hey guys, ok, here goes...
first the lineage...
James M. Mitose
Adriano Emperado
Victor Gascon
George Pesare
Jean Guy Angel (The chief of his kenpo federation)
Dave Jackman
Lew Simms
Matt Cardon (my instructor)
Jean Guy Angel brought his style of kenpo to Canada, and is based out of montreal. A student of his style, Lew Simms, brought it to BC which is where i live, and am instructed by Matt Cardon.
Our training is probably very similar to yours...sparring, self defense techniques, forms, and there is a physical fitness program that is required as well.
i thought i'd mention that to those of you who study tracy/parker systems that our techniques do not have names ex: Thundering hammers, etc...they are just called self defense number 1, number 2, etc. and also, the defenses are only 1 or two moves, whereas i've seen in tracy/parker systems, some of the defenses have 6 or 8 moves in the advanced areas.
We also do reactionary sefl defense which is when my instructor launches whatever strike he wants at full speed and power, and i have to defend...kind of like sparring but not quite.
I've also just started to learn stick fighting as well.
Our belt ranking system is white, yellow, orange, green, blue, brown, black.
any other questions, feel free to ask