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DVDs
of KunTao Silat
by
ThunderRock Media Productions
KunTao
Silat de Thouars is the Dutch
Indonesian art based on the combining of Silat, the fighting art of
Indonesia, the Chinese fighting arts, and the arts of India and Arabia.
These videos show the background, specialty skills, techniques,
applications and practice methods of this exotic and unknown, very
direct and brutal art.
Made over a period of twenty five years,
the information in these tapes will never be available again.
These are tapes made by martial artists, for martial artists. The
production values may not be as good as some others, but the information
is what you would hope to have in any martial arts tape.
Willem de Thouars
is one of the worlds' finest fighting men. For over sixty years,
he has studied with some of the foremost teachers of some eighty martial
art styles; Pentjak Silat, the Chinese KunTao on Java, the Five
Majors of Shaolin and the Three Crowns of Chinese art in China, Western
Boxing, European weapons arts and so on. He has produced fine
students for over forty years, teaching in the privacy of his own home
to students accepted by invitation only. For the first time
anywhere, Uncle Bill makes his art accessible to the public by way of
these videotapes of his work. They give us an insight into the
practice of a martial artist unparralled in his intention and dedication
to honoring his teachers and their gifts.
Backyard Productions is
Steve Gartin. He has been shooting video of the de Thouars
Brothers teaching and performing KunTao & Pentjak Silat for many years
in seminars, classes, demonstrations, and in backyards. He bought
the gear, learned to edit and produce and has been making videos
of KunTao Silat for use by inner circle students for many years.
These are videos made by a martial artist for
martial artists. He shows the good
stuff and doesn't waste your time. The videos are made to be used
and studied for years to come. They are produced on the highest
quality DVDs with the idea that you will stop and start, repeat and
pause.
Malabar KunTao Silat is the
name given to our art by the
as an American Dutch-IndoChinese
martial art. Guru Steve
Gartin is a Cigar Dalem (Inner Circle) practitioner for over
twenty-five years and lineage founder in the grace of Willem De Thouars,
Paul De Thouars, Victor De Thouars and Maurice De Thouars.
Much of the material was videoed where and when it happened with
available light and sound over a fifteen-year period. Special
footage and commentary is done to expound and explain the archival
footage.
Email: orders at kuntaosilat dot com
if you have any problems ordering DVDs
As advertised in Inside Kung Fu Magazine
HeartLess Monkey Knife
Set of Four DVDs
- Introduction
- HeartLess
Monkey
- HeartLess
Monkey II
- HeartLess
Monkey III
Item Name: HMK Set
Item Number:
Price: $150
Special Presentation for Dan Inosanto
~ two DVD set
The first DVD was filmed in 1994 and the second DVD
was filmed in 2004.
Uncle Bill and his Senior Disciples present both a
broad view of the Willem de Thouars Branch of the Family Arts
and the specific Serak art as practiced and taught by
Uncle Bill. A "must have" for any serious practitioner in the
de Thouars Family arts.
$75.00
Basic Training Set (four
DVDs below): Available
individually or as a Set
Malabar's flavor is distinctively "Indonesian"
but draws its tools, training methods and tactics from many sources.
Monkey style KunTao is found in all levels and most applications of
Malabar. Preying Mantis KunTao
hitting tools provide the Malabar practitioner with unusual attacks from
unusual angles.
Tiger style KunTao
permeates the Entry and Controlling aspects with a startling ferocity
that establishes immediate superiority and total control of an
assailant.
The tornado-like
circularity of the Ancient Chinese PaKua as practiced in Indonesia lends
an overwhelming barrage of hitting, tearing, twisting and mangling
techniques to Malabar defenses.
Internal principles
of Chinese Tai Chi and I Hsing ie are focused on combat, rather than
health, although the basic health principles are applied in Daily
Training.
The footwork,
triangulation, and unique close-quarter hitting tools and the
devastating bladework of Poekulan Pentjak Petjut Kilat Silat have been
integrated into virtually all of the Technical Applications we present
to you in this video. Combined, these elements have evolved into a
fighting system designed to protect its Practitioner from skilled
fighters, with or without weapons.
Each of
the Systems and Styles from which Malabar has derived technique,
training method, principle, or tool is honored by the Forms
(Choreographed movements designed to ingrain "muscle memory" and
skeletal alignment into a Practitioner's consciousness), which retain
the ancient teachings of the Bapak Willem de Thouars lineage of the
Dutch Indo/Chinese Family System of KunTao Silat de Thouars
The hand stylings
of Malabar KunTao Silat are generally taught separate to the legwork and
to the footwork patterns. That allows the hand positioning to be keyed
to any leg position and to any footwork pattern.
In olden days, the
handwork patterns (called djurus) were taught while seated. That
required the practitioner to find a belly support for any movement, and
to compensate through the hips for movements of the arm.
This shows a number
of forms and variations of practice, applications of the hand techniques
and it’s translation to weapons usage.
Djurus Satu is the
seminal form of KunTao Silat. It can be practiced as an entire martial
art; percussion, grappling, grasping, throws, weapons. It is a wonderful
base on which to learn and practice any skill or any application.
Djurus Satu is the
form from which most demonstrations of application are made. Much of it
is derived from PPS Serak®, some Arabian sources, India and Chinese. The
flow of the form melds one with the other seamlessly, and virtually any
application can find it’s practice mechanism in Djurus Satu.
This video stands
completely alone from the #2 Uncle Bill’s Backyard (archive set), and
they are complementary without unduly repeating the same information.
There are additional corrections, methods and styles of doing the forma,
including a weapon in practice and the two tapes represent a good
overview of the Djurus Satu.
Heartless Monkey
Knife takes it’s name from Willem’s description of the Ape Form; he is
‘wide-open, heartless and inviting’.
You are shown
various sorts of knives and their characteristics discussed; sheathes
and carry systems, grip styles, blade presentations, and practice
methods.
There is a long
section on wounds, first aid and body trauma by an EMT persilat; Steve
Rollert.
There are lots of
applications, footwork, hand positioning, body angulation and torquing.
There are discussions of the combat mind-set, tactical considerations,
and mental preparation.
KunTao Silat:
set of Four DVDs
This set of DVDs provides a wide perspective of KunTao
Silat and is perfect for those who are interested in a broad view of the
basic level.
Special price for set of all four DVD titles:
LegWork,
HandWork, Djurus Satu & Heartless Monkey Knife - Save $50.00
Special seminars by Pak Victor de Thouars, Maha Guru
Maurice de Thouars, Pendekar Paul de Thouars and Bapak Willem de Thouars.
All four de Thouars Brothers on one two hour DVD.
Special moments with Bapak Willem de Thouars. An
unforgettable experience, getting to know one of the world's great
martial treasures on one two hour DVD.
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