What's wrong with American Kenpo?

[Blindside]

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• The old school Buffet Table. You Kenpo guys know what I'm talking about.

You have to develop your back up mass!

 

[Tames D]

You have to develop your back up mass!

Absolutely. The chinese restaurants in Pasadena made a killing...

 

[Tez3]

Is Kenpo always 'American' or is that an offshoot from something else? if this is going to start an argument please keep your insults witty and not personal.

 

[Touch Of Death]

Is Kenpo always 'American' or is that an offshoot from something else? if this is going to start an argument please keep your insults witty and not personal.

Kenpo means, Hands Of China, Like Qin-Po, or Chin-Po; and especially Kem-Po; so, it is essentially a way of saying that Kung Fu stuff from China. You study a variation yourself. Just put your styles name before the word Kenpo, and there ya go.

 

[Touch Of Death]

Kenpo means, Hands Of China, Like Qin-Po, or Chin-Po; and especially Kem-Po; so, it is essentially a way of saying that Kung Fu stuff from China. You study a variation yourself. Just put your styles name before the word Kenpo, and there ya go.

Before anyone freaks out, I means the Laws that govern the use of that kung-fu stuff from China.

 

[Touch Of Death]

I will say this, nobody doubts it when a guy comes, on here, and says, he learned some bad Kenpo.

 

[Dirty Dog]

I will say this, nobody doubts it when a guy comes, on here, and says, he learned some bad Kenpo.

Nobody doubts it when a person comes on here and says they learned some bad [insert name of any art here] either. Because bad teachers exist in every art.

 

[hoshin1600]

Is Kenpo always 'American' or is that an offshoot from something else? if this is going to start an argument please keep your insults witty and not personal.

If I understand your question correctly, ,
Kenpo is an actual Japanese word but it is also the common venacular used for the style with roots back to William chow. Therefore it is an American art since it was created by chow in Hawaii . But there are so many branches and organisation's it's crazy. To my knowledge one branch decided to call itself American kenpo.

 

[hoshin1600]

Also some branches refer to their organization as kempo which is a spelling of a verbal pronunciation in Japanese grammar.
To muddy the water even more there is an authentic style of okinawan kempo which is not related at all and I have heard of people calling their system American to distinguish between the two