Previously I had attended a school that had, what I thought, was a good way of ranking children. The instructor had several rolls of...
Breathe. I know it sounds like a glib comment, but it's true. I've seen a few people doing their Katas/Forms and they were concentrating so...
Try http://www.dallaskenpo.com/ Dr. Chamberlain was a student of Nick Cerio, as was Fred Villari. So, while it won't be exactly the same, the...
If you're looking for some additional info on Krav Maga, I know that the owner of this school (http://www.capecodmartialarts.com/) has recently...
While his style is Karazempo Go Shinjitsu, not American Kenpo, SiGung Rudy Duncan in Syracuse, New York does programs for At-Risk Youth....
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That's a lot of young 5th degrees. Unfortunatly, I don't know enough about the root style to determine if this is normal or not.
As always, thank you for sharing this with us. :ultracool
I can state that the Shaolin Kenpo/Karazempo agrees with the "Bohidhrama as a common ancestor" arguement. Let me put it one step futher. I'm not...
The concept is good. However, I've noticed that the founder(s) tend to quickly suffer from ego problems are tend to be unreceptive to the ideas of...
An instructor who has a passion for MA. Not just someone who fell into teaching MA.
Black or White Gi. Usually some mix. I tend to wear shoes but it's 50/50 for the rest of the students. In Summertime and warm weather, we are...
I believe our youngest is 12 or just under. We will promote to Nidan (although it is refered to as Junior Nidan) anyone under 18. However, you...
I think you mean Master Evil. As in.... "I haven't studied Kempo for X years to be called Sensei Evil, thank you very much." :) I know...
You should look at the new school much the same way you look at college. It's an opportunity to grow and learn. Remember, many of the great...
I'm from Lowell, MA.
I like your outline and the concept. The only thing I might suggest is adding a little about body mechanics. e.g. where the head goes the body...
These are all great responses. Thank you for everyone's input so far. I plan to try some of these tonight.
I have to agree with everyone else here. Sub-ranking within a belt seems kind of odd. If you are in a mixed group and someone truely is more...
Here's an interesting question. What is the alternate name for a twist stance? This question was brought up in my monday night class....
Hi, I know I've posted a similar thread to this in the past, but I'm looking to find GIF (or other image format) images of some traditional...
Kempo, by it's nature, is an integration of different arts with some new stuff added in. However, after black belt, in my school, we start adding...
Yes, Thank you for sharing these videos. They are very interesting, especially since they are currently my only exposure to the techniques and...
2+24+1975 = 2001 = 3 Woo Hoo! Life of the Party it is. I don't know if the title for #3 is how I would describe myself, but the description seems...
Here it is for my school. White Yellow Orange Purple Blue Blue w/ Green Stripe Green Green w/ Brown Stripe Brown w/ 1 black stripe (3rd degree...
MJ, I was thinking back on this thread. Now that you have your black belt, how about sharing your form with us? I'd be really interested to...
My style is closely related to Karenzempo The lineage is Gascon/Pesare/Cerio/Villari/Bryant&Nohelty. Bryant & Nohelty have changed teacher...
I don't have an American Kenpo background but I do have a question on the setup of the technique. If the attacker is coming at you for a...
Try About.com. I used that to look up the Chinese characters for a few things. Here is the link for "Martial Arts"...
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