Wachters’ High Power Nutrition and KunTao Silat I discovered Wachters’ and was first declared ‘crazy’ in the early 1970s when I became involved in the quest for perfect nutrition. “They” called me a ‘health-food nut.’ Now, decades later, people ask me all the time how I maintain high energy levels for extended periods and never […]
KunTao Silat video downloads {more to come} Folks have been asking for video downloads of the classic KunTao Silat video tapes and DVDs so here they are. This is only the beginning. We expect to provide all of the original videos and most of the newer ones in downloadable MP4 format in the near future. […]
July 2 & 3 2016: The 4th of July weekend KunTao Silat seminar is scheduled to be held in the beautiful Western Mountains of New Mexico. {The curriculum may evolve as we receive feedback from the participants. Changes & updates will be published here. } American KunTao Silat is the seminar focus, although Malabar will […]
TriAngle Sapu: KunTao Silat’s TriAngular footwork patterns serve many functions. Here Guru Jeff Fargo and Kyle Mentink, from Sigung Joe Judt’s lineage, demostrate a basic triangle sapu {front sweep} technique from the first movement of the training set. Videoed by Steve Gartin at the First Annual American KunTao Silat Gathering at the Seventh Heaven Ranch […]
In the recent 2018 Glenwood Gathering, Kyle earned promotion to Guru Muda! Congratulations Kyle ~ you have well-earned this advancement with copious lumps, bruises and hard training. Your students will be richly graced by your knowledge and kindness. Unfortunately, Kyle tested this time on ThunderRock with no video cameras rolling ~ so there is no […]
Stand-a-Dude training began before Elijah could walk and continued until he was too big to hoist. I do NOT recommend this training unless both you and your children are physically blessed and extraordinarily aware. The chance of injury if a mistake is made is quite obvious and no one of good conscious wants that. If […]
What kind of people train in KunTao Silat? KunTao Silat attracts mostly highly experienced martial artists who have been training in martial arts for many years or decades. Here’s a few who attended the First Annual American KunTao Silat Gathering at the Seventh Heaven Ranch in New Mexico 2016. There are also folks who begin […]
Pak Steve on Knife Basics: At the end of day one’s training events of the First Annual American KunTao Silat Gathering at the Seventh Heaven Ranch in New Mexico, Steve provides a knife basics homework assignment in preparation for the knife session of the coming day’s training. He demonstrates with training knives made by Sigung […]
Pak Steve introduces Sigung Joe Judt, Guru Jeff Fargo and Guru Dennis Wilding as certified master teachers of Malabar KunTao Silat and American KunTao Silat. Practice Groups are also forming in San Diego and San Francisco under the leadership of certified 4th and 5th Level KTS teachers.
Joe Judt and Jeff Fargo teach at the First Annual American KunTao Silat Gathering in New Mexico
