My teacher of about 14 years started in KeMpo in England and Australia in the late 60's and early 70's, lateraled to a Tracy garage school for a...
True, AND he did his studies to GET to his black belt in KENPO, under Mr. Tatum. Even if he got picked up by Mr. P after that, the main guy who...
Required and Elegant = 2 different animals.
Missing Mr. Tatum's tenure as the hands-on teacher for most of Mr. Speakman's kenpo-learning career.
Some of David Germans lineages inserted a red belt between green and brown, as a "side-step" away from the kenpo-ish cirriculum, to focus on...
Right. Good time to shoot on someone, or slug them in the back of the neck or head.
Very likely. We have a plethora of MMA gyms in the area. Heck, I ran one in the mid-nineties. The guys around here happily refer to kenpo as a...
Sure. The MMA propensity towards calling kenpo a TMA is patently ludicrous. MMA is a blend of recent and older fighting art approaches. So is...
The cycle of Life... empires rise, ebb, flow, and decline. With the years left to me, I hope to share my model of kenpo with a few more people...
I have always despised the idea that anyone in the US can vote, and have that vote cancel out the thought-out and informed perspectives of...
As one trained in psychology, I agree ;)
For some reason, Master Sam is heavy on my mind today. It was good to revisit these.
Fun Stuff. Carol -- glad to hear you're creating excellent results! I do the PowerPoint presentations for a Type-2 Diabetes reversal group in So...
Yes. The permitted intensity of the training model. Lotta kenpo out there trained at gentlemens distances, on gentlemens terms. Not one is busting...
There is another obvious aspect from a Libertarian POV... if you dont wanna play in that sandbox, then don't. EZ. It works for Chris, for his...
You are correct, and the dissociation is an intentional one, allowing the feet to be contending with one attacker, while the hands contend with...
Movement from gross, to subtle.
See? I disagree with that interp/purpose of SF1, right off the bat. White Belt form, white belt foot maneuvers, entry level basics. Swinging is...
Hadn't seen this. In those vids, I intentionally violated floor-up power generation from rooted stance, in both methods. My intent was to...
Hi Chris! Before the Yellow cirriculum got canonized, the 32-thechs-per-belt didn't have yellow. You went from White to Orange. That's what I...
Thanks again. And I completely agree. Lotsa kenpo folk talk about generatig power in their blows from torso rotation, but don't move their...
Thank you for responding, Sir. As you know, a lot of the Seniors don't reply on these boards, for one reason or another, so I am grateful that you...
My relatives from Texas and Oklahoma have a saying I just love, and think of in situations like this: "Just cuz they say it, doesn't make it so."...
You beat me to it.
The back and forth with ATACX on the forums has brought this up for me again. Saying, "You'll know it when you see it" seemed a bit weak, but also...
Ya know... I met Doc on this very forum, about ten years ago. He is the only kenpoist I know if who gets more geeky about correct biomechanics...
Sorry, but you are clearly incorrect, and it's OK, as long as you can justify it in your own mind. The Ideal Phase serves a purpose within the...
Volvo and SAAB both did some rather extensive research into the effects of prolonged position on health, as related to cutting healthcare and...
Just registered this... sorry for not responding earlier. Sitting here, reading it, particularly this part: "The IP is inferior to the...
This is for Ras, and others... targeting both sides of the fence. There is an old saying in strategic planning -- the monolith is unstable....
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