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This line of conversation rarely, if ever bears fruit. My senior students routinely test their art against others. WE always have the respect and admiration of combat sport players. The simple fact is KunTao Silat is fundamentally different. It fulfills the promise of martial arts better than virtually any art I have ever seen (I’ve been training…[Read more]

There’s a friend of one of my Practice Group students in San Antonio who is moving to Colorado Springs later this year. As soon as I have his information, I’ll figure out how to PM it to you.

Way back in the 80’s, it was George Morin who made me kiss the floor on the gravel parking lot outside of a kenpo studio in Westmont Illinois. Years of Judo and bare knuckle karate and kung fu and I was dispatched without effort. It certainly built a yearning to learn Kuntao Silat!

If you poke around on Facebook, you can find him. He’s certainly…[Read more]

I’m a beginner to the Guru course, but speaking in general, what I’ve always learned with a knife is that it’s fight first, knife second. Look at some CCTV footage of knife attacks and how fast they go down. All of the unarmed combat skills become essential knife/counter-knife skills. That ability to recognize situations and act decisively, know…[Read more]

I’m a beginner at the Guru course, but what I’ve always learned with a knife is that it’s fight first, knife second. Look at some CCTV footage of knife attacks and how fast they go down. All of the unarmed combat skills become essential knife/counter-knife skills. That ability to recognize situations and act decisively, know how to move your body,…[Read more]

Hi Jim,
Like anything, it comes down to what you are looking to achieve. There are many videos on the market by people who I am sure are fine martial artists. But KTS is something distinct from most of the FMA practiced out there, and the difference is in it’s very DNA. Kuntao Silat is a syncretic art that teaches many things as one – instead…[Read more]

What you get out of any knife DVD might also depend on what background experience you have with unarmed combat.

Have you practiced Kuntao or Silat or any other art previously?

Jim,
I might recommend this to you:

https://www.kuntaosilat.com/product/karambit/

There is a decent sized practice group in San Antonio, TX. But that might be a bit far. And by now (hopefully) you have found some people to train with.

Just a side note – our lineage in KTS comes through Steve Gartin (although like other long-timers we also trained under and certified under Willem in the past as well). So any all players in the various streams of his teaching are welcome to join us. If you are a DLP student, we will work with you to help you get through the program.

Back in the day, my training partner and all around training genius Vince Brown introduced me to kettlebells and eventually clubbells. With Pak Steve’s blessing we integrated these *safer* tools over the big monkey wrenches/tool boxes/heavy found objects Pak Gartin was trained with.

Even if you closely follow just the training (and safety)…[Read more]