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Welcome to the KunTao Silat Family Fabrice!

It’s interesting that Randall was one of the five people who decided what would be in the original curriculum for the Kun Lun Pai, which is what I eventually called Malabar because that was the name given to my personal system from Willem. I had the good fortune of living and training with Randall for…[Read more]

I’ve gone back and forth about this issue for years. Serak is a great martial art, and for some people it is ideal.

Malabar KTS is based upon the teachings of Willem de Thouars, so it would seem most appropriate to include Serak somewhere in Malabar. Paul & Victor de Thouars claim that Serak is completely Indonesian with no influence from…[Read more]

How can you train whilst working, or playing?

Train Smart: KunTao Silat’s constant training concept

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KunTao Silat StickingKnife Training

Yes, John they are the same material used in a slightly different way.

For instance both Djurus Satu and Lankas Dua are performed in a slightly different way in American than in Malabar. From there the systems’ branches grow farther apart.

The American life style is considerably different than the life style in Indonesia was before the Second…[Read more]

Good day John,
Yes, a wide variety of KunTao Silat shirts are available at: http://www.cafepress.com/kuntaosilat There are hats too.

Thanks for the plug!
Steve

Guess it won’t be long Jon! Sorry it took so long to grade your test; you’d have been there by now!

Keep on keepin’ on,
Steve

Howdy John,
KunTao Silat honours the ancient tradition of training with the ‘master’ in the backyard. In our case it is by video, but the principle remains the same.

The major concept is that you learn by doing, not by being told the specifics. It is the principles that provide the keys. By training with the videos, you see what the teacher is…[Read more]

Steve,
Yes, it is the Monkey Foot drills taught by Pak Steve, with some additions drawn from the material itself. The numbering is just a convention developed in my club to keep things straight in our heads/make it easier to teach. I’ll be shooting video of it after the first of the year for the member site – as Pak Steve thinks it would be…[Read more]

Don,
I have a practice leader in San Diego. Drop me an email, and I’ll hook you up.

For students earning from the distance program, I often suggest that they start with the Kilap Betawi/Serak material Chas shows. This is easier to understand and practice. While doing this, work the legwork and handwork sets until your eyes bleed. You will learn good, fast self defense, while ‘Gartinizing’ your body to be able to understand the…[Read more]

I might add, just memorizing movement does not count.

In my clubs the art is broken down into phases –

Phase 1 features the complete stance set and tiger, dragon, monkey stepping

Kendang Djurus-Djurus 1-3 (Turning Djurus 1 & 2, 3)

Some additional pukulan djurus-djurus just because it is easy to apply. A total of 8 short ‘hand sets’

Some additional warm up exercises and basic kicking…[Read more]