what MA are considered : American style

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jeet kune do

kenpo

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[K831]

Copied from Wikipedia:

United States

• 10th planet jiu-jitsu
• American Karate
• American Kenpo
• Shootfighting
• American Kickboxing
• Bojuka
• Bok Fu Do
• Catch wrestling
• Chun Kuk Do
• Collegiate Wrestling
• Combatives
• combat judo
• Danzan-ryū
• Kosho Shorei Ryu Kempo
• Jailhouse Rock
• Jeet Kune Do
• Kajukenbo
• Kapu Kuialua
• Limalama
• Lua
• Marine Corps LINE Combat System
• Marine Corps Martial Arts Program
• Model Mugging
• Modern Army Combatives
• Pit Fighting
• Rapid Assault Tactics (R.A.T.)
• Red Warrior
• S.C.A.R.S. (military)
• Sli Beatha
• Small Circle Jujutsu
• To-Shin Do
• Western Boxing
• World War II combatives

 

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:knight2:thanks cool.

 

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

I'd say Combat Jujutsu as well.

For the last 12 years I have done an American founded mix of Japanese Jujutsu/Judo/Aikido/AikiJujutsu and Old school Hand to Hand as well as Japanese Daito Ryu AIki Jujutsu.

Now we have parted with our Sensei and freely let the Kali/Silat, Boxing and Combatives freely mingle, we call what we do Armatura Ryu Jujutsu.

So add Armatura Jujutsu to your list.

Unless you adhere 100% to a arts original techniques, training methods, protocols and ideals then it will be influenced by your enviroment.

 

[Daniel Sullivan]

I wonder if Combat Hapkido would also be technically an American art. Plenty of arts on that list have their origins in Japanese, Chinese, or Korean martial arts, and are only one generation removed (Toshindo for one).

And is American Karate really a separate martial art?

Daniel

 

[James Kovacich]

jeet kune do

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Bruce lees words in June 1972 stating that Jeet Kune Do is Chinese.

"Actually, I never wanted to give a name to the kind of Chinese Gung Fu that I have invented, but for convenience sake, I still call it “Jeet Kune Do.”


Also Kenpo, the original, never was American. American Kenpo is, and is differant animal. The first to use the word Kenpo in America used it technically wrong.

But today Kenpo is American but no one can truly claim the words Kenpo or Kempo as stand alone words for trademarking because they would be way out of line.

 

[blindsage]

There are also a number of supposedly Native American martial arts. :idunno:

 

[elder999]

There are also a number of supposedly Native American martial arts. :idunno:

Supposedly.

 

[Carol]

Sharpshooting

 

[celtic_crippler]

The first to use the word Kenpo in America used it technically wrong.

Please elaborate on that statement.

 

[James Kovacich]

Please elaborate on that statement.

You already know that Kenpo is a generic term. In Japan using Kenpo alone as the name of the style is simlar to calling their style Karate or Judo.

I chose the name Kempo Ju Jitsu for that very reason. It rightfully can't be owned or trademarked unless given a unique identity.

 

[Aikicomp]

You could also add our style of Ju-Jitsu to the list. My teacher studied various styles of MA and took aspects from Karate, Judo, Savate and Aikido and created an American style naming it Gen Lee.

Technically, it should refered to as Goshinjutsu because it is a more accurate assessment of what our purpose is as a whole, Self Defense.

I however will always refer to it as what my teacher named it when he founded the system.

I had recently got back in touch with a student who started and is head of a new organization for the promotion and preservation of the original Gen Lee system. It was my pleasure to go to his school and see him and observe what he has done to further our style. The organization is called the Shinriryu Goshinjutsu Seikikai the website can be found at http://seikikai.netfirms.com/ Take a look if you like there's a lot of info and pictures and such.

We are not a well known style, but, Nick never cared about popularity and was never one to want to be a commercial type of MA, basically he just wanted to help people get through life and live well through the only medium he knew....which was the martial arts. Lord knows he helped me, my wife and many others during his time in this world.

Me being retired from operating a school (just teaching a select and private group of students) I'm happy to see that Izzy has taken it upon himself to further our system and continue to train and teach Gen Lee Ju-Jitsu, Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu and Muso Shinden Ryu Iaido.

I am and think Nick would be proud of his perseverance through many trying and difficult situations and setbacks to do the one thing that Nick, Dom, Teddy, Peg, myself and many of our other students and teachers wanted to accomplish and that was to just...............help people.

Michael

 

[Daniel Sullivan]

jeet kune do

kenpo

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One question: By "American," do you mean United States of America American or do you mean North, Central, and South America? You will get a different spectrum of answers depending upon how narrowly you use the term.

Daniel