In fact, in the Speakman techniques, he changed the old right step through attacks into left jab followed by a right cross like in boxing.(thundering hammers, attacking mace, five swords..........) Watch his yellow to black belt DVD`s and you will see.
But untrained people, most of the time, hit with right step through punches, because they think, longer way means more power.
While it is true that being in good shape is preferable to being obese, true martial arts do not absolutely require it. Arts such as Kenpo & Kung Fu have an internal structure that the practitioner must "find." Once said practitioner finds his structure, he can ironically become lazier with his technique (meaning he no longer has to strictly follow textbook motions for the techniques to work). While Mr. Speakman does appear to be over-weight, his Kenpo is better now than when he was young.
Not bad, but i noticed alot of broken motion, no sequential flow of motion. I dont see corners being cut nor e-longated circles. Jeff moved better in Perfec Weapon.
I also train kenpo bigtime and I combine it with a bit of jiu jitsu and kick boxing, is not my intention to be a champion of kenpo or whatever, but what I do gives me more space to develop techniques in the street. Also I am sure what I would do to defend myself or neutralize a criminal, if there is a chance.
why are they hurting each other ... that seems a lil too much at the end there but wow, nice powerful stuff.. Yes, i realize we need to be ready for real situations by training in such ways but that last one was over the top..knee to floating ribs..ouch....
kenpo 5.0 is a more aggresive system of ed parkers american kenpo karate. mr speakman will b advancing to 8th dan n his vegas seminar dont miss it if ur a kenpo inthusiest like me
That's a cool training method aside from 98% of the class standing around while you're doing it. They need something to do. But I love Speakman! Long live the perfect weapon!
This isn't the way we train all the time, this is just the way we set it up during belt tests to show everyone doing the technique. Obviously, some parts of this technique line were cut out.
I don't know about everybody here but I absolutely love this stuff!!! I think Speakman is the man. I want so badly to enter a school again but money won't permit me to at this time. I believe I will again soon and when it happens, I want to attend this school or Ron Chapel's Science studio.
My instructor is Jason Mather, the brown belt who gets hurt at the end. He ended up having three broken ribs from his friend and instructor, Dan Pribble.
Pribble is a cunt who can't fight (just watch his sparring videos on youtube--laughable displays of Kenpo) so he has to pick on dummies to show how "tough" he is that lil goatee wearing bald headed ooh look how tuff I look faggot.
great video, im now shorin-ryu ,but i was a green belt at bivens kenpo karate academy,that was 16 years back when Jt wills, school was going good at columbus ohio but jeff speakman is the man thanks to the great (ED parker )
This is to xtremekenpo. We train the way we do to honor the past and keep fresh in or minds the teaching of those that came befor us. your pose to use what you learn as a blus print for the really world ans that is all meaning you may not use them both togeather but i bet you will use them apart at some point
I love Kenpo bigtime!!....but seriously??.....who on the street ACTUALLY punches with their right foot lunging forward while executing a right punch???? None that I've dealt with...and I'm a street cop! We have to stop training that way!
I think he meant a step-through punch. Stepping with the same side as punching. I take Aikido and the "Classical Aikido" the attacks are unpractical, so we do "Comabt Aikido" use street attacks and modern weapons, but still practice the "art" learning Kendo and Bo Staff, as well as other weapons, Knives, sticks, even guns.
@xtremekenpo I also train kenpo bigtime and I combine it with a bit of jiu jitsu and kick boxing, is not my intention to be a champion of kenpo or whatever, but what I do gives me more space to develop techniques in the street. Also I am sure what I would do to defend myself or neutralize a criminal, if there is a chance.
@xtremekenpo i think we've all been watching too many mma matches. fights on the street rarely involve two combatants dancing around looking for an opening. usually one or another loses it and comes flying in with a punch a tackle etc. i had a video called 100 real street fights captured on video and they actually almost without exception begin that way. please look for that dvd on sale on the internet and prove it to yourself.
@kenpoka65 They also don't involve a partner standing still as he is being attacked. MMA fighters are the best trained fighters in the world. I train people in self defense and we spar live to see if a judo throw would work after a double jab. Kenpo is old and outdated. We use moves along the lines of Kapap, Krav Maga, JKD and Clear Combat.
@clearcombat MMA fighters only fight within their weight class. They know WHEN they're going to fight. They know WHO they're going to fight. They even dress and stretch prior. How can you call it fighting when you can spend a year training for the exact time, place, and person?
@nabyeongshin MMA fighters weigh in at 170, are walking around at 190. They have the ability to fight people much heavier than themselves. I am in private security and have demolished people 50 pounds heavier than me because of the mma skills. Secondly, Krav Maga was created in 1930, way before American Kenpo. Learn your history.
@xtremekenpo I agree totally, I am a former London cop and most of the self defence scenarios in Kenpo are unrealistic. I have practised Kenpo for 24 yrs and if you think your going to pull off a known Kenpo technique out of the bag when under pressure your going to be disappointed folks.
@ellul613 I'm calling a BULLSHIT penalty! If you've studied kenpo for that long, you'd KNOW that the techniques are not intended to be pulled off as practiced. Each technique is intended to teach a variety of principles, and those individual principles are what the practitioner relies on when reacting naturally to an attack. No two kenpo practitioners will look or react the same way when attacked.
@nabyeongshin You can go into any school here in the UK and pretty much everyone practises the same techniques to the book, spontaneity is not generally accepted too much. EP wanted us to take the principles of motion from these techniques and apply them in a spontaneous manner! But if we don't practice that way we are practising and drilling to fail! I am asking teachers & practitioners to take the art forward and perhaps embrace other skills to keep Kenpo a modern art with traditional values.
@xtremekenpo Anyone who's trained in the Japanese arts will favor right foot lunging /w right punch. How many people train in martial arts? A lot it seems. It may not be practical, but it happens a lot. If you're a cop, you'd know that most street fighters have no sense at all. Anything happens on the street, including the ridiculous.
