I would totally avoid TKD also. I started out in TKD when I didn't really know anything about martial arts and they structured everything around...
As for Parker vs Tracy, one of the primary differences seems to be the reliance on how to conceptualize parts of Kenpo. Mr. Parker analyzed the...
yeah. It's a strange animal. English terminology, Japanese karate gi, and "Chinese" in the name.
"Chinese Kempo" is really too vague a term to be defined and looked at in this light really doesn't mean anything. Todays Kenpo in America is...
I guess I should point out that I also do not understand how Christians and Protestants can massacre each other as was done in the history of Europe.
I'm not meaning that the martial culture and Zen Buddhism simply existed at the same time, but that there was a definite relationship. Was it...
Well, speaking more specifically about Zen Buddhism in feudal Japan, I have read The Unfettered Mind by Takuan Soho, the Sword and the Mind by...
Thanks, CKava, fantastic reply. I guess given the length of history and the different cultures that have assimilated Buddhism the answer to my...
Very True. All the other major religions have bloody histories. When was the last time you heard of a Buddhist jihad or Buddhists persecuting Jews?
I guess we could take any part or measure of a religion/philosphy and apply it to our lives in any way that we want to. However I believe that...
I was under the assumption that Buddhism was classified as one of the world's major religions. I know that it has taken on a form of an...
The association with Buddhism and martial arts to me seems a bit of a paradox. If Buddhism espouses pacifism as part of its religious doctrine...
Good points. I'm sorry I was so quick to judge.
William Chow had the right to dislike Kata because he was a master. People who are 18 years old, even if they have been going to karate since 8...
I thought we were talking about kenpo here. If you were learning submission grappling, well then ok.... but if you're not learning katas then you...
That's totally incorrect. But this discussion has been done to death, ad nauseum. How can you say that you study martial arts and then ignore...
That bring up another question, one that others would probably ask us and we should be asking ourselves as kenpo practitioners; How do we train...
Justin, I think your description is accurate. The kenpo that I am familiar with is full of groin strikes, kicks to the kneecaps, throat strikes,...
With your experience in Okinawan Martial arts and from what you know of American Kenpo would you consider it to be more influenced by Okinawan...
Another idea that comes from American Kenpo is to move the last point of contact (your head or body) out of the way first. So more important than...
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