I like to learn kenpo but live here in the Philippines. We don’t have a school here in our city. Is there a way that I could learn it, perhaps through youtube or by any other means that the cost is minimal?

Sincerely,
Charlie Yap

“Step 1

Step toward 9:00 with your left foot to form a left forward bow stance toward 9:00 (right reverse bow stance toward your opponent),
Deliver a right extended outward block to the outside of your opponent’s right arm,
Left hand covers low.
”

I teach this:

Step with your left foot to 10:30 into a left forward bow while deflecting the attackers right arm with your left inward overhead parry, simultaneously deliver a right upward forearm striking block to your opponent’s right elbow as your left inward upward parry hooks and pulls your opponent’s arm into the strike. This is a scissoring effect that can hyper extend the elbow joint.

Allow the club to continue on it’s path as your right arm contours down from your opponent’s elbow and guidelines to his wrist grabbing the wrist at the wristbone tightening it’s grip first from the pinky finger then to the middle finger. Yank the opponent’s arm when you have caught the wrist and execute a right roundhouse kick to your opponent’s groin or bladder.

My question is does anyone else here teach this tech with the scissoring upward block/strike?

Yours in Kenpo,
Issac

I like the freestyle techniques I taught them to myself from the IKKA manuals that were out in about 98-2002, however I wasn’t tested on them and I know only a few teachers who require them. I think learning them is more important than memorizing them.

Yours in Kenpo,
Issac

Further in theis process Mr . Parker selected two of his Black Belts Mr. Richard ‘Huk” Planas and Mr. Thomas Kelly post production of these materails they were passed on to Mr. Parker’s franchises studios to maintain uniformity to standardize the Kenpo Materials, Order of Teaching American Kenpoo Techniques.

In time new Belt Sub-Categories came to exist and the 32 technique system was was divided into the 24 technique per belt rank sustem. To complete the number of techniques required by the new Belt Groups some of Mr. Parkeer’s students pulled out material from Forms and made techniques out of them for example Circling Windmills, Reversing Circles and Prance of the Tiger (all taken out of form 4) were not originally intended to be self defense techniques by Mr. Parker A further example is Circling the Storm was created by Mr. Parker to complete a catageory of various checks that could be applied to the hinges and joints of the body it’s effectiveness runs equally on the front or the back of an opponent’s body. The new interpretation created by the students Circlng The Storm does not follow Mr. Parker’s weapon protocol of; “Divert, Seize, Control, Disarm.”

In addition to new self defense techniques, new forms and sets were also necessary and added to complete a teaching structure for the new system. Striking Set, Kicking Set & Stance Set In each of these would come a new version: a #2 version Eg., Blocking Set #2 Since these were NOT created by Mr. Parker, he was only minimally aware of their content. When asked to teach them Mr. Parker would select a student who had learned the sets from other Kenpo Instructors to demonstrate the sets for the seminar Mr. Parker would then add his insights to the sets as the class learned them. “THESE SEMINARE ARE VIDEO TAPED AND EXIST IN LIABARIES IN SEVERAL NEW ENGLAN MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOLS TEACHING KENPO.” Finally additional advanced forms were added to demonstrate how one might run various Kenpo Standard tehcniques with escrima or knives.

While the new techniques, sets and forms clearly had the blessing of Mr. Parker, they were NOT created by him. This was a extropolitation from Mr Len Brasshard, and I am Stephen Isoczky Kenpo Instructor my e-mail is traditionalkenpo@hotmail.com Thanks for reading