EPAK - Current Rank & Time in the System

[marshallbd]

I have to say both of you show a lot more dedication than most. May your journey from here on out be positive.

Respectfully

Thanks for the Kind Words! :asian:

 

[rschoon]

started 1993 1st BLK test in may for 2nd (if i feel ready)

 

[marshallbd]

started 1993 1st BLK test in may for 2nd (if i feel ready)

Good luck to you in May! :asian:

 

[dckenpo]

I started training in 97 received my 1st. black rank in 99. I was 33 when I started, so figured I had some catching up to do with the younger guys. When I started as a white belt, I put in about 25 actual hours of training each week until I made 2nd black in 2000. I was 1 stinking month away from my 3rd. black test when it became necessary to take time off. Took almost three years off to build a home for my family, and have been training again since this past November. Should test for third this summer. But who knows.

Hey Sandwell we need to workout ------>

Mr. Crusher aka honeybear

 

[DeilGyre]

Began in April 1991.
Took a few short vacations from Kenpo here and there.
1st Degree Black

 

[jdubakki]

13 years,

1st black working on 2nd.

 

[Kembudo-Kai Kempoka]

Started on my 6th birthday training in Waianae (sp?) and in Waipahu (not all EPAK); now 38 pushing 39. In Chinese Kenpo system with TKD, KF, Jujutsu and Judo mixed in, 22 years & 5th Dan. In a "purer" strain of AK (generation removed from EP in 60's), +/- 15 years & 4th degree black.

Gets in the blood, and is hard to quit. Some layoffs, most recent to get through Chiro college; some to train in other systems (quit AK altogether after SGM's passing, and buried myself in weights and BJJ). But I think once in kenpo, kenpo's in you.

 

[Goldendragon7]

Kenpo gets in the blood, and is hard to quit. I think once in kenpo, kenpo's in you.

You'll leave Kenpo long before.................. Kenpo leaves you!
................................. %think%

 

[sumdumguy]

26 yrs. I still don't know why the belt even matters, let alone why I where it.... Oh, yea, my students. duh
:asian:

 

[Bill Lear]

I'm currently a 3rd Degree Brown Belt at Larry Tatum's Kenpo Karate Studio in Pasadena, California. I've trained on and off in a number of schools over the course of the last ten years.

Yellow Belt = Recieved at Larry Tatum's Kenpo Karate Studio in December of 1994

Orange Belt = Recieved at Ed Parker's Karate Studio in June of 1996

Purple Belt = Recieved at Ed Parker's Karate Studio in December of 1996

Blue Belt = Recieved at Ed Parker's Karate Studio in September of 1997

Green Belt = Recieved at Ed Parker's Karate Studio in June of 1998

3rd Degree Brown Belt = Recieved at Bryan Hawkins Kenpo Karate Studio in April of 2002

Kinda crazy how things work out. I started in Kenpo because I've always been interested in learning a martial art, but it was just a minor interest. That interest grew over the years, and now I want more than anything to teach for a livng. A few weeks ago that dream started to become a reality when I accepted a teaching position at Larry Tatum's Studio.

Things have been really, really kool in my Kenpo world lately. Looking back at when I recieved each belt makes me wonder if it's common for other people to have time gaps between ranks that are similar.

:asian:

 

[TwistofFat]

many years and half arsed in most. 1st brown and working hard in South Carolina for 1st BB (maybe by end of year).

 

[Touch Of Death]

I'm currently a 3rd Degree Brown Belt at Larry Tatum's Kenpo Karate Studio in Pasadena, California. I've trained on and off in a number of schools over the course of the last ten years.

Yellow Belt = Recieved at Larry Tatum's Kenpo Karate Studio in December of 1994

Orange Belt = Recieved at Ed Parker's Karate Studio in June of 1996

Purple Belt = Recieved at Ed Parker's Karate Studio in December of 1996

Blue Belt = Recieved at Ed Parker's Karate Studio in September of 1997

Green Belt = Recieved at Ed Parker's Karate Studio in June of 1998

3rd Degree Brown Belt = Recieved at Bryan Hawkins Kenpo Karate Studio in April of 2002

Kinda crazy how things work out. I started in Kenpo because I've always been interested in learning a martial art, but it was just a minor interest. That interest grew over the years, and now I want more than anything to teach for a livng. A few weeks ago that dream started to become a reality when I accepted a teaching position at Larry Tatum's Studio.

Things have been really, really kool in my Kenpo world lately. Looking back at when I recieved each belt makes me wonder if it's common for other people to have time gaps between ranks that are similar.

:asian:

I see you trained under Mr. Tatum originaly. We all come full circle don't we?

 

[Bill Lear]

I see you trained under Mr. Tatum originaly. We all come full circle don't we?

Interesting choice of words... Larry said the same thing when I started training under him again.

:ultracool

 

[KENPOJOE]

Hi folks,
I've been in the arts for 35+ years and as far as the Chuan Fa/Kenpo/Kempo arts:
Black belt in Chinese-Hawaiian Kenpo/kempo since 1983 [5th Degree Black Belt]
Black Belt in Ed Parker's American Kenpo since 1983 [4th Degree Black Belt]

and many other arts as well...

I hope I was of some service,
KENPOJOE

 

[Han-Mi]

13 years in tae kwon do. 2nd black belt, coming up on 3rd.

 

[Storm]

Just over five short years 1st Degree Black last June, one day 2nd still feel oh so new. Thats in American Kenpo.

 

[mj-hi-yah]

48 years this year, and still trying to get a handle on this stuff. Rank; white belt with a "black" mind.

WOW Doc!!! :ultracool Now I know why you know so much, and I see what you meant now when you said it's okay to just call you old. But 50's not old...it's a good thing you started when you were two! :wink2:

 

[Michael Billings]

I am a fledgling compared to Doc, 25 years in Kenpo, almost half my lifetime.

-Michael

 

[triwahine]

Have been studying EPAK for 8 months and have attained orange. Before that and still in it, Kajukenbo for 6 years and BB rank in March.

 

[Ronin Moose]

3rd Brown in EPAK. Been at it for 3 years and it's the best thing that has ever happened to me, after my family of course. Salute.....