A KUNTAO SILAT DE THOUARS SCHOOL
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Learn Kuntao Silat Online:
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Class times are broadcast at 6:30 PM Mountain Time (USA)
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All classes are recorded if you cannot attend live!
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Many students around the world are training from these weekly recordings!
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You also get access to my online video based curriculum platform where I create up to three Kuntao Silat workouts per week for you! With this plus the online live classes, that's up to four times per week you can train!
Learn Kuntao Silat In Person:
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In person Kuntao Silat Group Classes taught Thursday evenings at 6:30 PM Mountain Time Zone at:
Success Martial Arts
1721 Boxelder St. Unit 105 Louisville, CO 80027 USA
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Rank testing is free in person and online.
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Pesilat (practitioners) can test online via Zoom or by submitting videos or in person.
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Iron Fire Martial Arts: Iron is forged in fire and the steel is shaped through many iterations to become what it's designed to be. Iron Fire Martial Arts students are taken on a journey considered the "old way" of training Kuntao and Pencak Silat in Indonesia. This is not an easy path and there is no substitute for practice, effort, and some pain. The rewards on this path are many that can only be explained through your personal growth and achievement.
Kuntao Silat de Thouars: Kuntao is a term used to describe Chinese influenced martial arts that have made their way to different areas of Southeast Asia. Our various styles of Kuntao are mostly Southern Style Chinese arts taught to my teacher in Indonesia. Kuntao in general is a brutal art with an emphasis of directly attacking the centerline and specific targets on the opponent for maximum impact. You will see extremely low but rooted stances and witness a Kuntao practitioner crashing through opponents bone to bone with pinpoint accurate strikes leveraging the use of the different animal systems. These systems combine external arts and internal arts used in parallel for maximum effectiveness and minimal effort.
Silat, or Pencak Silat comes in many different forms and originated in the Indonesian/Malaysian archipelago. Pencak Silat is a very unorthodox and close range martial art that combines the use of body manipulations, locks, breaks, and sweeps or takedowns with the use of many different bladed weapons. There are many Silat styles that influence Kuntao Silat de Thouars such as: Sera (Serak), Cimande, Cikalong, and Harimau to name a few.
Kuntao and Silat are truly the perfect marriage and together they are extremely effective for self defense situations.
Benefits of training Martial Arts: Personally, Kuntao Silat martial arts have given me increased physical and mental strength and improved overall abilities. I continue to have great body flexibility, increased range of motion and reduced injuries. Martial arts will teach you situational awareness and self defense strategies. Without sounding full of myself, I do feel prepared in my ability to defend myself, my family, and those around me.
~Colby Bock
Head Instructor: Colby Bock, direct disciple of Master Willem de Thouars, founder of Kuntao Silat de Thouars.
Colby is the primary instructor of in-person and online Kuntao Silat classes.
Experience: Over 36 years of martial arts experience with over 15 years of student instruction. 27 years of Kuntao Silat experience.
Colby is also a US Military Veteran with 6 years active duty.
Certificates: Certified Senior Instructor by Grandmaster Willem de Thouars to teach Kuntao Silat de Thouars & Makao Kuntao Serak-Silat
Tribute to Grandmaster Willem deThouars
Willem de Thouars is a Dutch-Indonesian born in 1936. He is a humble man with a contagious smile. He is welcoming, caring and full of great stories of experiences throughout his life. Underneath his amazing personality is one of the most skilled martial arts masters I have ever encountered. For those that have had the privilege to learn or "cross hands" in training with him, they will tell you that he is the ultimate master of his craft. He trains martial arts daily and has coined the phrase "Shut up and Train" to remind people that talk is cheap.
The people closest to Willem are asked to refer to him as "Uncle Bill". This is a testament to his humble nature. He often mentions that he is fulfilling his duty to his teachers and passing on their teachings and legacy of Chinese Kuntao, Indonesian Pencak Silat/Serak, fencing, boxing, Corsican blade work and other arts. He looks down at his hands in our class and says "I wear the lessons of my teachers in the palms of my hands and now I am passing these on to you."
I have the great privilege to be training directly with Master Willem de Thouars in Thornton, Colorado, USA. I am honored to pass on what he has taught to me and I swear to wear his teachings and lessons in the palms of my hands.
~Colby Bock
Tribute to the late, Guru Roger Brockman
Thank you Guru Roger for paving the way for me into this incredible martial art and inner circle of Kuntao Silat de Thouars. Your structure and lessons will be forever etched into my mind, body, and understanding. You helped me learn the foundation, culture, and to be able to free myself from the confines of my martial mind. I will never forget my first time trying Kembangan. Most of all it was just nice to call you "friend". You won many battles day in and day out with the war you were fighting, and you will be forever honored and remembered. "Always on the Battlefield"
~Colby Bock.
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