Tag Archives | Steve Gartin
Greetings to Everyone in KunTao Silat
Hello KTS Community, As I’m sure most of you have seen, last month Pak Steve Gartin made the surprise announcement that he wants me to carry on his KunTao Silat legacy as Keeper of the Lineage. This means that I will be carrying the banner for Pak Steve’s Malabar and American KunTao Silat disciplines, as […]
An Important Message from Pak Steve to all of KTS
Hello everyone, This is Dr. Jonathan Pyndus. Pak Steve has asked me to share this letter with the KTS community: “To all those on the Earth who call me Teacher, I’m in prison again for a M4F someone else wrote and filed in a case closed April 8, 2004 in Colorado~18 years ago. This […]
A profile of Steve Gartin
A Profile of Steve Douglas Gartin as martial artist and senior student of Willem de Thouars ~ by Chas Clements 1990 Hai-Dan Sifu Willem de Thouars as been privileged to have the opportunity to mould martial artists from some sterling material. In none of his students has he found more responsive intention, physical ability and […]
Pendekar Steve Gartin inducted into the World Pugilist Hall of Fame
World Pugilist Hall of Fame
KunTao Silat Level One
Level One sets the stage for the KunTao Silat journey. Level One is the Key to the entire Martial LifeStyle, and so will be the door through which new practitioners must enter the program henceforward. As of August One KunTao Silat memberships will be available ONLY to those who have tested and passed Level One. […]
Basic Internal Applications
Basic Internal Applications: American KunTao Silat utilizes some energy and power generation concepts that are different from those found in Malabar although the combat strategy is quite similar. This is a brief introduction of two of the AKTS WarmUp elements with a short demonstration of the melding of the elements from the Breath in Motion […]
KunTao Silat health training for internal awareness
KunTao Silat health training Day Two of the Spring Equinox GuruTraining found the participants a bit on the sore and tired side, so before descending into the creek for rock training we took some time to rejuvenate with some ancient principles from several spiritual disciplines. Although these training sessions are specifically for gurus-in-training, this one […]
New KunTao Silat training option-for PracticeLeaders only
KunTao Silat is a much larger body of martial knowledge than most folks can imagine. In order for Gurus-in-Training to comprehend the intricacies and options contained in the first few levels, I have decided to offer personal training sessions wherein the students have the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers in real-time and also […]
Jonathan Pyndus Guru Muda Malabar KunTao Silat
Jonathan Pyndus Guru Muda Malabar KunTao Silat Jonathan is the first to complete the Malabar KunTao Silat video training program with a full video testing record on-line. Only members of the Vimeo TestingGroup can normally see test results. Today and tomorrow will be an exception to that rule for this video. I realize that it […]