jazkiljok said:
thetruth said:
HKphooey said:
Another really bad rumor sir. I am represented in every volume of Infinite Insights, (thinner like Dennis Conatser). I also watched Mr. Parker put all of these books together hurriedly to insure the projects completion before he became unabled to finish them. (He had a premonition of his own impending immediate death)thetruth said:
Doc said:Another really bad rumor sir. I am represented in every volume of Infinite Insights, (thinner like Dennis Conatser). I also watched Mr. Parker put all of these books together hurriedly to insure the projects completion before he became unabled to finish them. (He had a premonition of his own impending immediate death)
A great deal of it he intended to re-do because he was very dissatisfied with the very hurried end results. The material therein represents the beginning of the 'motion era' and commercial system. He also states in the book itself that the information is from the early seventies, and it took him ten years to accumulate it for the books. So consider how old this information is relative to what Parker himself was doing in the late eighties before he passed away.
However there is a mistaken notion that he wrote the books exclusively for his own Kenpo Students. This is completely untrue. Ed Parker wrote the books in his attempt to broaden his commercial appeal and to hopefully penetrate other styles with his concepts. He realized that the bulk of his black belts came from other styles and they were reasonable successful. In an effort to broaden and repeat that success, they were written for the martial arts community in general, and actually contain mistakes, along with contradictions of concepts and ideas.
MANY of us pointed some of these things out, and his answer was succinctly simple. "A concept that may appeal to one tradition may be rejected by another, therefore by inserting multiple ideas, I'm assured a greater chance that something will be acceptable to various groups of thought within the many styles." He called it "shotgun writing." "There should be something there to appeal to just about everyone in the arts that they could use." he said.
I've often heard the many 'urban kenpo legends,' that talk about how Parker 'intentionally' put mistakes in his works to see if anyone would notice and step forward to correct them. Or how about the one that says the 'orange' belts was actually a 'manufacturing mistake' that came out wrong, and was bought really cheap and inserted in the system to save money, etc.
Don't believe the stories. there is very little truth to any of them. Most were started by old Parker students either after they left him, or mostly after he passed away. I heard very little of this crap when the Kahuna was alive, and since he's passed away, newer and bigger ones emerge everyday. Many come from Parker students who have inserted themselves into these 'legends' when the only reference you can find of them is on the tree. So what else is new?
We have a saying in law enforement sir. "Admit nothing, deny everything, and demand proof."Rick Wade said:Thanks Doc.
Have you heard the rumor about Doc One time he ... oh never mind. You you would just tell the truth and spoil the fun.
Just Kidding have a great Kenpo Day.
V/R
Rick
Doc said:Another really bad rumor sir. I am represented in every volume of Infinite Insights, (thinner like Dennis Conatser). I also watched Mr. Parker put all of these books together hurriedly to insure the projects completion before he became unabled to finish them. (He had a premonition of his own impending immediate death)
A great deal of it he intended to re-do because he was very dissatisfied with the very hurried end results. The material therein represents the beginning of the 'motion era' and commercial system. He also states in the book itself that the information is from the early seventies, and it took him ten years to accumulate it for the books. So consider how old this information is relative to what Parker himself was doing in the late eighties before he passed away.
However there is a mistaken notion that he wrote the books exclusively for his own Kenpo Students. This is completely untrue. Ed Parker wrote the books in his attempt to broaden his commercial appeal and to hopefully penetrate other styles with his concepts. He realized that the bulk of his black belts came from other styles and they were reasonable successful. In an effort to broaden and repeat that success, they were written for the martial arts community in general, and actually contain mistakes, along with contradictions of concepts and ideas.
MANY of us pointed some of these things out, and his answer was succinctly simple. "A concept that may appeal to one tradition may be rejected by another, therefore by inserting multiple ideas, I'm assured a greater chance that something will be acceptable to various groups of thought within the many styles." He called it "shotgun writing." "There should be something there to appeal to just about everyone in the arts that they could use." he said.
I've often heard the many 'urban kenpo legends,' that talk about how Parker 'intentionally' put mistakes in his works to see if anyone would notice and step forward to correct them. Or how about the one that says the 'orange' belts was actually a 'manufacturing mistake' that came out wrong, and was bought really cheap and inserted in the system to save money, etc.
Don't believe the stories. there is very little truth to any of them. Most were started by old Parker students either after they left him, or mostly after he passed away. I heard very little of this crap when the Kahuna was alive, and since he's passed away, newer and bigger ones emerge everyday. Many come from Parker students who have inserted themselves into these 'legends' when the only reference you can find of them is on the tree. So what else is new?