@nabyeongshin You saying Krav Maga was developed in the 30's would be like me saying the origins of Kenpo date back centuries. Krav Maga has been remodified a dozen times over throughout the years, borrowing from a variety of styles. I've studied Kung fu San Soo, Kenpo, Krav Maga, and Judo. All four are taught the SAME way: 1st w/ a willing participant (as seen above) then the transition to freestyle, which is not so pretty. Learn YOUR history and rely on wikipedia less.
Guys we all practise the same wonderful system developed by sgmep,regardless of wot alphabet ur under,or how ur group practises it,rather than fighting amonst urselves surely its better to cooperate, then american kenpo will be as strong as it was under sgmep
you said yellow belt and that is a universally recognizable belt ranking. thats pretty early in training. Id say if you put a lot of time in thats about 8-10 months. So again you are in no place to make such a judgement. If you are involved American Kenpo you would not have such judgement, take the time to understand the art before you pass judgement.
Well in Kyokushin, Yellow belt is halfway, I'm now a Graan belt, have been for about 4 months now, each system has different ranking orders, belts are meaningless anyway, it just shows you train hard and haven't quit, again NOT PASSING JUDGEMENT here, I'm stating my opinion I still maintian that all the little slaps and whatnot are useless, especially if the person has a fair bit of training, I will however say that the ground techniques at the end were really good and would like to see more.
I'm puzzled: you said the "slaps" are useless? If those slaps are delivered to vital body points, then they can become critical blows. A strike, or slap, to the carotoid area of the neck can cutoff blood flow to the brain which could produce temporary unconsciousness if not more serious injury. Or if it's sent to the esophgal area, that could prove exrtemely dangerous. But sometimes they can be used as diversions giving way to more lethal blows. I have to disagree with you on that.
Another major oversight here is that the slaps aren't really slaps but healhand strikes and chops with the latter being delivered to parts of the head, i.e., the temporal and jawbone regions.
You're right, I appologize, I guess I didn't look at them closely enough, I was looking at this from the perspective that " my art is better than yours", which was stupid , A couple of guys from our Dojo went to a Kenpo Dojo and the guy just insulted Kyokushin the whole time, and I guess i just had a bad taste in my mouth with regards to Kenpo, again, I appologize for any insult, it wasn't meant as such, OSU!!.
From a Kenpo guy to a Kyokushin guy, i apologize if any person insulted your art. pride is one thing, but insulting your art is foolish. Mas Oyama was a great man and a devastating fighter. Kyokushin should be feared and respected. Please dont take the words of one and let it sour you on the whole. the two arts are vastly different but both are effective and have strong lineages. Respect to you.
Excellent technique,v powerful.i like the fact u include grappling,our amkka kenpo system has a grappling support system called kenpo street grappling(k.s.g)used in addition to the ep system,glad to see kenpo is evolving.
this post is grait Mr. Speakman's class is first rait. He has taken what Mr. Parker has taugh him. and continued to propetuait the art KENPO lives I have met boath men so I know what im talking about.
Yeah I guess I was being a jerk when I wrote that - I apologize for my stupid comment, to all that study Kenpo - I studied it before and think the style at it's core is unique. Bjon
ARE U NUTS??!! ELVIS DID NOT TEACH KENPO!! Ed Parker taught Elvis. He was interested in martial arts and became friends with Ed Parker. He was the King of Rock&Roll. ED PARKER IS THE FATHER OF AMERICAN KARATE.
Truely impressive! I am a Tae Kwon Do practitioner but Mr.Speakman was the one who inspired me to train in the arts. Kenpo was my first art but wasn't available where I was to be stationed on my 2nd overseas tour in the UK as a military policeman. Thank you Mr Speakman!
Looking good guys!! Keep up the good work!! I wish I had more time so I could go back to kempo. Just wanna give a big wassup to my kempo brothers all around the world no matter what system. Raymond Olis brown belt Okinawa Shin Kan Kempo, Hawaii
A real American Kenpo school is FAR from a McDojo. I practice both Kenpo and BJJ to stay rounded and they compliment each other very well, people get so caught up with "My art is better" which is so detrimental to actually learning martial arts IMO.
if you ask maybe they will carry a video camera around everywhere so they can show its street effectiveness. most martial arists dont go around starting fights to prove themselves or their art unless they have self esteem issues
Once again, you prove that the Internet and phones have made heroes and tough guys of us all. The phony tough and crazy brave always make the most noise. You are my hero cinndirella! You are so big and strong.
try and throw in the likes off begging hands, triggered salute, clutching feathers, on the next video. good stuff though and maybe a few two man techniques also ickk
Kenpo is one of the greatest martial arts out there, and one of the best and most realistic for self defense.(Kenpo and Krav Maga are perhaps the only two that almost always works on the street.) Speakman is awesome. great work!
Can I get some info here...where is this school, does Speakman teach the classes...this line drill is an everyday occurance or just for demo...and anything else you'd like to share. Speakman/school website...
Line drills are just that drills they are held often and focus on certain techniques. Mr. Speakman does at times teach in his schools but no more than his touring/lecture circuit. Other than perhaps Huk Planas and Frank Trejo and perhaps Lee Wedlake, Mr. Speakman is the best black belt in Kenpo.
TO EVERYONE WHO IS NEGATIVE ABOUT MR. SPEAKMAN: I would appreciate if you kept your negative opinions to yourself. People come here to see clips of Mr. Speakman. They don't need the any bull remarks from Speakman haters. I have trained with Mr. Speakman and HE is the best at what He does!!!
