CASA DE KENPO - BROWN BELT - SNAKES OF WISDOM

[LynnVicia]

One of the things that always gets me about 'moves'; the 'opponents' always move with them. I studied Kodokan Judo, Hun Gar, and a few informal disciplines. In Judo, we learned many throws and how to flow from one attempt to the next as our opponent adjusted. In this example, most opponents would brace and trap, making the arm bars nearly impossible. Can anyone describe the dynamic for reactive opponents in this instance? Just curious, thanks!

[ATACXGYM]

@LynnVicia I'm a Kodokan Judo BB as well as Kenpo,TKD,Urban Hapkido 5th dans,Urban Capoeira Coach,plus a dan in Shaolin Kempo Karate and I'm a boxing,Muay Thai,and grappling coach.What you see is called "the Ideal Phase" and it lacks functionality. Properly and functionally trained? A Kenpoist's heel palm claw to the eyes (think palm strike+Tiger Claw rake) crushes thoughts of bracing and trapping but if he does? Kenpo's concepts of inserting,suffixing,rearrangin­g,etc. allows instant adjustment.

[ATACXGYM]

This is a pretty rare situation but I saw two big guys grab a little guy by the shoulders in front of a group of teenage girls.They growled and threatened and pushed the kid away from them.I caught up to the kid on the other side of the skating rink with his nerd buddies,gave him my card.He and his sister joined.Now he could do all kinds of damage to those big guys but he's grown enough as a person to not want to or place himself in a position like that anymore.To me? That's real martial arts.

[robtravsean]

hey do you guys ever come to redding california? i train there..where i live. scott halseys kenpo karate. trained there for 11 years just about. there is a big tournament here on the 30th this month. all should attend.

[elektroindi]

Xcellent technique

[LirahXP]

i love this move so simple and yet very effective