I liked this. Watching Kenpo demonstrations, I've sometimes wondered how the techniques could generate enough power to actually be effective, as on the surface they often look fast but light-handed. Jeff provides some hints here how force can actually be generated with those techniques, and I found the subject intriguing.
I'm really interested in learning kenpo. Does anyone here who knows what the heck they are talking about have any advice? it seems like half the people on youtube just like to say negative things for the hell of it so please don't waist my time with bullshit. I am very serious about my martial arts and expect the same from you. The reason i am thinking of learning kenpo is because of the fast paced, precise striking. I feel like it would suit my fighting style well.Thanks for reading.
@MrBotheman First thing is to not get caught in hype of any martial art, just the man no style. That being said, American Kenpo is truly the science of street fighting. Its not about tradition or glamour its about breaking down your opponent like a game of chess. It uses physics geometry along with anatomy to kill your attacker. Its a rated R system. Ive added some concepts of themal dynamics to the parker system and have seen amazing results, anyway. The thing you want to do is:
@gabeschlaf : Be weary of the many teacher who have takin Ed Parkers system and basterdized it, without any real concept of science and street combat. Since Mr. Parker passed, there have been a lot of drama involving his system and who knows it betters.. yada yada. My advice, if you want to lean about the body and how to break it down talk and learn from a DR. If you want to learn about physics go to a proffesor not some dude in a robe and black belt.(no disrepect to any Black belts)
@gabeschlaf Point being that just because someone has a black belt doesnt mean they are an expert in motion, or biology. Its means in most cases that they are just a person who has memorized a series of movements. Key word MOST. That said, you want to live the system, be able to explaine the tech not just regergitate back up when asked. Also remember that it very easy to pull off a tech when your UKE is just standing there, opposed to reality. That said I would start with
@gabeschlaf Ed Parkers books vol 1-5 and his kenpo encyclapedia.Learn what martial arts/Kenpo isnt first! and then your mind and heart will be primed for what is useful and what is a waste of time.Also Region highly determines what caliber of Kenpo Teacher is there.Also, there are ealier versions of Kenpo,do your homework,know whrere and why martial arts are here and how they have evolved and by whom and what.that said,dont get too caught up in the past,Taylor it to your enviorment.
@gabeschlaf All that said, Mr. Speakman in my opinion is one of the best sources for American Kenpo, and has an extreme overflow of knowlege of motion as well as what Mr. Parker was trying to teach. Speakman is legit head to toe. Most people dont have the understanding to really get what speakman in teaching, so they fear it and that makes them lash out. His teachings are all about the details. Minor adjustments that lead to less energy consumption, and maximun power output.
directional harmony back knuckle!?! I would love to meet mr. speakman. after breaking his arm, i would fuck him in his ass in front of his family. directional harmony ass fuck i mean.
everyone is an idiot, asking the question of why your oppenent stands still while you practice is the same as asking why there isn't someone shooting live rounds at you when you go to the range, wouldn't someone shooting back at you be more "practicle" at the range. do yourselves a favor, get off your butts, and go to a dojo and train. morons
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.
Love the explanation...a lot of so-called Masters (Aaron Kravetz) gloss over the reason behind either not really knowing or having been trained in the hard arts that the soft arts don't blend with them well. It's tournament this, ground-n-pound that, with no control of their technique or movement.
A lot of arm movement with lttl rooting. That's why I tend to incorporate Tai Chi slow form.
@garcia356 Aaron Kravetz has been studying TaiChichuan since the 1980s. He received his main training from Wen Xu who was an indoor student of Ma Yueh Liang who was considered one of the top 100 martial artists in China.
I will say that he teaches to the student and their needs, which he is more than capable of doing. I know that Master Kravetz has more than 30 years of experience and many students who love him. I can only assume you have a personal problem with him.
@laoxinat Arron is a personal friend of mine. I studied under Master Kravetz (he has earned that title) while he had his school in Sahuarita, Az. His roots are in Kenpo. He studied his Kung Fu under Master Camacho, whom I've also met and worked with re: sword forms, crane, snake, and a few other techniques when Aaron brought him in. My remarks are aimed at Aaron's teaching style. He would not give a reason or demonstration for techniques a lot of the time.
@laoxinat Arron is a personal friend of mine. I studied under Master Kravetz (he has earned that title) while he had his school in Sahuarita, Az. His roots are in Kenpo. He studied his Kung Fu under Master Camacho, whom I've also met and worked with re: sword forms, crane, snake, and a few other techniques when Aaron brought him in. My remarks are aimed at Aaron's teaching style. He would not give a reason or demonstration for techniques a lot of the time.
