Tadashi Yamashita and Mr. Parker?

[Hand Sword]

Greetings to all of the Kenpo Senoirs here! :asian:

I was watching an old Panther video tonight of Master Tadashi Yamshita's Karate. Throughout the video by his terms used, his techniques, and just his movements in general, I was wondering did he train back in the day with Mr. Parker? I saw more "Kenpo" than "Karate" in the video. Even a couple of techniques in there. His Karate wasn't like any other I've seen, so I was just curious.

 

[John Bishop]

Greetings to all of the Kenpo Senoirs here! :asian:

I was watching an old Panther video tonight of Master Tadashi Yamshita's Karate. Throughout the video by his terms used, his techniques, and just his movements in general, I was wondering did he train back in the day with Mr. Parker? I saw more "Kenpo" than "Karate" in the video. Even a couple of techniques in there. His Karate wasn't like any other I've seen, so I was just curious.

He learned his rapid fire hand strikes (repetition) from Eric Lee (Kajukenbo-Wun Hop Kuen Do).

 

[Doc]

"Back in the day," I was watching a demo of Tadashi at the IKC with Mr. Parker. It was clear his movements were not the traditional karate I had seen Tadashi perform in demos when I first met him. I looked at Ed Parker and began to open my mouth to voice my observations. Before I uttered a word, Parker said with a big grin, "He's been taking Kenpo from Tino."

 

[Hand Sword]

Yeah. You could definitely see that in the video. There doesn't seem to be any hint of "Karate" in there. It all seemed like Kenpo to me.

 

[Goldendragon7]

Yeah. You could definitely see that in the video. There doesn't seem to be any hint of "Karate" in there. It all seemed like Kenpo to me.

I recall watching him one year..... then Mr. Parker and TY went to I think Chile or South America somewhere.... when they returned..... at the next Internationals in Long Beach... TY did a demo that looked totally like Kenpo...... I said wow.... where did that come from....... LOL