Kun Lun Pai

"Uncle" Willem de Thouars has combined his sixty years of martial arts experience into Kun Lun Pai. I was fortunate to be one of the earliest few (4) students. I started my studies in this art in the mid-seventies and continue them to this day. Uncle has combined his experience into this unique blend of many styles. He adds boxing from George Hamilton, and Fencing from Leo Legrand and a lifetime of exposure to a martial arts family and culture. He learned from his many Uncles and other family members as well.

Kun Tao Branches

Que Moi Shantung - Seven animal styles of Kun Tao blended from Northern and Southern systems. Shantung Introduced to Java, Sumatra and the Celebes in 1920. Taught to Uncle Willem de Thouars by Sifu Tan Tong Liong, Sifu Oeitjong Han and Professor Go Yap Min.

Shantung - Widely practiced in Indonesia, wide powerful with long extended techniques. From Sifu Tan Tong Liong.

Hokkien Kun Tao - powerful light agile movements of the monkey.

Kwantung - based on very strong and low stances, with quick and agile counters. Based on power rather than speed. This system is practiced in Sumatra and Java. From Sifu Carl Deerns.

Fukkien - wide open, inviting, but very heartless in attacking motions. Sifu Buck Chin.

Honan - A composition of Shantung, Hokkien, and Fukkien Kun Tao Systems. Sifu Buck Chin.

Po Kwa Zen I Shing Ie - Chu'an Chu Shing Ie - an old style of Tai Chi/Pa Kua/Hsing I, which includes the Green Dragon and White Cloud Po Kwa Zen forms as well as Tai Keh (Indonesian Tai Chi) and Five Elemental patterns. Sifus Buck Chin and Tan Tong Liong. Pencak Silat Branches

Kendang Pencak Silat - is based half on principles and techniques of Si Kwitang Silat and half on Ganyung, Pamur, Cimande, Serak, and Petjut Silat styles. A balance of rhythm and timing in advancing and kicking. From Raden Atmo and Raden Sordjoro.

Si Kwitang Pencak Silat - meaning to grind or break; this style was originally a Hokkien Kun Tao system, but it was introduced as an Indonesian art in the Djakarta region. The practitioner grinds and breaks his opponent down with low, tight and spring like motions which make him hard to hit. Raden Atmo and Raden Sordjoro.

Pamur Pencak Silat - is the main art practiced on the island of Madura. It is based on misdirecting an attackers energy, then catching the attacking limb so as to render it harmless before countering. From Mas Soendojo.

Petjut Pencak Silat - mainly an open handed fighting style which deals with hitting pressure points and vital areas. Based on dropping your opponent where he stands. The least amount of effort and the maximum result. From the Moslem priest Hadji Samoel who also studied with Willem de Thouars' grandfather.

Pencak Silat Bondo Waso - primarily a knife system, very deceptive and sneaky. Taught by Tai Ing, the Butcher.

Pencak Silat Cimindi - a widely practiced style in Indonesia, with many variants. Uncle learned from his father-in-law Sifu Carl Deerns who in turn learned from Mas Atma (see: Weapons and Fighting Arts of the Indonesian Archipelago).

Pencak Silat Serak I studied from Pendekar Paul de Thouars for seven years in Colo and LA, I also learned from Bapak Victor de Thouars during this period, I received a Guru Mudah ranking in 1984 and continued studies in variants shown by Willem de Thouars as he learned them from his Uncles. Contains 18 basic djurus (hand forms), langkas (leg forms and kicking) and buahs (techniques).