Steve

Pak Gartin,

Thank you for your thorough and insightful reply! And much gratitude for the promotion. I am humbled by your compliments! I really wasn’t planning to try testing until August!

Please nit pick away! I want to get better, and it is double important to have the details drilled in when the master isn’t immediately present!

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Pak Gartin,

Thank you for your thorough and insightful reply!

The martial arts as a whole have truly become watered down here in the west…and from what I have seen and heard in much of the East as well. This is a point I always try to share, albeit gently, with my friends who do not study more “rigorous” systems like Kuntao Silat or Koryu…[Read more]

Pak Steve,

Sorry it took me so long to hop onto the forum to check what was going on: it’s the busy life a grad student who works part time I am afraid! And trains constantly 😉

I am honored that my simple letter has become a part of the conversation stream!

And blessings to you and your house as well!

To elaborate a little more on my view of…[Read more]

Howdy, Jonathan here. We talked on Vimeo earlier Sigung.
Definitely keep me posted! So long as nothing crazy comes up in Grad School around then, I’ll be there 🙂
jon@kuntaosilat.com

Too cool, and out from the shadows you come. Nice to have you on the site Marc.

Thank you for your compliment, but there’s still so much work to do including forum improvements.

As I was discussing with another sigung today, I have big ideas on a small budget. Slowly but slowly it’ll get better. 🙂

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Hi Jeff and Joe! Thanks for reaching out. We always encourage all our distance learning students to get local practice groups going. Great to know there is a good group brewing in the great lake region!

Let us know if there is anything we can do to help as we’re all on this martial journey together.

Cheers,
Elijah

Hi Eric,I've been in the system for about 10 years. Teaching for about half of that or more. The greatest advice I have for you is to 'Just Do It', and do it often throughout the day. When possible, I like to use a full length mirror to show proper form. I want to make sure I look just like they do in the videos, and in person. When you body hurts…[Read more]

John, Would you mind adding more to this thread? I think you have some great thoughts here. What I'd like to see from your perspective is maybe a few clips of some finishing techniques in a UFC fight, and add to it with a clip of you coming up with an answer to it, the KTS way.Aric

Couldn't agree more. My Saturday classes in addition are also free. ALWAYS.Aric

Greetings Eric.Thank you for your question, and an excellent one it is.

Steven,Thank you for your post.

Dave,Let me try to answer you the best I can. My apologies for the long awaited reply.Aric (see below in red)Hello,I was training and Guru Derric pointed out the importance of a few things and I figured I would share my thoughts here. Not that I have that much to offer, but it has been quiet lately