I agree 1000 %.... their seems to be some people who should have finished a good education and understand the what the art is all about..they will inevitably receive a good humbling ....Eric
What is with these dumb ass punks.Most could'nt fight there way out of a wet paper bag without the help of a bunch of their punkass friends with guns and knives.Glacies that gun statment makes you look like a real pussy .Your barking up the wrong tree.There are kenpo dojos all over the USA stop in to your local dojo and tell em what you said on here and prepare for the ass beating of your life.
Kenpo is a fucking joke. So is martial arts. its just a bit of fun now a days to impress people . If you fight me, sure maybe you can win....then i wait for you in the parking lot the next day with a gun.....who wins then?
Adding to what you've said, martial arts teach elements not taught in streetfighting: temperance, grace, proper movement, when-to-do, how-to-do, balance, focus, timing. There are more but space won't allow it. Just look at clips on tube of street fights and see how they compare with what's here. Guarantee you'll see a striking difference. BTW, you can apply the mentioned principles to any form of fighting, including(which might be the most popular example) boxing.
I'd say Kempo from my understanding is scientfic karate for streetfighting. I know Ed Parker modified it so you could use it in a street fight. Until you study it don't bad mouth it or any other style. Also alot of the techniques from Kempo 5.0 can not be used in MMA. So you really haven't fought a real kempo fighter unless its for real.
This style of karate sucks. I enter frequent full contact free style tournaments and I've never been beaten by this style. (And a lot of people use it)
you need to learn the first rule of karate....respect for all. This style is not meant for tournaments, it's meant for real. Go attack a 5.0 black belt if you dare.
This style isn't meant to necessarily win in these tournaments. It is designed to allow you to save your life which it does very well. Every martial art is good at what it's designed to do and not necessarily good at what it isnt meant for.
I love kenpo, it is by far the best martial art i've practice or study; I've seen brazian jiu-jitsu, other styles of karate, etc. Nothing comes close. KENPO RULES!!
don't get me wrong, i'm sure its much more effective than the northern shaolin kung fu I wasted my time with, but it just seems like they're relying on the hope that their attacker is only going to throw one attack, then keep their limb out in the air and stand there while they defend themselves with a flurry of 2345235 punches and kicks in under 3 seconds.
it may seem that way when you're watching techs practiced in the 'ideal phase' (like in this video), but the reality is, every kenpo technique has built-in checks in case the attacker throws follow up attacks or reacts in an unpredictable manner. take note of what the non-striking hand or foot is doing during the 2345235 strikes in 3 secs. also, none of these techs is meant to be done exactly this way in real combat. it's not about a sequence of motion, it's about principles of motion.
Retired member AKKA American Kenpo Karate Assoc out of Denver, Colorado ( Greg Graham ) ! THANX for the video, brings back ALOT of memories! Do not mistake what you are watching...children. This is a brutal ART FORM! The men in here appear to be "seasoned" in their belt ranks or years. Many days were I crippled by this Art which INSIDE KUNG FU magazine calls "arguably" the most brutal form of martial art on the planet...We trained to break bones. Nothing more.
And I can see how proud of them you are, as you have posted footage of them for us to see...You hold a 2nd to my nuts. How bout some info on your school tough guy.
You must be answering some other comment. This is not my vid only came across it. Have 19 yrs teaching rec'd 1st from Ed Parker in 90 and 2nd from Norman Sandler (5th)in 95. Kenpo isn't about being tough - but a true martial artist would know that. Sonds like you flunked a test....
*have seen better technique lines with my yellow belts. too much flash even for kenpo - i hold a 2nd. *
No, answering your "yellow Belt" comment, by the way, those are my students and friends in the vid. So if your yellow belts are so great...lets see thier vids. As for a true martial artist, humility is obviously an attribute you must have skipped.
The 1st move in most kenpo techs disrupts the opponents balance in some way. For example in Five Swords the leg stepping in is driven into the opponents lead leg (or step in with a knee kick and stomp as military experts like Applegate and Fairburn taught). This creates a swinging away of the other hand; a cross extensor spinal reflex, that over-rides any signal to punch.
(continued) Also - kenpo techs are taught stepping in, away from and to the side of punches, the last of these is the best but sometimes you end up inside and have to do your best. Stepping back is a bad idea as your opponent can come fwd a lot faster than you can back up. The likes of Fairburn etc taught to move INTO the opponent; to rapidly close, unbalance and destroy. Any delay only gives your attacker more time to pound you to a pulp. Hope that answers your question.
what fitzpase said.. as well as the fact, thruout that first technique, there are supposed to be checks on the opposite side. first strike (right hand), third (left hand) strike, and fourth strike (right hand). a good kenpoist would block the second punch (if it were thrown), and improvise from there.
Yeah, i was trying to say that the techniques would be very useful. The defenders are very skilled would make the attackers look like fools in the streets.
I disagree. Most of the punches thrown are roundhouse punches. Defenders block these punches away from the head because of the angle they are thrown. Even if the attacker throws a straight punch, they throw it where the other persons head "was". Moving and parrying quickly allows for them to miss. Try to hit a moving target, it's nearly impossible for an inexperienced street fighter.
anorris2123. That's when the element of surprise comes in. You can either be a counter-attacker or a starter--when the opponent least expect it. This way this combo will work.
To tell you the truth, I don't think there's a chance these guys will last in a real fight. Notice how when they punch, they purposefully punch away from their sparring partners head. Let me tell you something, what makes a thug punch AWAY from your head? Absolutely nothing, so if these guys think that they can train while the punches won't even hit, well, if they ever get in a fight they'll know the've been training wrong. Because the thug won't miss on purpose.
@nabyeongshin Stop being such a fan boy of Kenpo. Kenpo means "chinese fist" and comes from a from of kung fu. Learn your history.
clearcombat 3 weeks ago
To xtremekenpo
In fact, in the Speakman techniques, he changed the old right step through attacks into left jab followed by a right cross like in boxing.(thundering hammers, attacking mace, five swords..........) Watch his yellow to black belt DVD`s and you will see.
