Good, if you're good at it.What’s your opinion on Kenpo karate
Basically my thoughts. It's not streamlined to make one the best fighter as quickly/effectively as possible. But you can learn a ton if you go to the right school.I spent a decade in Kenpo, and I learned a lot and don't regret it at all. That said if my goal was to be a functional fighter there are far more efficient and proven methods out there.
This book is a good treatise on the art, and how to maximize it.What’s your opinion on Kenpo karate
What I like about Kenpo is their modern training method. You train partner drill combo first. That partner drill then turn into solo drill. If you link many solo drills, you have solo form. This way, you train like you fight. There is no abstraction involved.
This is a result of some of the unrealistic, poorly thought out ideas that inevitably end up in the curriculum. It seems that someone was getting creative and put together some techniques that look good on paper but can’t pass the reality test. So it just becomes heavily choreographed.What I don't like about Kenpo is your opponent may freezes in his 1st attack while you finished your 6 moves counter combo on him. In the normal situation, when you make 1 move, your opponent will respond with 1 move.
Agree with you 100% there. If you don't want your students to learn, you teach them many new techniques daily and never review those techniques.I feel it makes sense with a minimal amount of material to give a beginner some concrete and non-abstract examples to work with ...
I like Kenpo, but then I like just about every Martial Art. And as has been stated, it depends on the school.
I learned how to fight at George Pesare's Kenpo school in Rhode Island way back in the day. Can't say I could have recommended it to anyone else, the place was nasty vicious. (It was a place where you saw pieces of teeth in the bathroom sink.)
Fortunately, we survived.
Sounds like a decent system that can use some MMA or grappling in itI spent a decade in Kenpo, and I learned a lot and don't regret it at all. That said if my goal was to be a functional fighter there are far more efficient and proven methods out there.
I disagree. MMA is not the solution for everything. Ones mileage may vary.Sounds like a decent system that can use some MMA or grappling in it
If MMA is using anything that works against a resisting opponent (which it is) how is it not?I disagree. MMA is not the solution for everything. Ones mileage may vary.
I think it’s the best the world has to offer atmI disagree. MMA is not the solution for everything. Ones mileage may vary.
i think it depends on the person but as one ages maybe weapons are more ideal, it’s good to see multiple artsI disagree. MMA is not the solution for everything. Ones mileage may vary.
I think it’s the best the world has to offer atm
Weapons are more ideal for what?i think it depends on the person but as one ages maybe weapons are more ideal, it’s good to see multiple arts
Weapons are ideal for people who are small and or weak.A lot of people feel that way. And a lot of people do not.
MMA already exists as a viable option. That choice is available to most anyone who wants it. However, there are far far more people training martial arts, who are not interested in mma. That is why systems like kenpo, that are not mma, continue to exist. There is no reason to turn kenpo into an mma clone. That isn’t the answer.
Weapons are more ideal for what?
I think kenpo can be good. My teacher is someone I definitely am convinced can use it.Weapons are ideal for people who are small and or weak.
I think Kenpo is a decent art if there’s a decent teacher
Buka, Pesare's Kenpo is not Ed Parker's kenpo, correct? Though both his and Parker's linneage stem from Chow in Hawaii, they represent separate branches of Chow's art I believe. Both their styles, though are quite similar I think.I like Kenpo, but then I like just about every Martial Art. And as has been stated, it depends on the school.
I learned how to fight at George Pesare's Kenpo school in Rhode Island way back in the day. Can't say I could have recommended it to anyone else, the place was nasty vicious. (It was a place where you saw pieces of teeth in the bathroom sink.)
Fortunately, we survived.
Kenpo may train fast hand strike more than most Karate and TKD systems.I think kenpo can be good.