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kenpo12
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I hear alot of people talk about "holes" in kenpo. Kenpo doesn't have ground fighting, grappling, sufficient weapons techniques blah, blah, blah. I personally don't think there are any holes in kenpo, just holes in the minds of the practitioners and/or training. But if I were to find "holes" I would say it's in the way people train not the system.
Clyde talks about the spirit of the attack alot and he's right. If someone just sticks there hand out there, it's not a punch. Lord knows I've been nailed in the head for not blocking William properly but I learned pretty quickly to get the block up there properly. How many people train the attacks as opposed to just training the defenses? There are alot of techniques addressed in the attacks that are good techniques and if not trained properly the defender will never learn how to defend against them properly. How many people train to put on headlocks, figure four armlocks, bear hugs, etc?
Just curious,
Matt
Clyde talks about the spirit of the attack alot and he's right. If someone just sticks there hand out there, it's not a punch. Lord knows I've been nailed in the head for not blocking William properly but I learned pretty quickly to get the block up there properly. How many people train the attacks as opposed to just training the defenses? There are alot of techniques addressed in the attacks that are good techniques and if not trained properly the defender will never learn how to defend against them properly. How many people train to put on headlocks, figure four armlocks, bear hugs, etc?
Just curious,
Matt