But untrained people, most of the time, hit with right step through punches, because they think, longer way means more power.
aikikenpo 2 months ago
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While it is true that being in good shape is preferable to being obese, true martial arts do not absolutely require it. Arts such as Kenpo & Kung Fu have an internal structure that the practitioner must "find." Once said practitioner finds his structure, he can ironically become lazier with his technique (meaning he no longer has to strictly follow textbook motions for the techniques to work). While Mr. Speakman does appear to be over-weight, his Kenpo is better now than when he was young.
quanfa88 7 months ago
w w w.youtube.com/watch?v=0QRiFF0n-NY
watch link for kenpo techniques
mclovin08kenpo 7 months ago
Nicely Done!
HENRYAGRIKENPO 10 months ago
Not bad, but i noticed alot of broken motion, no sequential flow of motion. I dont see corners being cut nor e-longated circles. Jeff moved better in Perfec Weapon.
sandypolice3 10 months ago
That extension at the end of leaping crane...vicious but beautiful!!
KiddSketch 10 months ago
I also train kenpo bigtime and I combine it with a bit of jiu jitsu and kick boxing, is not my intention to be a champion of kenpo or whatever, but what I do gives me more space to develop techniques in the street. Also I am sure what I would do to defend myself or neutralize a criminal, if there is a chance.
wwwTombroker 1 year ago
Nice choreography.
ValoSGonzalez 1 year ago
el final!!!! notable!!
jajajaja
rdcrisosto 1 year ago
why are they hurting each other ... that seems a lil too much at the end there but wow, nice powerful stuff.. Yes, i realize we need to be ready for real situations by training in such ways but that last one was over the top..knee to floating ribs..ouch....
232323C 1 year ago
kenpo 5.0 is a more aggresive system of ed parkers american kenpo karate. mr speakman will b advancing to 8th dan n his vegas seminar dont miss it if ur a kenpo inthusiest like me
YugiohGod666 1 year ago
did they copy the game Tekken
YipManneke 1 year ago
Hand strikes set up the kicks. Kicking is the objective of the advancing technique.
davepamn 2 years ago
LOL that little guy is vicious as hell.
KungFuKid1015 2 years ago 2
Cool technique line and some nice extensions but I never heard the technique gripping leaves.(Is this technique from Ed Parker?)
Salute
KenpoGer1
KenpoGer1 2 years ago
@KenpoGer1 - No, it was a technique created by Mr. Speakman to show that we've incorporated ground fighting into the equation.
jadeezy21 1 year ago
That's a cool training method aside from 98% of the class standing around while you're doing it. They need something to do. But I love Speakman! Long live the perfect weapon!
dudewheresmytoast 2 years ago
@dudewheresmytoast
This isn't the way we train all the time, this is just the way we set it up during belt tests to show everyone doing the technique. Obviously, some parts of this technique line were cut out.
jadeezy21 1 year ago
You are real fortunate to train there, I would love to have that experience!
Keep training!
kempoxyz 1 year ago
I love technique lines.
sixxx51 2 years ago 2
I don't know about everybody here but I absolutely love this stuff!!! I think Speakman is the man. I want so badly to enter a school again but money won't permit me to at this time. I believe I will again soon and when it happens, I want to attend this school or Ron Chapel's Science studio.
woodie62 2 years ago
Did that dude just get his ribs cracked?
Makubex628 2 years ago
he was not ok
doodlepugs 2 years ago
My instructor is Jason Mather, the brown belt who gets hurt at the end. He ended up having three broken ribs from his friend and instructor, Dan Pribble.
Animalofthedeep 2 years ago
Pribble is a cunt who can't fight (just watch his sparring videos on youtube--laughable displays of Kenpo) so he has to pick on dummies to show how "tough" he is that lil goatee wearing bald headed ooh look how tuff I look faggot.
GohModley 2 years ago
Wow. You're ignorant.
Animalofthedeep 2 years ago
Now that is a technique line. Great work!
millhouse23 2 years ago
great video, im now shorin-ryu ,but i was a green belt at bivens kenpo karate academy,that was 16 years back when Jt wills, school was going good at columbus ohio but jeff speakman is the man thanks to the great (ED parker )
tonysrhensley 2 years ago
LOL
GohModley 2 years ago
This is to xtremekenpo. We train the way we do to honor the past and keep fresh in or minds the teaching of those that came befor us. your pose to use what you learn as a blus print for the really world ans that is all meaning you may not use them both togeather but i bet you will use them apart at some point
reon9 2 years ago
I love Kenpo bigtime!!....but seriously??.....who on the street ACTUALLY punches with their right foot lunging forward while executing a right punch???? None that I've dealt with...and I'm a street cop! We have to stop training that way!
xtremekenpo 2 years ago 7
no ones thrown a jab at you???it wouldnt have mattered if they threw the punch off the back leg the same defense coulda been done, in my opinion.
osbornehunter 2 years ago
I think he meant a step-through punch. Stepping with the same side as punching. I take Aikido and the "Classical Aikido" the attacks are unpractical, so we do "Comabt Aikido" use street attacks and modern weapons, but still practice the "art" learning Kendo and Bo Staff, as well as other weapons, Knives, sticks, even guns.
KungFuKid1015 2 years ago
@xtremekenpo I also train kenpo bigtime and I combine it with a bit of jiu jitsu and kick boxing, is not my intention to be a champion of kenpo or whatever, but what I do gives me more space to develop techniques in the street. Also I am sure what I would do to defend myself or neutralize a criminal, if there is a chance.
wwwTombroker 1 year ago
@xtremekenpo And would if someone did?
