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American Kenpo Karate (/ ˈ k ɛ n p oʊ /), also known as American Kenpo or Ed Parker's Kenpo Karate, is an American martial art [2] [3] founded and codified by Ed Parker. It is synthesized mainly from Japanese and Okinawan martial arts such as karate and judo, [1] with influence from Chinese martial arts. [4] [5] It is a form and descendant ...
Tokaido's founder, Shizuo Sugiura, was a martial arts enthusiast who would watch demonstrations and competitions of many Japanese martial arts. [8] With time, he became increasingly interested in the art of karate. [8] At the time, karate practitioners would simply use judo uniforms or other clothing for training.
Various uniforms used in the martial arts of the world. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. K. Keikogi ...
Kenpo has also been used as a name for multiple martial arts that developed in Hawaii due to cross-cultural exchange between practitioners of Okinawan martial arts, Chinese martial arts, Filipino martial arts, and Japanese martial arts among other influences. [11] In the United States, kenpo is often referred to as Kenpo Karate.
1960, Kenpo Karate: Law of the Fist and the Empty Hand. Delsby Publications ISBN 0-910293-47-3; 1963, Secrets of Chinese Karate. Prentice-Hall ISBN 0-13-797845-6; 1975, Ed Parker's Guide to the Nunchaku ISBN 0-86568-104-X; 1975, Ed Parker's Kenpo Karate Accumulative Journal. International Kenpo Karate Association. 1978, Inside Elvis.
MMA clothing refers to the sportswear worn in mixed martial arts (MMA) competition and training, and branded fashion clothing related to the mixed martial arts scene. As MMA becomes a mature sport, brands dedicated to it have worked toward specializing clothing that improve an MMA athlete's training and competition.
Mixed martial artists utilizing American Kenpo (34 P) Pages in category "American Kenpo practitioners" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
Shaolin Kenpo Karate (or SKK) is a martial art style that combines the Five Animals of Shaolin Kung Fu (Shaolinquan), the core competency of Kenpo, the hard-hitting linear explosiveness of traditional Karate, as well as the power of Western boxing and the felling and grappling arts of Jujutsu, Chin Na, and Mongolian wrestling. [1]