“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 […]
StickingKnife Training KunTao Silat has many completely unique training methods that set KTS practitioners far apart from the standard martial practitioners you will see. KunTao Silat is often referred to as a “phonebooth style” denoting its penchant for VERY close quarter combat technology. KunTao Silat StickingKnife training is quite unique. KTS practitioners begin training early […]
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 […]
KunTao Silat has often been referred to as a “phonebooth” style, denoting its penchant for closing the gap and operating in close proximity to the opponent. Bladed combat is particularly appropriate for this approach as Steve Gartin demonstrates in this clip where he is training with one of his students, Trent Beech.
KunTao Silat’s Guru Certification Course is not for everybody Since the early 1980’s Steve Gartin has been filming and sharing videos of KunTao and Silat with high-level martial practitioners all over the world. In the mid-1980’s the Distance Learning Course was designed for experienced martial artists who wanted to learn KunTao Silat. Now, in 2015 […]
Lankas Dua Malabar and American KunTao Silat share the same second form, Lankas Dua – also known as the Flower Form. Although this is the only purely Silat form in KunTao Silat it is practiced in different ways between the two Systems. Lankas Dua has very direct legwork and evasive handwork, resulting in a winning […]
Djurus Satu – Lankas Dua – Lankas Tiga – Pai Yun – Ling Sing Toy – Taung Lung Tai Here’s a short video of all the Malabar Forms:
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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 […]
IT’S NOT HOW BIG IT IS, IT’S HOW YOU USE IT! copyright 1994 Chas Clements Her finger knives flayed his face open, arteries in his neck spewed blood into his armor. As he stumbled, blinded, he wondered how he had made such an easy kill for her. He died with the question unanswered, his great […]