AndriaLiR1337 11 months ago
@xtremekenpo i think we've all been watching too many mma matches. fights on the street rarely involve two combatants dancing around looking for an opening. usually one or another loses it and comes flying in with a punch a tackle etc. i had a video called 100 real street fights captured on video and they actually almost without exception begin that way. please look for that dvd on sale on the internet and prove it to yourself.
kenpoka65 10 months ago
@kenpoka65 They also don't involve a partner standing still as he is being attacked. MMA fighters are the best trained fighters in the world. I train people in self defense and we spar live to see if a judo throw would work after a double jab. Kenpo is old and outdated. We use moves along the lines of Kapap, Krav Maga, JKD and Clear Combat.
clearcombat 10 months ago
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nabyeongshin 4 weeks ago
@clearcombat MMA fighters only fight within their weight class. They know WHEN they're going to fight. They know WHO they're going to fight. They even dress and stretch prior. How can you call it fighting when you can spend a year training for the exact time, place, and person?
nabyeongshin 4 weeks ago
@nabyeongshin MMA fighters weigh in at 170, are walking around at 190. They have the ability to fight people much heavier than themselves. I am in private security and have demolished people 50 pounds heavier than me because of the mma skills. Secondly, Krav Maga was created in 1930, way before American Kenpo. Learn your history.
clearcombat 4 weeks ago
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nabyeongshin 3 weeks ago
@xtremekenpo Ever seen the "gangster rush"?
diestroduende 8 months ago
@xtremekenpo I agree totally, I am a former London cop and most of the self defence scenarios in Kenpo are unrealistic. I have practised Kenpo for 24 yrs and if you think your going to pull off a known Kenpo technique out of the bag when under pressure your going to be disappointed folks.
ellul613 5 months ago
@ellul613 I'm calling a BULLSHIT penalty! If you've studied kenpo for that long, you'd KNOW that the techniques are not intended to be pulled off as practiced. Each technique is intended to teach a variety of principles, and those individual principles are what the practitioner relies on when reacting naturally to an attack. No two kenpo practitioners will look or react the same way when attacked.
nabyeongshin 3 weeks ago
@nabyeongshin You can go into any school here in the UK and pretty much everyone practises the same techniques to the book, spontaneity is not generally accepted too much. EP wanted us to take the principles of motion from these techniques and apply them in a spontaneous manner! But if we don't practice that way we are practising and drilling to fail! I am asking teachers & practitioners to take the art forward and perhaps embrace other skills to keep Kenpo a modern art with traditional values.
ellul613 3 weeks ago
@xtremekenpo Anyone who's trained in the Japanese arts will favor right foot lunging /w right punch. How many people train in martial arts? A lot it seems. It may not be practical, but it happens a lot. If you're a cop, you'd know that most street fighters have no sense at all. Anything happens on the street, including the ridiculous.
nabyeongshin 4 weeks ago
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@nabyeongshin You saying Krav Maga was developed in the 30's would be like me saying the origins of Kenpo date back centuries. Krav Maga has been remodified a dozen times over throughout the years, borrowing from a variety of styles. I've studied Kung fu San Soo, Kenpo, Krav Maga, and Judo. All four are taught the SAME way: 1st w/ a willing participant (as seen above) then the transition to freestyle, which is not so pretty. Learn YOUR history and rely on wikipedia less.
nabyeongshin 3 weeks ago
I've got a black belt in Ishinruy, Kenpo looks awesome. This school rocks.
brucelee8l 2 years ago
does anyone go to Jeff Speakman's Hye-Kenpo Extreme Karate?
Abercrombie548 2 years ago
This is great. That's what our kenpo line looks like as well. I'm glad to find Kenpo on the net that's the real deal!
Much respect to Speakman
rickyhurtado 3 years ago
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This is getting out of hand,r u so insecure u gotta bring guns into it,wots wrong with ur kenpo?
vpxuk 3 years ago
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If its like that ickk,then he aint worth the hassle,leave him to his low self esteem and mediocrety!!!your vid speaks for itself
vpxuk 3 years ago
Guys we all practise the same wonderful system developed by sgmep,regardless of wot alphabet ur under,or how ur group practises it,rather than fighting amonst urselves surely its better to cooperate, then american kenpo will be as strong as it was under sgmep
vpxuk 3 years ago
How do you know where I am in my training cobralord?, I'm not judging this at all, I do however see plenty of openings to get a good hit in.
Tamadrummer1981 3 years ago
you said yellow belt and that is a universally recognizable belt ranking. thats pretty early in training. Id say if you put a lot of time in thats about 8-10 months. So again you are in no place to make such a judgement. If you are involved American Kenpo you would not have such judgement, take the time to understand the art before you pass judgement.
CobraLord 2 years ago
Well in Kyokushin, Yellow belt is halfway, I'm now a Graan belt, have been for about 4 months now, each system has different ranking orders, belts are meaningless anyway, it just shows you train hard and haven't quit, again NOT PASSING JUDGEMENT here, I'm stating my opinion I still maintian that all the little slaps and whatnot are useless, especially if the person has a fair bit of training, I will however say that the ground techniques at the end were really good and would like to see more.
Tamadrummer1981 2 years ago
I'm puzzled: you said the "slaps" are useless? If those slaps are delivered to vital body points, then they can become critical blows. A strike, or slap, to the carotoid area of the neck can cutoff blood flow to the brain which could produce temporary unconsciousness if not more serious injury. Or if it's sent to the esophgal area, that could prove exrtemely dangerous. But sometimes they can be used as diversions giving way to more lethal blows. I have to disagree with you on that.
woodie62 2 years ago 11
Another major oversight here is that the slaps aren't really slaps but healhand strikes and chops with the latter being delivered to parts of the head, i.e., the temporal and jawbone regions.
woodie62 2 years ago
You're right, I appologize, I guess I didn't look at them closely enough, I was looking at this from the perspective that " my art is better than yours", which was stupid , A couple of guys from our Dojo went to a Kenpo Dojo and the guy just insulted Kyokushin the whole time, and I guess i just had a bad taste in my mouth with regards to Kenpo, again, I appologize for any insult, it wasn't meant as such, OSU!!.