@umaralansari Number one, that's age. Two, Martial Artist doesn't always = tri-athelete. Three, he's teaching Martial Arts, not aerobics. The fact that size doesn't matter up and down the scale is what makes martial arts accessible to everyone.
Ok so I watched it 5 times in a row. Now I will go home and finally tell my wife how I feel about her bossing me around all the time!! Shielding Hammer here we go!!
the thing is what alot of people don't realize is they tell you in kenpo training that you will NOT pull off every single technique within a combo. that amount of strikes are strung together to teach follow through, allowing for body movement, and to teach what the body is MOST LIKELY to do when struck in a certain manner. kenpo training IS NOT about absolutes like so many other arts tend to be at times. it is about this is how you get from point A to point Z if you can't make B-Y work...
Kenpo, is the conditioning of speed and transitional power that comes from full body movement. These techniques are practiced slow, so they can be seen and analysed. In a real life situation, the techniques you have been tought will surface instintivily, this is what the techniques are for. Kenpo utillizies alot of vital strikes, which allows for the Kenpo student to control the fight. Any true martial arts is deadly, so to use it at full speed and contact, to prove its lagitimacy well....
I have read some of these comments and find many short sighted about it's use. Some claim that the target is not going to move, or combat is chaotic. This is not intirely true, as a student of Kenpo/karate I have experienced several fights where the techniques that I have learned quickly ended the fight. If I where to punch someone in the groin, the person would bent down instictively, thus I would bring order to this so called chaos allowing me to set up another series of techniques.
I could forgive the "BadGuy" for not moving if the demonstrated technique was 1 or mabye 2 simple movements, but so much of Kenpo seems based on the idea of stringing together 10+ movements where A sets up B sets up C sets up D etc.
It doesn't work like that. BadGuy's NEVER going to just stand there stunned & let Kenpo-man pull off a combo like that.
Maybe I'm wrong. I'd love to see something other than a demonstration where this sort of combo is performed. If theres a link please show me.
"As variables become routine, appropriate responses become second nature and spontaneous. Such responses may be necessary in the street where a surprise attack may eliminate ones ability to examine all of the possible options. Only instinctive responses, developed through logical training methods and conditioning, prov...ide the proper transfer of knowledge required in these situations."
I disagree. A lot. I do Wing Chun, & the ONLY similarity between WC & Kenpo is: they're both primarily striking arts. Other than that, they're as different from each other as 2 striking arts can possibly be. They're different in terms of basic principles, training methodology, & basic assumptions about what is and is not possible in a fight.
@Lisuilong73 Wrong, Kenpo is all about the flow of the technique from one strike to the other. Most "techniques" in Kenpo are designed to teach a concept rather that "if attacked this way, move left foot, counter with right hand, etc.". This is designed to train the Kenpoist to be spontaneous. The trapping of Wing Chun and the double-factor and checking concept of Kenpo all come from the same basic Chuan-Fa foundation, but took different paths.
As straight as the bald guy was facing, when he came in to punch, I would front kick, alot less complex, and he would be open to a wide array of attacks after that initial kick.
I learn kenpo this shit hurts, even if the hits are just "love taps". Any real kenpo instructor isn't gonna do any technique sloppy on u, coz technically, u're supposed to be able to defend urself from the get go.
None of this punch and high kick training shit for 3 years coz flashy = waste of time and useless.
@steve, yes and no, u can't really do well in anything unless u practise, u should give it a go, once u do technique line, u'll see that u gotta do it seriously, otherwise it'll hurt
@fuzzcentralage very good question..techniques and drills are just reference points, same as in boxing or grappling. it would be really great if the attacker just hit once and froze as we did our thing. but you know that doesn't happen and hopefully instructors know this too. real fights are chaos, but chaos is hard to practice. while i personally don't train in a strict kenpo system there are alot of practical things within it that can be applied to any art.
@MrByaeger Sir, the solution to the "chaos" situation of real combat is simply to practice Shielding Hammer vs the boxing 1-2 aaand the power jab. and the 1-2 knee, 1-2 kick, etc.
@fuzzcentralage most people go for one hit haymakers in fights or tackles. the mind is not clear in a frantic situation. real fight =/= sparring drill/competition
@diamondmoney007 The “most dangerous fighter” you have ever seen? I think Jeff Speakman is a very talented martial artist and instructor, but most dangerous fighter, hardly. There’s a difference between being a martial artist and being a fighter.
