There is no Silat without a Knife!
KunTao Silat Knife Techniques are quick, accurate, decisive, and overpoweringly devastating.
Some Wallpaper from the de Thouars Brothers:
Steve Gartin,
one of the Senior Disciples of KunTao Silat de Thouars, began study with Willem de Thouars
in 1976 and
recently founded Malabar
KunTao Silat and American KunTao Silat.
Steve, former Sales Manager for Spyderco, Western and BenchMade cutlery
companies and advisor and designer for many other cutlery companies, has Americanized the
KnifeLore he learned from Uncle Bill, Brother Victor and others. 
The exigencies of modern American life require some translation in order to integrate the knife into the practitioner's daily life.
Steve will share tricks of the trade; like precision knife sharpening, daily carry options and constant training tips.
Click on photos for more Brockman photos of the beginning of American KunTao Silat.
"Lower as you can! Lower!" Uncle Bill.