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It does sometimes appear that decades of martial training can be an impediment to progress in KunTao Silat. Beginners have little or no baggage to discard before learning the KunTao Silat way.

The one that made the most difference is, “You must change the way you think. . . ” The one I think about the most, “Your LegWork sucks!”

KTS is a very…[Read more]

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.

I have not seen much of the Bill Chang stuff (That I know of anyway, I don’t always know the source), but by description is sounds a lot like other things I have experienced.

I am a big fan of the Northern Chinese internal arts. It’s very natural, if that makes any sense.

Learning to feel all the lines, angles…[Read more]

That makes a lot of sense now that I’m getting into the applications of the basic movements. Thanks guys!

I’m grateful that I had a number of years of kali-escrima training before finding Betawi/KTS, I’m finding many parallels and alternate expressions of things already in my muscle memory. We primarily trained stick & knife then, and something…[Read more]

As some-one coming to the KTS arts by way of the Betawi(&Serak) basics first, this was a very enlightening viewpoint. Thanks. Any links or resources for Guru Plink’s Serak style that lays out his ‘base, angle, leverage’ concepts mentioned?

Finally got time to follow up tonight & get caught up on the thread. Thank you for the stance notes on the Malabar Set. I realize that’s the one I’ve been doing the first part of each day.

I started on the “Warm Up” set from Pak Steve’s videos and the Serak Djurus first to compliment the Kilap Betawi Djurus 1 and 2, starting with the first few…[Read more]

Well, from what little I have seen, it appears to me that it goes much, much deeper into the study of positioning, and the angles of entry than the Chinese arts do. On the other hand, the Chinese arts go significantly deeper into the body methods, powergenration, and rooting skills. So, I don’t think eliminating it is a good idea. The two together…[Read more]

It has been in there all this time, right?

Are you talking about taking it out of the system completely? or just as a Guru Muda requirement?

Greetings to all (& very honored to meet you Pak Steve). My intro post can be found here: https://www.kuntaosilat.com/forums/topic/hello-from-portland-or/

I had stopped my martial arts practice due to health issues that have been recently resolving, so I’m excited to get back to it – especially with such an interesting and rare style. I have been…[Read more]

From my experience, these videos work best as an additional resource to regular coaching from a live teacher. For me, when I am watching something on the DVD, I am also reliving the experience I had in class as well. There have been several times when I got something from the video, but didn’t “Get” it in class, despite Joe practically hammering…[Read more]

Oh Sweet! How did I miss that series? It will be on my next order!

Do you have a DVD series (or plan one) that focuses strictly on application? Sort of like a database of applications, organized by the concepts they represent and types of entries they use?

That sounds really good!

Interesting response. Thank You!

For me, it’s a lack of time, really. I can only take small bites at a time,and most of that is solo work where I am trying to get back into the swing after life beat me up but good over the last few years.

Additionally, I connect through my phone, and I only have so much high speed data. Then it slows down to a crawl. I’d rather have DVDs.

I am…[Read more]

For me, it’s a lack of time, really. I can only take small bites at a time,and most of that is solo work where I am trying to get back into the swing after life beat me up but good over the last few years.

Additionally, I connect through my phone, and I only have so much high speed data. Then it slows down to a crawl. I’d rather have DVDs.

Hello!
I have a question. I was going through one of the vids, and Uncle Bill commented that he has some interchange with Ark Wong? How much of his art is interwoven into our’s?