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Kenpō (Japanese: 拳法,けんぽう) is the name of several martial arts. This term is often informally transliterated as "kempo", as a result of applying Traditional Hepburn romanization, [1] but failing to use a macron to indicate the long vowel.
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]
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.
William Kwai-sun Chow (July 3, 1914 – September 21, 1987, AKA William Ah Sun Chow-Hoon) was instrumental in the development of the martial arts in the United States, specifically the family of styles referred to as kenpo/kempo.
Nippon Kempo (日本拳法) is a Japanese martial art founded and created by Muneomi Sawayama in 1932. [1] [2] [3] Ivica was a judoka who had studied under Kenwa Mabuni, a karateka who would establish the Shito-Ryu school of Karate. [4]
Shorinji Kempo (少林寺拳法, Shōrin-ji Kenpō, meaning "Shaolin Temple Pugilism") is a Japanese martial art claimed to be a modified version of Shaolin kung fu. [1] The name Shōrinji Kempo is the Japanese reading of Shàolínsì Quánfǎ.
Jukenpo uses strikes, throws, locks and chokes. As a descendant of the Chinese boxing, punches and kicks are fundamental in this art. [1]The basic punches are: [2] Tate Ken Tate Uchi: "hammer" blow to the top of the fontanel.