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KenpoRush
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First off I want to say this is a great martial arts gathering place. I've been looking for a martial arts message board for some time and think this is the best thing since sliced bread! I hope to spend a lot of times discussing martial arts philosophies/principles/techniques with everyone.
My question today deals more with a bit of history that has puzzled me for some time now. I've read many articles which named Larry Tatum as the "Heir Apparent" to the IKKA prior to SGM Ed Parker's untimely death. My Kenpo instructor mentioned once of a situation that caused Larry Tatum to be expelled from the IKKA, much like it was described in Ed Parker's "Infinite Insights Into Kenpo," Vol. 1, where there is a description of the IKKA crest and the explanation for the axe shape at the bottom of the crest. My instructor would not go into any more detail other than he was expelled and that was that.
I am unable to find any literature that explains if this actually occured and if the IKKA/LTKKA camps have reconciled since Ed Parker's death. Can anyone give any light to this story?
Thanks.
My question today deals more with a bit of history that has puzzled me for some time now. I've read many articles which named Larry Tatum as the "Heir Apparent" to the IKKA prior to SGM Ed Parker's untimely death. My Kenpo instructor mentioned once of a situation that caused Larry Tatum to be expelled from the IKKA, much like it was described in Ed Parker's "Infinite Insights Into Kenpo," Vol. 1, where there is a description of the IKKA crest and the explanation for the axe shape at the bottom of the crest. My instructor would not go into any more detail other than he was expelled and that was that.
I am unable to find any literature that explains if this actually occured and if the IKKA/LTKKA camps have reconciled since Ed Parker's death. Can anyone give any light to this story?
Thanks.