KENPO, look close in the movie and you will see, kenpo in the back ground.open scene with master kelly
KENPO, look close in the movie and you will see, kenpo in the back ground.open scene with master kelly
Another great martial artist who needs to make a comback. You knwo he's teachign tennis now! Tennis!
"Black Belt Jones," One down, Two To Go," amazing!
The BKF was founded by Kenpo guys. Steve Sanders Muhammed ( 8 time IKC champion and student of Chuck Sullivan) is actually in the scene at the school (BKF logo on the wall.)
It's the same guy.
Did Mr. Muhammed actually get his formative training from Mr. Sullivan though? I always thought the BKF expression of kenpo was pretty far from the Parker system...
nope, Sanders got his BB from Parker I believe. BKF is based on EPAK
Actually, he bounced around a bit, but his rank was in Okinawa-te, under Gordon Doversola-I think he stareted in Shorin-ryu. The kenpo scene was in the dojo of Steve Saunders, of the BKF, and for just that reason (the BKF)-that, and Bruce Lee liked Steve Saunders' hand speed....
...I guess Mr. Doversola studied with Mr. Parker, though, so there is a connection.....
One evening Chuck Sullivan came from the Crenshaw school to WLA. He brought a film of him and Mr. Parker putting on a demonstration that was fantastic. That's when I first saw Mr. Sullivan, and I was impressed by his form, skill, and physcial appearance. I thought, looking at him, 'He's my size; if he can do it, I can do it.' I had been trying to thunder like Mr. Parker and it just wasn't working for me. So I started going down to the Crenshaw school. -p160
Until I got to the Crenshaw school I didn't really know how to start making the Kenpo system work for me. Once Mr. Sullivan allowed my own expression of the techniques, I became a much better fighter. -p 161
One of the things that Chuck Sullivan actually taught me was there was a time to fight and a time not to. -p165
Tennis? Really?
Yes, Jim Kelly started under Parker Sheldon in Kentucky, but his tournament notoriety was due to his training with Gordon Doversola - and an awfull lot of hard work and dedication. Kelly credits Doversola in a 1980s Karate Illustrated article (best as I can remember).Actually, he bounced around a bit, but his rank was in Okinawa-te, under Gordon Doversola-I think he stareted in Shorin-ryu. The kenpo scene was in the dojo of Steve Saunders, of the BKF, and for just that reason (the BKF)-that, and Bruce Lee liked Steve Saunders' hand speed....
Can't hold your feet to the fire for guessing but that never happened. However, they both have common Kempo/Kajubenbo roots in Hawaii. Doversola and Parker had a 'competitive' relationship since the 1950's and finally burried the hatchet just prior to Mr. Parker's passing....I guess Mr. Doversola studied with Mr. Parker, though, so there is a connection.....