All About TAT KON TOU

[sleepless4604]

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Guys, kinsa mga practitioners ani diri sa Cebu? Naa pa ba? Post sad mo diri about sa art (history, founder, overview of techniques etc.). I'm sure daghan kaau interested makahibaw about ani nga art gikan kang anhing Jose Milan aka Joe Go.

[freeflyer04]

TKT principles is so close to Balintawak.. in fact, it has been said that this is the empty hand version of Balintawak arnis..

[J.Abella]

Mao ni ako na baw.an, kita pud ko sa video, pwerteng antika sa video ako na kit.an hehheheh. Ako ma sulti "Karaan jud sya"

Tat Kun Tou (Template:Zh-tp; literally "Way of the Kicking Fist", also spelled is also spelled Tat Kon Tou. It was created by Barangay (community) Captain Jose Millan Go aka Joe Go (Go Hoo Se), a Chinese Filipino living in Cebu City, Philippines. The late Grandmaster Jose “Jo Go” Millan Founder of Tat Kun Tou, Gokosha and Banate Eskrima, was one of the earlier students of Anciong Bacon.
He was also known as “Little Anciong” because of his superb ability in stick fighting.
Like most of Anciong's students, their collective loyalty to their teacher are unquestioned. JoGo however kept a low profile refusing to teach Balintawak so not to offend his teacher. Instead, JoGo developed his own martial art systems in respect to Anciong Bacon.
He started out teaching a few students exclusively on his own brand of martial art. Already, a proficient practitioner of other arts such as Tai Chi and Kun Tao from the Go Cho Kun (Five Ancestors Boxing), JoGo put together a system that mimics an unarmed version of Balintawak called Tat Kun Tou.
Tat Kun Tou is a tested system in the mean streets of Cebu. When fighters come across a Tat Kun Tou practitioner, they are awakened by the effectiveness of the art that they immediately sought out JoGo as their teacher.
While other students of Anciong incorporated their Balintawak with boxing, judo or karate, JoGo complemented his Balintawak with Chinese martial arts, notably Tai Chi. JoGo nurtured this style, gave names to subtle movements and developed forms to exercise the torso, he called it Banate Eskrima. The emphasis of Banate is the movement of the spine, shifting of the weight and the precise movement of the 12 strikes and defense. With the persistence request from his students, JoGo taught Banate, his modification of Balintawak until his death in June 1991.

[sleepless4604]

Curious lang ko kung naa pa ba mga practitioners ani. Akong cousin kay karaan nga estudyante ni Anhing Joe Go way back in the 80's. Akong Sifu sad kay close friend sa founder and he has nothing but praise for this exceptional man.

Kung naa pa mga practitioners ani mangutana unta sad ko unsa ning GOKOSHA? Advance form ni sa TKT or separate art ni?

[J.Abella]

wala nako alamag ana bro oi mga karaan nga martial arts sa cebuano
karon Muay Thai man ko

[sleepless4604]

wala nako alamag ana bro oi mga karaan nga martial arts sa cebuano
karon Muay Thai man ko

Ga practice ka aning TKT sa una boss?

[sleepless4604]

Akong question directed man gud sa mga practitioners.hehehe

[dongil]

Usa ko sa mga nag eskuwela ana brad...Ang nag train naku kay ang usa sa mga gi train ni Joe Go sa Colon..
FYI lang kana si Joe Go..Kapitan na sa Kalubihan sa una ug ang iyang anak na nga Melo Milan na karun ang Kapitan sa Kalubihan sa Cebu City.

[sleepless4604]

Usa ko sa mga nag eskuwela ana brad...Ang nag train naku kay ang usa sa mga gi train ni Joe Go sa Colon..
FYI lang kana si Joe Go..Kapitan na sa Kalubihan sa una ug ang iyang anak na nga Melo Milan na karun ang Kapitan sa Kalubihan sa Cebu City.

Brad cge gihapon dawat mga students ang club diha sa kalubihan? Asa na mo tig practisan?

[Tenchu]

Buhi-on ta ni nga thread. Anyway, sa una, daghan ang practitioners aning tat kun tou one of which is my father. however, he refuses to teach any one not even me. Naa koy duha nga nailhan nga nag practice gihapon ani. they are both old men about the same age as my father. Kalimot ko sa last name niya but his first name is Victor. We just called him "Noy Victor". Nagtudlo ni siya sa Abellana around two years ago and one of his many students were my two colleagues in service. The other one I met during the wake of my friend's father in guadalupe. Nindot ni sya nga art however if it is not passed on, it will become a lost and dead art. If I could describe the strikes and movements, it is very direct and practical. No flashy moves or acrobatic stuff. almost similar to some kung fu styles like wing chun, Baji, and Xing Yi. Movements are very human and well adopted for the filipino physique.