Doc
Senior Master
Whew! It's interesting because I had lunch with Lee Wedlake the other day, and we talked about this as well. There is nothing wrong with the idea of Kenpo based on "motion." Motion-Kenpo is fine. However, the "Ideal Technique" does not exist until it is created by the functional head of your group, or if you train alone, by you. Where Motion-Kenpo fails is when its practitioners read the manual and accept that written idea as the Ideal. It is not, and never has been. Motion-Kenpo is fine, unfortunately a great many of its teachers, and subsequently its students, suck big time. Lee Wedlake does Kenpo based on Motion, and he doesn't see that as a negative, but that's because he creates his own "ideals" and they work. Simple! You get out of Motion-Kenpo what your instructor puts in. If it isn't working, don't blame the Kenpo or Mr. Parker. Blame that guy you giving the money to for them worthless belts.