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Several folks are testing for Level Four and unless you have the Garden of the Gods Practice Leader session DVD, you probably haven't seen Steve's update and applications, so I cut this MP4 out of that DVD so that everyone preparing for the February Free Testing can view the latest on Dua.
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Hmmmmm? Works for me, is anyone else having a problem with this file?
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http://kuntaosilat.org/MP4/lankasdua.mp4 might give that a shot, just uploaded it.
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I really enjoy reading your thoughtful posts Steven. Concerning One Way of performing the forms: Due to the fact that all but a handful of my students over the past three plus decades have been high level martial practitioners, I have embraced the idea of helping each to develop their own martial lifestyle as distinct and individual. Even as the Distance Learning Program evolved it was peopled with advanced practitioners so I have always provided them with as many methods from as many sources as possible in order that they may methodically develop their own personal martial lifestyle. I do not envision a reason to change that modus operandi for advanced practitioners ~ But ~ I do understand the confusion it may create for beginners.Therefor, I am inviting the opinions of all the participants in the DLP/GCC as well as the gurus who have walked that path as to the versions most exemplar of the essence of kuntao and silat for beginners. That will be the core curriculum ~ with the variants available to all. I have my opinions and will endeavour to gather the performances of the forms I consider most appropriate, but I think everyone who cares should have the same opportunity to voice their opinion. I agree with your points about Chuck and Conrad and I want to make it very clear that I will not only accept, but invite, the performance of any of the forms as performed by any of my peers. These men are some of the finest and most competent martial artists I have ever seen and my respect and admiration of them is no secret. It is fortunate that I have been blessed to have videoed Phillip, George, Randall, Chuck, John, Dave, Keith, Marcello, Conrad, Jerry, Mike, Horatio, Ted, Robb and other exceptional students as well as the de Thouars Brothers and others of that ilk. The DLP/GCC programs make all of that material available to members with the fond hope that the information contained therein will provide inspiration and information from whence to construct a personal Martial LifeStyle with the strong foundation of KunTao Silat to enhance each practitioner's martial background and aspirations for future study and goals. Stay strong in faith and constant training,Steve
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Guess the problem is that MP4's are there to download and FLV's are there to watch. Can someone teach everyone how to download the MP4's? I'm not sure of that process. I can convert it to FLV and upload it for viewing, but it will take a while since I have a very slow connection. By the way, there is a new YouTube on the internal stances at: http://youtu.be/AG94vtqNE5M that is watchable on YouTube. I'll down that one and put it up on http://www.kuntaosilat.org/MP4/InternalStances.MP4 so that folks can download it too. I'll start a new topic on the Internal Stances too.
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I thought I would post the download method that worked for me as I encountered the same problem when I first attempted to view the MP4 file. In order to down the MP4 you need to right click on the link and select "save link as" or "save target as" depending on your browser. You will then need to select the location on your computer where you would like to download the file.I hope this helps.
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A few ideas to toss out here:Confusion on the evasive nature of Dua has a lot to do with calling it Langkah Dua, as the Langkah in the set aren't terribly evasive. The Djurus Djurus however, exhibit a technology for evading forward. Accepting force without giving up your forward energy or having to 'crash' the opponent.A bigger topic, one that has been around for a long time, is what is a variation? What makes it valid? How is it tested to be worth doing? Most of us have variations in us as a by product of past training, or particular preferences. Or in the case of the core sets in my club - grafting multiple variants from the source together into a singular practice just to be efficient in training.Later I'll start a new thread on the cultural and training implications of variance in training versus standardized training. Before I started this road, I was okay with standardized mass approaches, now not so much. But too much variation changes the nature of the art. Can you vary too far? Is too much flexibility before accomplishing something useful or destructive? Let's see...
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OK, I'll catch that one.First, deception. The stances I chose for the first run are chosen to create the perception of small because that is usually the best approach when dealing with someone silly enough to initiate an attack on someone like me ~ but when you consider the stances, they are very well protected from knife attack, present only the least of veins and arteries and when applied in proper timing compress an attacker in an unexpected manour to which ample follow-up options remain on the table. It is always my preference to be standing in a ground-fighting environment since the terrain cannot always be of my choice and there may be more than one opponent to deal with.The second run takes the standard movement and adds the downward compression implied upon an attacker's limbs to not only provide the energy of "displante" but also a groundward throw. This also prepares a practitioner to incorporate the internal energy component into the external form.
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A few ideas to toss out here:Confusion on the evasive nature of Dua has a lot to do with calling it Langkah Dua, as the Langkah in the set aren't terribly evasive. The Djurus Djurus however, exhibit a technology for evading forward. Accepting force without giving up your forward energy or having to 'crash' the opponent.
I was guilty of this one, definitely.
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