William Chow, Ed Parker, Sean Kelly, Frank Trejo, Bart Vale, Steve Sanders, Sam Kuoha, and many other Kenpoists were all street and/or in-ring fighters, but not him. Speakman is good but the names I mentioned before, those are the real Kenpo fighters.
interesting theory about older styles and big movement... I've met many Tai Chi men who take that long movement from practice and shorten it right up in application, Long path to short path. The force that those strikes have is beyond belief for the small distance used. Long path is great for training balance, relaxation in the strike and muscle memory. It all leads to great force when shortened and like the crack of a bullwhip, it takes a lot of practice. All worth it in the end. Peace.
sensei jeff speakman, great video. i hope you do more, it would help me alot. im a 1rst degree black, and i have been realy inspired by the way you execute the forms and the techniques. im really trying to be the best and be like ou. take care master.
I liked this. Watching Kenpo demonstrations, I've sometimes wondered how the techniques could generate enough power to actually be effective, as on the surface they often look fast but light-handed. Jeff provides some hints here how force can actually be generated with those techniques, and I found the subject intriguing.
Tigerpaws9097826 2 weeks ago
I'm really interested in learning kenpo. Does anyone here who knows what the heck they are talking about have any advice? it seems like half the people on youtube just like to say negative things for the hell of it so please don't waist my time with bullshit. I am very serious about my martial arts and expect the same from you. The reason i am thinking of learning kenpo is because of the fast paced, precise striking. I feel like it would suit my fighting style well.Thanks for reading.
MrBotheman 1 month ago
@MrBotheman First thing is to not get caught in hype of any martial art, just the man no style. That being said, American Kenpo is truly the science of street fighting. Its not about tradition or glamour its about breaking down your opponent like a game of chess. It uses physics geometry along with anatomy to kill your attacker. Its a rated R system. Ive added some concepts of themal dynamics to the parker system and have seen amazing results, anyway. The thing you want to do is:
gabeschlaf 1 month ago
@gabeschlaf : Be weary of the many teacher who have takin Ed Parkers system and basterdized it, without any real concept of science and street combat. Since Mr. Parker passed, there have been a lot of drama involving his system and who knows it betters.. yada yada. My advice, if you want to lean about the body and how to break it down talk and learn from a DR. If you want to learn about physics go to a proffesor not some dude in a robe and black belt.(no disrepect to any Black belts)
gabeschlaf 1 month ago
@gabeschlaf Point being that just because someone has a black belt doesnt mean they are an expert in motion, or biology. Its means in most cases that they are just a person who has memorized a series of movements. Key word MOST. That said, you want to live the system, be able to explaine the tech not just regergitate back up when asked. Also remember that it very easy to pull off a tech when your UKE is just standing there, opposed to reality. That said I would start with
gabeschlaf 1 month ago
@gabeschlaf Ed Parkers books vol 1-5 and his kenpo encyclapedia.Learn what martial arts/Kenpo isnt first! and then your mind and heart will be primed for what is useful and what is a waste of time.Also Region highly determines what caliber of Kenpo Teacher is there.Also, there are ealier versions of Kenpo,do your homework,know whrere and why martial arts are here and how they have evolved and by whom and what.that said,dont get too caught up in the past,Taylor it to your enviorment.
gabeschlaf 1 month ago
@gabeschlaf All that said, Mr. Speakman in my opinion is one of the best sources for American Kenpo, and has an extreme overflow of knowlege of motion as well as what Mr. Parker was trying to teach. Speakman is legit head to toe. Most people dont have the understanding to really get what speakman in teaching, so they fear it and that makes them lash out. His teachings are all about the details. Minor adjustments that lead to less energy consumption, and maximun power output.
gabeschlaf 1 month ago
@gabeschlaf Wow, that was a mouth full. lol thanks for responding to my post. i;ll be sure to keep all that in mind.
MrBotheman 1 month ago
@gabeschlaf cosign
ATACXGYM 2 weeks ago
I see alot of wasted time and motion but you are on the right track
sifurey 2 months ago
directional harmony back knuckle!?! I would love to meet mr. speakman. after breaking his arm, i would fuck him in his ass in front of his family. directional harmony ass fuck i mean.
JiffJaffa 2 months ago
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KidsKicksforChrist 3 months ago
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KidsKicksforChrist 3 months ago
Jeff alwayas demonstrates a one of the best arm thechnics.