Tamadrummer1981 2 years ago
I don't like any kind of karate much. I like the art but I can't stand the way it's taught-- this is not 1930 and we're not Japanese paramilitaries.
So for karate people to argue about what style of karate is better is beyond dumb, IMO. But you see that kind of thing a lot from karate people.
carcosa 2 years ago
From a Kenpo guy to a Kyokushin guy, i apologize if any person insulted your art. pride is one thing, but insulting your art is foolish. Mas Oyama was a great man and a devastating fighter. Kyokushin should be feared and respected. Please dont take the words of one and let it sour you on the whole. the two arts are vastly different but both are effective and have strong lineages. Respect to you.
violentbuddha 2 years ago
Excellent technique,v powerful.i like the fact u include grappling,our amkka kenpo system has a grappling support system called kenpo street grappling(k.s.g)used in addition to the ep system,glad to see kenpo is evolving.
vpxuk 3 years ago
I like this drill it seems pretty intense. good for endurance and awarness and also reaction time. Nice concept they have.
KungFuKid1015 3 years ago
this post is grait Mr. Speakman's class is first rait. He has taken what Mr. Parker has taugh him. and continued to propetuait the art KENPO lives I have met boath men so I know what im talking about.
moonlace9 3 years ago
Excelente escuela e igual maestro.
z8laz8 3 years ago
Yeah I guess I was being a jerk when I wrote that - I apologize for my stupid comment, to all that study Kenpo - I studied it before and think the style at it's core is unique. Bjon
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paulnnikki 3 years ago
Easy killer, I'm not insulting this, I'm just stating an observation.
Tamadrummer1981 3 years ago
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I'm a Yellow belt in Kyokushin, I'm not going to insult this art, but it seems like theres alot of wasted energy and movment here.
Tamadrummer1981 3 years ago
You don't know what you're talking about.
jadeezy21 3 years ago 3
no matter the style... your too early in your training to make any kind of judgment.
CobraLord 3 years ago
you've got it backwards. Grandmaster Ed Parker taught Elvis. Parker is the founder of American Kenpo.
georgegibbs33 3 years ago
This is the style that Elvis taught Ed Parker. The King knew everything!
Trappist14 3 years ago
ARE U NUTS??!! ELVIS DID NOT TEACH KENPO!! Ed Parker taught Elvis. He was interested in martial arts and became friends with Ed Parker. He was the King of Rock&Roll. ED PARKER IS THE FATHER OF AMERICAN KARATE.
Bladestar7 3 years ago
He was probably a young dude. "14" was probably his age!
woodie62 2 years ago
Truely impressive! I am a Tae Kwon Do practitioner but Mr.Speakman was the one who inspired me to train in the arts. Kenpo was my first art but wasn't available where I was to be stationed on my 2nd overseas tour in the UK as a military policeman. Thank you Mr Speakman!
justin811j 3 years ago
Looking good guys!! Keep up the good work!! I wish I had more time so I could go back to kempo. Just wanna give a big wassup to my kempo brothers all around the world no matter what system. Raymond Olis brown belt Okinawa Shin Kan Kempo, Hawaii
onesteptoyourdreams 3 years ago
Haha I know Mr. Speakmen myself, I've trained with him alot. I currently do American Kenpo down in Orlando, FL. It is awesome.
TheSandMan3333 3 years ago
Holy shit!! Proof that martial arts isn't about throwing 3 kicks in the middle of a somersault. this is raw!!!
georgegibbs33 3 years ago
This my friend is American Kenpo Karate with a taste of Speakman. Awsome stuff.
LoneWolf138 3 years ago
I'm glad someone thinks that way as well. Good viewing skills!
woodie62 2 years ago
I just watch it and watch it... I dont get tired of watching, great level, great technique, great master
gegs11 3 years ago
very nice! luv it ;)
egdqv13234 3 years ago
This is good showing of Mr.Parker's kenpo..not some mcdojo BS
jmagoni 3 years ago
Ed is watching and smiling!
dabart 3 years ago 2
TRULY INSPIRATIONAL...OSU!!!
HELLZZARMY 3 years ago
by far the best clip around here.
aikikenpo 3 years ago
Kenpo is so sick with it. Awesome.
rickyhurtado 3 years ago
Very impressive !! I currently attend the Del Rosa school with my two kids..Hope to be at that level in a few years.. Eric
CFFD25 3 years ago
A real American Kenpo school is FAR from a McDojo. I practice both Kenpo and BJJ to stay rounded and they compliment each other very well, people get so caught up with "My art is better" which is so detrimental to actually learning martial arts IMO.
TheHegemon1 3 years ago 3
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The grappling's a joke...I really hate McDojo's.
jackadamia11 3 years ago
I love the contact! I love my Kenpo school in Florida, but I would love to try this drill. Some of their Kenpos look sweet. Leaping crane is bad ass!
EnergyKI 3 years ago
hye kenpo rox
Rendan360 3 years ago
dam... i miss this shiat... speakman can kick me in the stomach full force... it would be a honor ...
kenpo9599 4 years ago
i`w like to see them in the street, not so easy eh?cowards
CINNDIRELLA 4 years ago
if you ask maybe they will carry a video camera around everywhere so they can show its street effectiveness. most martial arists dont go around starting fights to prove themselves or their art unless they have self esteem issues
caindog29 4 years ago 3
I've been real fights before and other situations where kenpo has given me immeasurable help and self-confidence.
Th1mastermike 4 years ago
lame dude
opti2007 3 years ago
Kempo sucks!!!!,jiu jitsu rules!!!
