some sterling material. In none of his students has he found more responsive intention, physical ability and […]
Synergy: Empty Hand and Knife
Such a poignant, pithy & pointed a question deserves a much more studied and proven response than what I might think is relayed in the KunTao Silat Video Learning and PracticeGroup training. Any one have an opinion based on experience? Greetings and Felicitations Mr. Steve! I would like to inquire about your distance learning course. […]
All KunTao & Silat Groups Welcome
Teachers of the Indonesian Martial Arts With grace to our Indonesian martial mentors: U. Un Surya: GrandMaster, Ming Po Home, with God, at rest. Praise YHVH for his time with us. Our Teacher and Brother in the Lord: Willem de Thouars Bapak, KunTao Silat de Thouars KunLun Pai & RatuDuri Silat Pendekar, Serak® Silat Paul […]
Magic & the martial arts
Magic in the Martial Arts copyright 1993-Chas Clements All advanced forms of martial art have their magical aspect. The Taoist practitioners are deeply involved with magic, Shinto has its sophisticated magical aspect as does Islam. The Animists practice ritual magical martial arts, the Hindu and the Buddhist cultures have practices and traditions of martial magic. […]
Martial Arts origins
Martial Arts Martial arts are as old as mankind. Each culture and race has developed their own martial art system. KunTao Silat is a modern system developed from several Indonesian martial art systems. Both internal and external martial arts are practiced in Indonesia. Both hard and soft style martial arts are practiced in Indonesia. KunTao […]
Paul de Thouars
The Deadly De Thouars` Copywrite 1995, Chas Clements In America, traditionally, fighting with the knife has not been looked upon with favor. We’re a nation of gunfighters; from the Colonial longrifle to the present ‘wondernine’. It has been left to the ‘underclasses’; poor, minorities, the criminal class and immigrants to favor the knife and to […]