OK...maybe someone can answer this question. In Kenpo, we have a roundhouse kick. It is your traditional kick, done with the usual snapping movement. Muay Thai also has a roundhouse kick. Rather than do the snap, they are putting their entire body behind the kick, which results in a very powerful kick. Most of these kicks by the way are delivered to the leg. Now, why can't you take the idea behind the MT round kick and add it to the Kenpo roundkick? Its still a RH kick, but you have changed it, making it more powerful. You are not studying MT, you are simply taking a concept. This is some of what I'm saying. I have NEVER once said to abandon your Kenpo, but look to another style to borrow an idea. This is somehow translated into crosstraining!! I don't see how?
Also, the difference between fighting and SD? I am not talking about entering the UFC, I'm talking about if you need to defend yourself, because someone is trying to attack you, don't you need to fight? You can sugar coat it anyway you like, but the fact remains, that you are still fighting. When doing the Sd tech of Kenpo, should you not train for that real confrontation? Hey, maybe not everybody does, but by thinking an attacker is going to stand there, give you no resistance, and move the way you want, all while delivering a multitude of strikes, we are living in a fantasy land, cuz it isn't going to be like that.
Nobody has ever said that they are invincible or are the ulitamte fighter. But, if all these ideas that everything is already there in Kenpo, then why are they not brought into the light right away starting with the new student?? Why do you have to wait until you reach BB, before you discover all the secrets? You should gradually bring this out and continue all the way to the end. Is it not important for the yellow, orange and purple belts to know this? Or is it just reserved for the advanced ranks? By not explaining this in the beginning we are doing noting but cheating the beginner out of alot of knowledge.
MJS