CINNDIRELLA 3 years ago
Once again, you prove that the Internet and phones have made heroes and tough guys of us all. The phony tough and crazy brave always make the most noise. You are my hero cinndirella! You are so big and strong.
ymerej5h 3 years ago
try and throw in the likes off begging hands, triggered salute, clutching feathers, on the next video. good stuff though and maybe a few two man techniques also ickk
thejoelad 4 years ago
Awesome I have just found a dojo near me can't wait til I can go.
johnm543 4 years ago
Jeff Speakman tank you .you the best the power is amazing!
pipocaloca 4 years ago
Their ability to control their power is amazing!
Ron73 4 years ago
this video clip is awsome i think im gona learn this system
karateman34 4 years ago 3
Kenpo is one of the greatest martial arts out there, and one of the best and most realistic for self defense.(Kenpo and Krav Maga are perhaps the only two that almost always works on the street.) Speakman is awesome. great work!
Th1mastermike 4 years ago 3
Lmao! The only two that work on the street? That's hilarious
CRDFightClub 4 years ago
Can I get some info here...where is this school, does Speakman teach the classes...this line drill is an everyday occurance or just for demo...and anything else you'd like to share. Speakman/school website...
Cofresi1202 4 years ago
Line drills are just that drills they are held often and focus on certain techniques. Mr. Speakman does at times teach in his schools but no more than his touring/lecture circuit. Other than perhaps Huk Planas and Frank Trejo and perhaps Lee Wedlake, Mr. Speakman is the best black belt in Kenpo.
docdice 4 years ago
Jeff Speakman . com
TravKenpo 4 years ago
Theres kenpo 5.0 DVDS availbe for sale, as well as normal kenpo dvds all over the internet just do a google search for them.
Th1mastermike 4 years ago
Speakman is amazing!
ChiefRedCloud 4 years ago
TO EVERYONE WHO IS NEGATIVE ABOUT MR. SPEAKMAN: I would appreciate if you kept your negative opinions to yourself. People come here to see clips of Mr. Speakman. They don't need the any bull remarks from Speakman haters. I have trained with Mr. Speakman and HE is the best at what He does!!!
TravKenpo 4 years ago 4
I agree 1000 %.... their seems to be some people who should have finished a good education and understand the what the art is all about..they will inevitably receive a good humbling ....Eric
CFFD25 3 years ago
So who said i am American?
Making wild assumptions are we?
You people have no concept of trolling.
Glacies12 4 years ago
glacies12 kiss my ass
yeaninja 4 years ago
nice one
yeaninja 4 years ago
What is with these dumb ass punks.Most could'nt fight there way out of a wet paper bag without the help of a bunch of their punkass friends with guns and knives.Glacies that gun statment makes you look like a real pussy .Your barking up the wrong tree.There are kenpo dojos all over the USA stop in to your local dojo and tell em what you said on here and prepare for the ass beating of your life.
slcalddrag 4 years ago
NO, why arnt guns faught with fists? Because guns are easier.
Glacies12 4 years ago
Kenpo is a fucking joke. So is martial arts. its just a bit of fun now a days to impress people . If you fight me, sure maybe you can win....then i wait for you in the parking lot the next day with a gun.....who wins then?
Glacies12 4 years ago
Enough said...Gun = fucking Pussy
lckk 4 years ago
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jadeezy21 2 years ago
a coward is a man behind a gun which mean you are not a man i do martial arts i would fuck you up.
yeaninja 4 years ago
What a stupid dumb arse comment...
jemibanez 4 years ago
me cuz i got one too LOL quit arguing don't like martial arts don't watch moron.
johnm543 4 years ago
hmmm.........assumin that someone would be going to the same place but yeah ok
opti2007 4 years ago
WOW MY FUCKING GOD!
Glacies12 4 years ago
Sorry but I'm out. (Not participating in this conversation anymore. No way of getting through to some people)
Glacies12 4 years ago
This style of karate cant compete with street fighting.
Glacies12 4 years ago
why do people always have to put styles down?
street fighting is not and never will be a martial art.
kenpo 5.0 is developed for the street but is still a martial art so in my opinion kenpo could do very well against streetfighting.
caramelcatfoot 4 years ago
Adding to what you've said, martial arts teach elements not taught in streetfighting: temperance, grace, proper movement, when-to-do, how-to-do, balance, focus, timing. There are more but space won't allow it. Just look at clips on tube of street fights and see how they compare with what's here. Guarantee you'll see a striking difference. BTW, you can apply the mentioned principles to any form of fighting, including(which might be the most popular example) boxing.
woodie62 2 years ago
run that by me bitch id fuck you up
yeaninja 4 years ago
I'd say Kempo from my understanding is scientfic karate for streetfighting. I know Ed Parker modified it so you could use it in a street fight. Until you study it don't bad mouth it or any other style. Also alot of the techniques from Kempo 5.0 can not be used in MMA. So you really haven't fought a real kempo fighter unless its for real.
thunderkarate 4 years ago
This style of karate sucks. I enter frequent full contact free style tournaments and I've never been beaten by this style. (And a lot of people use it)
Glacies12 4 years ago
you need to learn the first rule of karate....respect for all. This style is not meant for tournaments, it's meant for real. Go attack a 5.0 black belt if you dare.
jskkcameron 4 years ago
This style isn't meant to necessarily win in these tournaments. It is designed to allow you to save your life which it does very well. Every martial art is good at what it's designed to do and not necessarily good at what it isnt meant for.
shanevandrell18 4 years ago
I love kenpo, it is by far the best martial art i've practice or study; I've seen brazian jiu-jitsu, other styles of karate, etc. Nothing comes close. KENPO RULES!!
Th1mastermike 4 years ago
Mr.Parker was a genious.
420b4l 4 years ago
the 2nd and 3rd ones are my instructors
monkey93wipe 4 years ago
so much wasted motion and energy. tsk tsk.
queixada4 4 years ago
Nothing wasted. Gets the job done effectively!!!
