I took Tai Kit Keun Kung Fu for a year when I was in high school, and I still remember and can do everything I learned from it. I just had to stop because my exercise induced asthma was getting worse, and we did a lot of strenuous exercises and I wasn't able to keep up. But other than that, I was extremely good at it. c:
Tai Kit Keun is a very rare style, but it's VERY worth looking for a place to learn it at. i highly highly recommend the place I went to in northern Illinois, if anyone would like their phone number/website/address, feel free to ask! It's $100 a month for three classes a week (you can miss classes if you like, you aren't required to go to all of them, just come and go as you please as long as you pay the monthly fee) and well worth it. All the sifus (a sifu is a Kung Fu sensei) are extremely nice and helpful, and try to give every person one on one time.
Tai Kit Keun basically a mix of Krav Maga and Shaolin Kung Fu (both classical and modern), but it changes some of the Krav Maga aspects to make them even better. We also learned weapon disarms, including disarms against guns, knives of all sizes, and bats/pipes/sticks.
The techniques it uses rely FAR more on technique than on actual strength. Pretty much no matter how small or weak you are, you can still fight back against the majority of people. There was actually this adorable girl in my class who was like 4'9", and she was able to throw a six foot tall guy to the ground EASILY.
It stresses hitting pressure points, breaking bones such as ribs, and hitting temples.
It teaches both lethal and nonlethal techniques, as well as defending yourself against multiple attackers.
