European Kenpo Karate Championships - Dublin, Ireland 2001

[Undercoverdub]

Nice job guys.

[1973itsme]

I saw some of these guys in Jersey at the world championships 2008 and they are a credit to Ed Parkers kenpo. Well done Flaming Fist. BRILLIANT.

[FlamingFistKenpo]

Thanks for your kind words. We aim to please.

Matt Snell - Head Instructor of Flaming Fist American Kenpo Academy

[labhras99]

ok, i see

[TScheisskopf]

My god, what a stupid set of arguments. Silly "comparative penile dimension" crap.

You obviously have not left enough of that energy in puddles on the dojo floor, gentlemen. Time to train harder.

[mungrus]

nice to see cordination set 1 done to music for a change

[Morgo2910]

i competed @ that,the openinig to the vid is the co-ordination set,shudn b done in the forms tho,

all the americans get their ass kicked @ those comps,the Irish whipe the floor wi them,trust me,i no cos i always done it,

jimmys kenpo 2 life

IKKA

[Warrior011]

Ed Parker would demolish any fighter there is or was, the guy was 1 in 999,000,000,000 and he was a genius. I have respect for other feudal age styles, but when ignorant people like you come on here bashing on a master genius, it makes me want to flame your shitty "shokotan" aged arts to no good. Have respect for the man who introduced karate to America, without Parker, your bullshit MMA would be nothing, and Karate would be shit in USA and in most countries.

[caliber10]

All I have to say is PAUL MILLS A.K.K.I.

[feli2000]

And Larry Tatum Kenpo Karate Asociatons of Chile?.

[1826374]

karate is not a joke it is a great way to keep fit and a great way to protect urself. i go to a karate class and i luv it, its reali fun

[deathangelm2031]

alright octane throw a punch and see what my green belt in kenpo has to say about it...or a kick for that matter. anything you wanna tango with i have a response. and i bet my life on that.

[jimkel]

How can a watered down bastardised American money spinning "style" possibly compare to hundreds of years of Real Karate in Okinowa... Ed Parker dont make me laugh.

And yes I know their are a lot of amazing Kenpo practitioners but as i staded above kenpo is not Karate it is a modern Kung Fu/ Jujitsu style and cannot be compared to Karate like Shotokan

[jerryconnors]

have you ever done kenpo?

[jimkel]

Yes, I started when I was 6 years old, finished at 14, then tried a few other martial arts for a few years, returned to kenpo, and then finally settled on Shotokan, when I saw true Karate

[deuces0022]

lol @ 2:38

[joec06]

i rememer that comp! i was only like 13 at it tho! cant w8 for madrid in october!

[jimkel]

actually this is kenpo karate, meaning "Chinese of the fist" and has very little to do with Japanese "empty hand" Karate like Shotokan. so dont judge Karate by Kenpo, as kenpo is based on chinese styles , like kung fu, not actual Japanese Karate.

[Musurashi]

I'm sorry but are you talking about the original kempo system? If you are then that isn't what it means, and it is very much japanese. I'll give you part marks because all karate was derived from Chinese arts, which from my understanding, is very hard for the japanese masters to accept.

[jerryconnors]

it means open hands

[jimkel]

do some research

[octane7]

karate is such a joke