Jonathan Pyndus

It’s been such an amazing experience. Learning KTS by video was great but getting the feeling of it by real Masters changed the entire thing. I’d like to thank Pendekar Steve Gartin for showing me his sensitivity skills and for that extremely interesting chat up there in Thunder Rock!!! Sigung Joe Judt has been so kind with me: sharing a lot of…[Read more]

Gibran said, “the mountain, to the climber, is clearer from the plain.” As I ruminate upon the event, my heart is overwhelmed with the love I witnessed among those who made the arduous journey to the New Mexico wilderness to partake in the Gathering.

Oft I say that the best defense is a big smile ~ and Bill Chang often told me that it impressed…[Read more]

Yes, I sent it to jon@kuntaosilat.com

Hi Jon, just sent Electrons for four bottles. Thank you!

I heard Sigung Joe was passing through sometime soon. Any details yet?

Joe and Jeff teach at the First Annual American KunTao Silat Gathering from KunTao Silat on Vimeo.

Absolutely Don! That’s how I started when I was driving for a living in the 1970s. Got it from the Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension program from back in the dark ages. The concept evolved for me as I continued to drive and ride bikes for long distances and perceived a need for constant exercise and breathing.

But here’s one of the most useful…[Read more]

The Italian Malabar KunTao-Silat Practice Group’s lessons are held on Wednesdays from 8.15 PM ’til 10.15 PM at Primary School’s Gymnasium in Maniagolibero (Pn) 4, Via A. Vespucci and on Saturdays from 10.00 AM ’til 12.00 PM at Fit & Spin ASD Gym in Maniago (Pn) 29, Via dei Fabbri.

For informations please contact Guru Muda Estevan Mulloni at…[Read more]

You have made a lot of progress in that year! When you consider Malabar at Sixty, you must be insane. . . but you’ve stuck with it and prevailed. Switch to AKTS since you are in EldaCaka Land and you’ll gather more training partners. :-)>

No longer a dormant thread! Guru Muda Jonathan Pyndus {jon@kuntaosilat.com} has stock on-hand now!
Here’s the new thread: https://kuntaosilat.com/forums/topic/dit-da-jow/

Great stuff Jonathan! Thanks. Can I get two more bottles?

Actually i just got the chance to train by videos, using the Distance Learning Program but my previous Martial Arts training served me well. I just followed the instructions Pak Steve gives in the videos and paid attention to the way they used to move in the old days. Some movements were quite familiar to me but the legwork..the legwork was the…[Read more]

I’d like to thank Pak Steve for video-recording all the original footage and creating the Distance Learning Program ( a very useful tool for the serious student ); Sigung Aric Fowler for all his suggestions, tips and corrections: his good destructive criticism has been extremely helpful; all my Brothers GM Jonathan Pyndus, Rick Vargas and Larry…[Read more]

That hand posture is a Qígong exercise (known as “Holding the Ball”, “Embracing the Tree”), that teaches a convenient structure for combat applications as well. If you keep your hands at 10:10 (imagine you are facing a clock-face ) and try to maintain a 108° degrees angle at the elbow joint whilst keeping your shoulders relaxed..there you are!!!

Update for the Malabar KunTao-Silat Practice Group in Maniago (PN) Italy. Classes on wednesday from 8.15 PM ’til 10.15 PM at the Primary School’s Gym in Maniagolibero 4,Via Amerigo Vespucci and on saturday from 10.00 AM ’til 12.00 PM at Fit & Spin ASD Gym in Maniago 29, Via dei Fabbri.