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Senior Master
Taken from the old CKF (Chinese Kenpo Federation) web site discussions and seminars:
Huk Planas: (At a seminar last month)
Quote:All American Kenpo is, is the study of Motion." End Quote
Sean Kelly:
If you read my bio in "THE JOURNEY," I specifically mention how we are the only profession that does not have a standardization of amateur vs. professional. In boxing, an amateur is required to have a certain number of fights under his belt before he can be considered a for his professional debut. Another way of putting this would be, when you start the sport of baseball, you have little league, minor league, then finally the major league (professional status).
However, in the martial arts, as soon as students obtain the level of black belt, they qualify themselves as professional vs. amateur, business owners, and qualified instructor/teachers. In point of fact, however, we know that obtaining a black belt is like graduating high school-- one must further one's education by going on to "college." Business practice is a separate field of expertise in and of itself.
Ed Parker made the point at many of my seminars that there were many different levels of people holding black belts. Since his art was actually based on a science, he made the comment that there were black belts who were good salesmen of motion (could sell the - - commercial - - art), mechanics of motion (could fix it), and, finally an engineer of motion (could both sell it and fix it). To summarize, the future of the art has a high percentage of people who are wearing 3rd degree, 4th degree and higher rank, who should be wearing 3rd and 4th degree "amateur" black belts. Do we have 5th degree amateurs ((salesman)) out there? Yes we do.
Martin Wheeler:
I think this was part of the brilliance of the founder Ed Parker that he created a conceptually based fighting system rather than a purely technique based system (even though it appears to be technique based on the surface). .......
Sounds a bit like something I said. At least it's something to discuss for some.
:asian:
Huk Planas: (At a seminar last month)
Quote:All American Kenpo is, is the study of Motion." End Quote
Sean Kelly:
If you read my bio in "THE JOURNEY," I specifically mention how we are the only profession that does not have a standardization of amateur vs. professional. In boxing, an amateur is required to have a certain number of fights under his belt before he can be considered a for his professional debut. Another way of putting this would be, when you start the sport of baseball, you have little league, minor league, then finally the major league (professional status).
However, in the martial arts, as soon as students obtain the level of black belt, they qualify themselves as professional vs. amateur, business owners, and qualified instructor/teachers. In point of fact, however, we know that obtaining a black belt is like graduating high school-- one must further one's education by going on to "college." Business practice is a separate field of expertise in and of itself.
Ed Parker made the point at many of my seminars that there were many different levels of people holding black belts. Since his art was actually based on a science, he made the comment that there were black belts who were good salesmen of motion (could sell the - - commercial - - art), mechanics of motion (could fix it), and, finally an engineer of motion (could both sell it and fix it). To summarize, the future of the art has a high percentage of people who are wearing 3rd degree, 4th degree and higher rank, who should be wearing 3rd and 4th degree "amateur" black belts. Do we have 5th degree amateurs ((salesman)) out there? Yes we do.
Martin Wheeler:
I think this was part of the brilliance of the founder Ed Parker that he created a conceptually based fighting system rather than a purely technique based system (even though it appears to be technique based on the surface). .......
Sounds a bit like something I said. At least it's something to discuss for some.
:asian: