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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 ...
[1] In December 1990, after his father died, Parker continued on within the martial arts industry and produced 6 educational martial arts videos. In June 1992 he published "The Encyclopedia Of Kenpo" a complete encyclopedia on American Kenpo Karate as taught by his father.
In 1985, Hackleman moved from Hawaii to California and renamed his martial arts style, Hawaiian Kempo. The Pit is the only Hawaiian Kempo school that uses the Ke-m-po spelling, instead of the more commonly used Ke-n-po. Hackleman describes his style as more hardcore than other Hawaiian Kenpo schools.
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Weight: 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st) Style: Kenpo Karate, Boxing, Taekwondo, Wrestling, Tang Soo Do, Jujutsu, Submission Fighting: Fighting out of: Illinois, U.S. Team: Hackney Combat Academy MMA: Rank 4th Dan Black Belt in Kenpo Karate 2nd Dan Black Belt in Tang Soo Do 2nd Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo: Years active: 1994–1995 MMA
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]
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. Rampart House ISBN 0-89773-000-3; 1982, Ed Parker's Infinite Insights into Kenpo, Vol. 1: Mental Stimulation.
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This can be illustrated by the official full name of Motobu-ryu style named as "Nihon Denryu Heiho Motobu Kenpo" ("Japan's traditional tactics Motobu Kenpo") and by the International Shorin-ryu Karate Kobudo Federation, [10] where Shōrin-ryū is the actual karate style practiced, whereas "hakutsuru kenpo", or "hakutsuru kenpo karate" is a ...