Does anyone know anything about the status of Kanzen Kenpo and it's remaining schools? I know that Joe Foster was starting a new system called kenjute, but the webpage kenjute.com is still inactive a year later? He opened a new adult only dojo, but I'm not sure if its still open? Plus, are the remaining schools in BC and AB following suit and changing over to the new kenjute circulum?
Which by the way is really just a modified version of Kanzen Kenpo, for all of you unfamiliar with the changes.
By the way, in response to a post put up a few years ago, Kanzen Kenpo is not just a rehash of American Kenpo. Kanzen is really Foster's own system, which uses "fewer" techniques, more manipulations from what looks like Chin na joint locking, more focus on traditional weapons, a bit of ground fighting, and tournament sparring. And make no mistake about it Foster is a master, I've seen him move and he is a panther. The techniques can be applied several times over in different self-defence situations, and Tracy's techniques comprise a large portion of the traditional katas in the system, while direct american kenpo grafting into the system is less obvious. So, in response, Kanzen is an effective Kenpo system. I'd say it is somewhere between tracy's and american kenpo. it has the grace of american kenpo but the direct no nonsense of tracys as well. I was never directly under Foster myself nor do I have any remaining ties to Kanzen (I got to testing for brown before moving away a few years ago). I'm currently working on American Kenpo and I am ready to test for 3rd brown in tracys. So while I'm no master myself I've seen a lot of all three arts, and I am confident in confirming the martial value of Kanzen. I joined tracys cause I wanted to learn more "kenpo" techniques than kanzen offers, but I have much better basics and form because of my kanzen training.
Which by the way is really just a modified version of Kanzen Kenpo, for all of you unfamiliar with the changes.
By the way, in response to a post put up a few years ago, Kanzen Kenpo is not just a rehash of American Kenpo. Kanzen is really Foster's own system, which uses "fewer" techniques, more manipulations from what looks like Chin na joint locking, more focus on traditional weapons, a bit of ground fighting, and tournament sparring. And make no mistake about it Foster is a master, I've seen him move and he is a panther. The techniques can be applied several times over in different self-defence situations, and Tracy's techniques comprise a large portion of the traditional katas in the system, while direct american kenpo grafting into the system is less obvious. So, in response, Kanzen is an effective Kenpo system. I'd say it is somewhere between tracy's and american kenpo. it has the grace of american kenpo but the direct no nonsense of tracys as well. I was never directly under Foster myself nor do I have any remaining ties to Kanzen (I got to testing for brown before moving away a few years ago). I'm currently working on American Kenpo and I am ready to test for 3rd brown in tracys. So while I'm no master myself I've seen a lot of all three arts, and I am confident in confirming the martial value of Kanzen. I joined tracys cause I wanted to learn more "kenpo" techniques than kanzen offers, but I have much better basics and form because of my kanzen training.
