An interesting thread on the similarities of Kenpo to the Chinese Traditional Internal Arts has sprang up:
http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=101916#post101916
We had a similar thread on this forum a few months ago, but this is much more detailed and interesting to me.
Do you think any of the Kenpo variants: EPAK, Tracy, Chinese, Kosho-Ryu, Flowing Hands, etc., are similar to any of the internal arts?
My basic premise is that they are not, except in the most abstract way, i.e. the body can "only" move in so many ways. I will cede that a punch is a punch, a block is a block, but is the premises, fundamentals, or teaching paradigm anywhere close to the same?
Oss,
-Michael
Kenpo-Texas.com
http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=101916#post101916
We had a similar thread on this forum a few months ago, but this is much more detailed and interesting to me.
Do you think any of the Kenpo variants: EPAK, Tracy, Chinese, Kosho-Ryu, Flowing Hands, etc., are similar to any of the internal arts?
My basic premise is that they are not, except in the most abstract way, i.e. the body can "only" move in so many ways. I will cede that a punch is a punch, a block is a block, but is the premises, fundamentals, or teaching paradigm anywhere close to the same?
Oss,
-Michael
Kenpo-Texas.com