TravKenpo 4 years ago
don't get me wrong, i'm sure its much more effective than the northern shaolin kung fu I wasted my time with, but it just seems like they're relying on the hope that their attacker is only going to throw one attack, then keep their limb out in the air and stand there while they defend themselves with a flurry of 2345235 punches and kicks in under 3 seconds.
queixada4 4 years ago
it may seem that way when you're watching techs practiced in the 'ideal phase' (like in this video), but the reality is, every kenpo technique has built-in checks in case the attacker throws follow up attacks or reacts in an unpredictable manner. take note of what the non-striking hand or foot is doing during the 2345235 strikes in 3 secs. also, none of these techs is meant to be done exactly this way in real combat. it's not about a sequence of motion, it's about principles of motion.
1point21Jigowatts 4 years ago
im a black belt in this
RazorBladeRain 4 years ago
hell yeah, is your instructor Mr. Speakman?
monstergebhart 4 years ago
¡the power of kenpo in action! ¡great vid guys!
riskko 4 years ago
Retired member AKKA American Kenpo Karate Assoc out of Denver, Colorado ( Greg Graham ) ! THANX for the video, brings back ALOT of memories! Do not mistake what you are watching...children. This is a brutal ART FORM! The men in here appear to be "seasoned" in their belt ranks or years. Many days were I crippled by this Art which INSIDE KUNG FU magazine calls "arguably" the most brutal form of martial art on the planet...We trained to break bones. Nothing more.
ghettosenator 4 years ago
God bless you Ed Parker. My cousin protected me
using Kempo. Nice vid and some of these guys typ
-ing in need an attitude adjustment. Thanks for
the vid Ickk and tell Speakman he's great.
IRONFISTSTRIKE 4 years ago
have seen better technique lines with my yellow belts. too much flash even for kenpo - i hold a 2nd.
thegypsytheacidqueen 4 years ago
And I can see how proud of them you are, as you have posted footage of them for us to see...You hold a 2nd to my nuts. How bout some info on your school tough guy.
lckk 4 years ago
You must be answering some other comment. This is not my vid only came across it. Have 19 yrs teaching rec'd 1st from Ed Parker in 90 and 2nd from Norman Sandler (5th)in 95. Kenpo isn't about being tough - but a true martial artist would know that. Sonds like you flunked a test....
thegypsytheacidqueen 4 years ago
*have seen better technique lines with my yellow belts. too much flash even for kenpo - i hold a 2nd. *
No, answering your "yellow Belt" comment, by the way, those are my students and friends in the vid. So if your yellow belts are so great...lets see thier vids. As for a true martial artist, humility is obviously an attribute you must have skipped.
lckk 4 years ago
kenpo!!! hell yeah!!!
KSDS671 4 years ago
yeaaaaaaah! kenpo!!!!
KSDS671 4 years ago
Wow! Nice
MichaelFrankel 4 years ago
Thanks for the responses guys. No one I've asked has ever been able to muster a good explanation for that.
jtheathus 4 years ago
i just met speakman 2 day
he came to a siminar at my dojo in varnell ga.
it was awesome, he taught alot of good stuff. it was an awesome expierence for the whole dojo.
and kenpo is a great style. i would love to take it.
gojumatt34 4 years ago
If only Seagal was as active and passionate about teaching and his fans as Jeff clearly is.
vadude68 4 years ago
i finally found the vid. oh and i like this video. great!
Marioforlife 4 years ago
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omg my karate teacher is in there ;D i gotta tell him this
Marioforlife 4 years ago
as being new to kenpo, how would i know if i had an excellent instructor that taught Mr. Parker's system?
guitarjpm 4 years ago
I don't understand why they step into the punches in the techniques and totally disregard the other fist.
jtheathus 4 years ago
The 1st move in most kenpo techs disrupts the opponents balance in some way. For example in Five Swords the leg stepping in is driven into the opponents lead leg (or step in with a knee kick and stomp as military experts like Applegate and Fairburn taught). This creates a swinging away of the other hand; a cross extensor spinal reflex, that over-rides any signal to punch.
fitzpase 4 years ago
(continued) Also - kenpo techs are taught stepping in, away from and to the side of punches, the last of these is the best but sometimes you end up inside and have to do your best. Stepping back is a bad idea as your opponent can come fwd a lot faster than you can back up. The likes of Fairburn etc taught to move INTO the opponent; to rapidly close, unbalance and destroy. Any delay only gives your attacker more time to pound you to a pulp. Hope that answers your question.
fitzpase 4 years ago
what fitzpase said.. as well as the fact, thruout that first technique, there are supposed to be checks on the opposite side. first strike (right hand), third (left hand) strike, and fourth strike (right hand). a good kenpoist would block the second punch (if it were thrown), and improvise from there.
madeku 4 years ago
graet movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
soraVSdora 4 years ago
Yeah, i was trying to say that the techniques would be very useful. The defenders are very skilled would make the attackers look like fools in the streets.
anorris2123 4 years ago
I disagree. Most of the punches thrown are roundhouse punches. Defenders block these punches away from the head because of the angle they are thrown. Even if the attacker throws a straight punch, they throw it where the other persons head "was". Moving and parrying quickly allows for them to miss. Try to hit a moving target, it's nearly impossible for an inexperienced street fighter.
anorris2123 4 years ago
anorris2123. That's when the element of surprise comes in. You can either be a counter-attacker or a starter--when the opponent least expect it. This way this combo will work.
BogsieMugsie 4 years ago
To tell you the truth, I don't think there's a chance these guys will last in a real fight. Notice how when they punch, they purposefully punch away from their sparring partners head. Let me tell you something, what makes a thug punch AWAY from your head? Absolutely nothing, so if these guys think that they can train while the punches won't even hit, well, if they ever get in a fight they'll know the've been training wrong. Because the thug won't miss on purpose.
Dashblades 4 years ago