On the various boards I have noticed that every time a full contact fight is posted or discussed various people respond "Its a good fight but where's the Kenpo?" I was thinking about this because several weeks ago my son and I were watching the Bernard Hopkins fight and despite the fact that it was boxing with no kenpo training, I constantly saw aspects of Kenpo body mechanics and kenpo philosophy. I find that I see Kenpo in every full contact fight I watch, rule limited and sloppy but kenpo as I see it, none the less. There are only so many ways to move a body so I suspect successful systems always must have similarities.
Now my question. Does anyone believe that full contact kenpo can be done in the pretty flowing method it is practiced in?
My philosophy is to watch and see what works and then look for where this intersects with my Kenpo training. I don't need to learn a whole new system of fighting, I just have to practice that part which I already know but with perhaps a different visualization of the end results.
respectfully,
Jeff
Now my question. Does anyone believe that full contact kenpo can be done in the pretty flowing method it is practiced in?
My philosophy is to watch and see what works and then look for where this intersects with my Kenpo training. I don't need to learn a whole new system of fighting, I just have to practice that part which I already know but with perhaps a different visualization of the end results.
respectfully,
Jeff