rdouglas_1965
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Dave,
Wanted to say your response was near-perfect. After reading through ridiculous posts on Kenpo and martial-arts in general since USENET (20 years ago or so), I have mostly stopped reading, and almost completely stopped writing on computer forums.
It's nice to see someone articulate so well about Kenpo. And understand that the technqiues are not the end-all of the style. That they are a tool to achieving spontaneity in combat, and it's unlikely you'll ever go through a whole technique as is.
As an example of this just *bump up* your work-out sessions. Give active resistance, throw good hard attacks, etc. It makes you realize that you need to be able to think on your feet. The amazing thing is that after years of training hard your body takes over the thinking for you. It's an incredible feeling when this first happens.
Robert Douglas
Wanted to say your response was near-perfect. After reading through ridiculous posts on Kenpo and martial-arts in general since USENET (20 years ago or so), I have mostly stopped reading, and almost completely stopped writing on computer forums.
It's nice to see someone articulate so well about Kenpo. And understand that the technqiues are not the end-all of the style. That they are a tool to achieving spontaneity in combat, and it's unlikely you'll ever go through a whole technique as is.
As an example of this just *bump up* your work-out sessions. Give active resistance, throw good hard attacks, etc. It makes you realize that you need to be able to think on your feet. The amazing thing is that after years of training hard your body takes over the thinking for you. It's an incredible feeling when this first happens.
Robert Douglas
Good post.