Kempo Karate Techniques, Principles, and Theory: An Online Newlsetter
On a swampy, muggy planet in the remote part of the galaxy, there you are. You found that old, cranky master to teach you the lost art. The little guy with big ears tells you to use your skills on a difficult test. His only words of encouragement are, “Do or do not. There is […]
How do you develop great Kempo techniques through contemplation and exploration? The dojo is your martial laboratory. Test the techniques, evaluate them and then improve them. But first you need to learn it well, and by well I don’t mean only rote memory. You can distill the process of learning into categories or levels of […]
September and October have been very busy months for me. The children are back to school and the dojo has added several new students. This has developed into a lack of time to write my articles. Thank you for your patience during this busy time. Wednesday’s class focused on applying wrist locks from the same […]
From time to time you see promotions, flyers and invites to various martial arts seminars around town or in nearby cities. Many feature famous celebrities while others feature little known but none the less great martial artists. Chances are, they do not teach YOUR style of martial arts. Is it worth it? I think these […]
There are an infinite ways to be attacked. Learning a defense or two for each one of those way would is impossible. I’ve done a lot of computer programming and database design. There is a concept of relational links between data types. Is it one to many or many to one. An example of one […]
Somehow we are pre-built with the instinct to back up when something dangerous approaches. In Kempo this translates to retreating straight back when the opponent attacks. Though effective in the most basic and primitive of confrontations, it isn’t the ideal way to retreat. As the title of this post suggests, one should retreat forward. Now […]
In the modern American mindset, we classify or think of defense as different from offense. In American football, the defensive lineup is different from the offensive lineup. When you think of defense, you picture of taking the hit on a metal shield and hoping you survive the attack. When you think of attack, you picture […]