Questions tagged [kempo]
>In general, the goal of Kenpo Karate is self-defense. It teaches practitioners to block the strikes of opponents if needed and then disable them quickly with pinpoint strikes. Takedowns (usually with pinpoint strikes afterward) and standing joint locks are also staples of the art.
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Will leaving a school hurt my credentials as an instructor in another art? [closed]
I've been training at a school for about 4 years. However, over the course of the last year and a half I've been held up in rank because of politics. I've been told multiple times I'm ready to be ...
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Name That Kempo Style
Trying to remember the name of a kempo style I did as a child.
It had the 7 star blocking pattern as a white belt sequence.
It was a five animal (tiger, leopard, crane, snake, dragon) style. Each ...
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Origins of Shorinji Kempo
My question relates to the origins of Shorinji Kempo and its related arts. I'd like to gain a better understanding of where it came from.
Part A: What styles did Doshin So train in while in China? ...
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In kempo karate, what's the order of the forms and combination you learn?
In kempo karate, what's the order of the forms you learn ? (up to brown or black belt)
So far I know it's 1 Pinyon, 2 Pinyon, 1 Kata, Crane, 2 Kata, 3 Pinyon, 3 Kata
Also how about combinations? ...
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Origin of the "pinyon" in Villari's Shaolin-Kempo-Karate system?
When I was young, I took a few years of Shaolin-Kempo-Karate at a couple Villari's dojos. As part of our training, we had the expected set of katas that we were required to learn. However, there was ...
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Is Tomari-Te a valid type of Okinawan (Ryukyu) Kempo?
George Dillman claims to teach Ryukyu (Okinawan) Kempo Tomari-te. The theory here is that there were three villages teaching Kempo: Naha, Shuri, and Tomari. I have heard that Tomari really did not ...
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Correct usage of the title "Master"?
Is it proper to refer to anyone who teaches classes at your school as Master, or is that title generally reserved just for the person who is the head of the dojo?
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