This I can respect, and it seems as if you have put thought, and analyzed what you have read, the people that haven't, have been the ones making the situation worse.
Originally posted by Brother John
I was just wondering, as all real life confrontations are very viscous/fluid with thousands of unpredictable variables, wouldn't rearrangement be of GREAT benefit to a Kenpoist??? Seems to me that it would. I recall Mr. Parker speaking on this at a seminar that I went to, my notes reflect that he gave quite a bit of credence to rearrangement and tailoring and all the other things that you say would need to be ?removed to stack the odds in your favor?. It also seems to me that Mr. Parker did have many interviews and wrote books in which he emphasized the NEED for tailoring and rearrangement a great deal.
I just don?t see how limiting your options and ability to fluidly adapt to a fluidly changing situation/environment is of any benefit. No amount of ?science? can make up for a lack of options or adaptability, seems to me.
Yes rearrangement and tailoring are great, they allow one to deal with What If's, and many other things. I never said, nor implied that rearrangement was bad, just different. That diffence takes away from some the advantages that Sub-Level-4 gives you. You I believe are missing the premise on Sub-Level-4, as in Sub Level 4 you are always doing "Control Manipulation", and really removing the ability for one to change the situation to grappling, or some other attack. I will address this further in the post as well.
Originally posted by Brother John
Also, You said:
?Clearly their are aspects of the Martial Arts that are just missing from many instructors in the Martial Arts, that Dr. Chapél has addressed within American Kenpo; Destructive Sequencing, Anatomical Alignment, Positive Body Posture, Negative Body Posture?
Are you saying that before Mr. Chapel there was no anatomical alignment in Kenpo? To be absolutely frank, the terms that he uses such as positive and negative body posture seem to be something that already existed w/in Kenpo and he just gave it a new name and said that it was lacking before. Destructive sequencing? Where else can this be found? In other arts that perform nerve work? Maybe. But to say that Kenpo lacks nerve attacks or activation? No way, I?ve seen too many people dropped by touches or debilitated by a strike to a seemingly innocuous area. To have to adhere to a strict sequence of nerve activations seems a waste of time to me. If you activate the first and he reacts differently than expected (Mr. Chapel will tell you that different people react very differently to the same nerve activations)?then it throws you out of alignment or puts you at the wrong distance, or worse blocks your shot at the next?sequential nerve strike. Then you are lost, unless you can modify/formulate and tailor.
I am not saying that their was no anatomical alignment in Kenpo, but I haven't seen anyone with the understanding of it like him, both conceptualy and physically, and their is a major difference between putting an arm in good position for a punch and what I am reffering to.
You are referencing Dr. Chap'el and how he will tell you that different people will react differently to nerve strikes. That statement is in a given set of peramiters, as some people don't react from the pain, but in Sub Level 4, you are not dealing with pain compliance to make your techniques work. You are dealing with neurological reactions, and anatomical body movements that would fall into Kinesiology (being the study of muscles and movement, not the other variations that use the name). Yes their are nerve strikes in some other American Kenpo Schools, but unless they have persued the knowledge, the full capabilities of those nerve strikes are not being met.
As far as me being thrown out of alignment, from missing a strike to a nerve, that won't happen, and the only way that you will understand that is to train with Dr. Chap'el or some of his students, as a don't expect you to just take my word for it. But I will try to explain one small aspect of it. here.
Originally posted by Brother John
?then it throws you out of alignment or puts you at the wrong distance, or worse blocks your shot at the next?sequential nerve strike. Then you are lost, unless you can modify/formulate and tailor.
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1st off the nerve strikes are an advantage, not a necessity. The blocks in Sub Level 4, really fit into Black Dot Focus, as I have not seen any other American Kenpo people apply this principal in the blocks. I would say that most (note that I didn't say all) will adjust the height of their block to the weapon, and focus on blocking that target, which would be White Dot Focus. Dr. Chap'el teaches people to block the zone, and you use a different block to block a different zone, these blocks are done in a specific anatomical way, that makes them very strong, and takes away from the ability to manipulate your extended arm and turn the situation into a grappling scenario. Hey the Gracies teach people to through a fake punch so a trained fighter will block, then they will grab their arm and take them down. This is something that you have to experience, as words will never do it justice. Since the blocks are done in a specific manner with a set zone of protection, my next move regardless will increase my anatomical structure even further. I came from another American Kenpo school as a Black Belt, before I met Dr. Chap'el. I am not saying that this is the best for everyone, or even you. It is just different, and has some advanced concepts that are going on to make it more intellectually stimulating for me, and many others, possibly you too, but that would depend on your journey or path.
I would be happy to discuss this further with you any time Brother John,
AMK
I tried tonight but it is very long and complex to say the least. 
