Bill,
I'd be very happy to meet you. You are always welcome, and perhaps you
would be willing to share a bit of your experiences with my motley
crew. I'm completely unfamiliar with the Kuntaw scene and would love
to see what it is like.

I'm a businessman by day, so Kun Tao for me is a lifestyle thing, a
citizen art. It is always interesting to see the take that
professional law enforcement or military take. (Although I have
trained numerous private contractors since 9/11 - they operate under
different guidelines).

You'll find we are an open, friendly group and consider yourself
welcome. I like my students to meet other players and perhaps we can
all go out for a beer or two as well.

Just drop me a line via my e-mail.

Best,
Mas Judt

--- In LiuSeongGungFu@yahoogroups.com, "silat_1" <silat_1@...> wrote:
>
> Merry Christmas from Great Lakes, Il
>
> I wish all the practitioners of the Liu Seong gungfu group and all
> the Kuntao, silat and other IMA practitioners a belated Christmas. I
> guess I should introduce myself as I have been a lurker and was
> referred to this group by one of my Kuntao Instructors (Carl Spitale)
> some 2 yrs back and just was being a fly on the wall.
>
> My name is Bill Anderson and I have been practicing the Chinese and
> Filipino Kuntao arts since the early 70s when I lived and was
> stationed in the Philippines and Taiwan.. I am/was from the
> Maharlika Kuntaw/Kuntao group from Carlito Lanada from 1975 through
> 1993 when I left the organization due to personal reasons and floated
> in limbo while researching and practicing kuntaw/kuntao systems to
> add to my own knowledge.. I primarily stayed with Chinese and
> filipino Kuntaw systems but have concentrated with the influences of
> both martial cultures as I go to the Philippines and train with some
> of the chinese/filipino practitioners of the Kuntao systems there..
> Ihave friends who train in tat kuntao in cebu and I have also trained
> in a system of Kuntaw called Kalintaw which is a family system out of
> the Malabanas region of Pampanga Philippines..
>
> Sifu Carl and I go back to a time when Kuntao was not widely known
> outside of the chinese and filipino communities.. We have spent a lot
> of time talking and researching the similarities of the chinese and
> filipino systems of Kuntao and I must state with respect that Sifu
> Carl has helped me close a lot of holes in my research..
>
> I have been working at Great Lakes Naval station since June of 05 and
> just been maintaining a low profile as to my teaching of kuntao has
> been on a back burner due to a conflicting job schedule and the
> ability to have some students within the local area.. I have been
> working with a couple of guys in the chicago area from time to time,
> but with the scheduling difficulties, it has been few and far between
> as far as hands on training..
>
> I have been concentrating on the Law enforcement and security fields
> as far as my teaching for the past 30 yrs as I am retired military
> and was working as a federal law enforcement officer with the navy
> and have lived on guam until june of 05 when I decided to come back
> stateside..
>
> I am going to be leaving the great lakes area within the next couple
> of months to go back to guam and reenter the Law enforcement field
> with the Navy as a police officer.
>
> Mas Judt with respect, I hope to be able to come and visit your
> school before I go back overseas and observe a class with your
> permission..
>
> Sifu Carl,
> I will be giving you a call later on this week and let you know how
> one of my senior blackbelt students has progressed since I last saw
> him.. He is working in the security field as a contractor and is on
> the road a lot with his job..
>
> With Respect,
>
> Bill Anderson
> Maharlika Kuntao, Great Lakes, Il
>