In teaching KunTao Silat for 35 years, I have an idea of what people need to know in order to excel in KunTao Silat. . . but as we begin the 2016 seminar season, I wonder what YOU want to know ~ so that we can schedule as many of those elements into this year’s […]
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San Antonio American KunTao Silat Seminar
San Antonio, Texas November 7 & 8, 2015 Experience Authentic Combative Martial Art in an exclusive two-day seminar. Simple, direct, and effective American Kuntao Silat is renowned for it’s practical, no-nonsense approach to self defense and the ability to swiftly impart high level skills to students. It is a fully ‘weapons aware’ art, not a sport. Come see why top […]
Sticking Hand: the ultimate training
KunTao Silat Sticking Hand – Key Training exercise The foundation of the concept is that KunTao Silat is a zero-range combat art designed to work with just about anything you can put in your hands. Toe to toe Partner practice accustoms the practitioner to close range and both the danger and opportunities that presents. If […]
KunTao Silat Triangle LegSet
KunTao Silat Triangle LegSet The Triangle LegSet comes from the Kendang Silat system and encompasses most of the critical leg maneuvers in silat. The front sweep is called “sapu” and the back sweep is “beset.” The turning 180 degrees accompanies both sweeps and is used in many of the most efficient silat applications. This is […]
All KunTao Silat Forms in one place
KunTao Silat Forms: KunTao Silat is different from most martial arts in that KunTao Silat forms train actual combat related movements and strategy. We train as we fight. That is a simple concept, but isn’t it usually simple things that work? Here’s all the forms. Malabar KunTao Silat Forms Trailer from KunTao Silat on Vimeo. […]
KunTao Silat Training Methods
KunTao Silat Training Methods: Here is a growing set of Kuntao Silat Training Videos
KunTao Silat Inner Circle Videos
KunTao Silat’s Inner Circle videos: This is for KunTao Silat Inner Circle Subscribers Only
KunTao Silat Blades
“There is no silat, without the knife” It has been said that there is no Silat without the knife, but in KunTao Silat that axiom goes much, much deeper. The Founder of KunTao Silat, Steve Gartin, has been well recognized as one of the most expert of the expert knife men in America for over […]
American KunTao Silat System video
American KunTao Silat System American KunTao Silat was born in Marin County California in 2000. Steve Gartin had been teaching KunTao Silat for over two decades, a system he founded with Chas Clements in 1978 comprised mostly from Indonesian silat and Chinese KunTao learned from the de Thouars Brothers. This was a very difficult system […]
Update: KunTaoSilat.com Version 2.0
Shalom! Thanks for visiting us on the web. It has been a long time coming and we have finally launched the 2.0 version of KunTaoSilat.com. The site is still a work in progress, and will be for some time. However, we’ve developed to the point where the functionality of the site is an improvement on […]