* I remember Professor telling me about Sonny Gascon and said that allot of the old guys worked out together but only for a short time. I wish I could release the tapes of Professor Chow, but allot of derogotory things were said on these tapes and I don't think they should be in an open forum like a book or something. I believe that whatever happened in those days should be kept private, however there will be some things that he said will come out in a book, but only the good stuff and the memory things.GAB said:Hi Grandmaster,
Bruce Corrigan has an interesting article at his web site that talks about Sijo Sonny Gascon and the early period in Hawaii and when he was in the USA during his years in the Air Force. When he was on the East Coast and West Coast teaching and learning....
He makes numerous references to the Professor, all very interesting...
Do you have the date when he officially changed his Martial Art to Kara Ho?
Any other bits of information that come to mind would be helpful...
Thank You,
Regards, Gary
With in regards to Kara-Ho Kempo, I have some certificates from Professor from the late 60's that has the system being as "Chinese Kenpo of Kara-Ho Karate." Professor told me that Kara-Ho has been in the system's acknowledgement for many years, but he always used Kenpo Karate and deleted the rest. It was in the 70's that he told me he wanted us to be known as Kara-Ho Kempo (changing the M from the N) and not Kenpo Karate or Chinese Kenpo Karate as he wanted to disassociate himself from Ed Parker and himself, so we did. "A good student is not to question why...but to do and die."
Grandmaster Kuoha