TheMarshan900 3 months ago
Blinding speed keeps ur opponent confused & daze while he getting his butt kicked! Smash em' bro!!.
aifala 3 months ago
geezus krist! (intentionally misspelled)
TeslaDRay 4 months ago
jeff speakman = faggot
SUPERSTUD6000 4 months ago
@SUPERSTUD6000 SUPERSTUD6000= faggot.
FacelessMan6212 4 months ago
@FacelessMan6212 facelessman6212 = nut hugger
SUPERSTUD6000 4 months ago
everyone is an idiot, asking the question of why your oppenent stands still while you practice is the same as asking why there isn't someone shooting live rounds at you when you go to the range, wouldn't someone shooting back at you be more "practicle" at the range. do yourselves a favor, get off your butts, and go to a dojo and train. morons
aknewway 6 months ago
@aknewway
amen to that.
TeslaDRay 4 months ago
That was awesome!
31ninjablack 6 months ago
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
The way he moves is unbelievable!
SuperSam279 7 months ago
Love the explanation...a lot of so-called Masters (Aaron Kravetz) gloss over the reason behind either not really knowing or having been trained in the hard arts that the soft arts don't blend with them well. It's tournament this, ground-n-pound that, with no control of their technique or movement.
A lot of arm movement with lttl rooting. That's why I tend to incorporate Tai Chi slow form.
garcia356 7 months ago
@garcia356 Aaron Kravetz has been studying TaiChichuan since the 1980s. He received his main training from Wen Xu who was an indoor student of Ma Yueh Liang who was considered one of the top 100 martial artists in China.
I will say that he teaches to the student and their needs, which he is more than capable of doing. I know that Master Kravetz has more than 30 years of experience and many students who love him. I can only assume you have a personal problem with him.
laoxinat 4 months ago
@laoxinat Arron is a personal friend of mine. I studied under Master Kravetz (he has earned that title) while he had his school in Sahuarita, Az. His roots are in Kenpo. He studied his Kung Fu under Master Camacho, whom I've also met and worked with re: sword forms, crane, snake, and a few other techniques when Aaron brought him in. My remarks are aimed at Aaron's teaching style. He would not give a reason or demonstration for techniques a lot of the time.
garcia356 4 months ago
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@laoxinat Arron is a personal friend of mine. I studied under Master Kravetz (he has earned that title) while he had his school in Sahuarita, Az. His roots are in Kenpo. He studied his Kung Fu under Master Camacho, whom I've also met and worked with re: sword forms, crane, snake, and a few other techniques when Aaron brought him in. My remarks are aimed at Aaron's teaching style. He would not give a reason or demonstration for techniques a lot of the time.
garcia356 4 months ago
Jeff at the end is the Perfect weapon
AbhiB 8 months ago
Chunky for someone who practices martial arts for a living.
umaralansari 8 months ago
@umaralansari Number one, that's age. Two, Martial Artist doesn't always = tri-athelete. Three, he's teaching Martial Arts, not aerobics. The fact that size doesn't matter up and down the scale is what makes martial arts accessible to everyone.
MultiStarkindustries 7 months ago
@MultiStarkindustries Still, chunky.
umaralansari 7 months ago
i wanna see all that in slow mo lol he is fast!
ghostface320 10 months ago
Ok so I watched it 5 times in a row. Now I will go home and finally tell my wife how I feel about her bossing me around all the time!! Shielding Hammer here we go!!
glenlackey2 1 year ago
the thing is what alot of people don't realize is they tell you in kenpo training that you will NOT pull off every single technique within a combo. that amount of strikes are strung together to teach follow through, allowing for body movement, and to teach what the body is MOST LIKELY to do when struck in a certain manner. kenpo training IS NOT about absolutes like so many other arts tend to be at times. it is about this is how you get from point A to point Z if you can't make B-Y work...
TheTigerRF 1 year ago
is this the guy from the movie when he kickes the guy in the football helmet in the face for hitting his brother?
diolade2002 1 year ago
@diolade2002 yes
arcanemuses 10 months ago
Kenpo, is the conditioning of speed and transitional power that comes from full body movement. These techniques are practiced slow, so they can be seen and analysed. In a real life situation, the techniques you have been tought will surface instintivily, this is what the techniques are for. Kenpo utillizies alot of vital strikes, which allows for the Kenpo student to control the fight. Any true martial arts is deadly, so to use it at full speed and contact, to prove its lagitimacy well....
Malkuthdum 1 year ago
I have read some of these comments and find many short sighted about it's use. Some claim that the target is not going to move, or combat is chaotic. This is not intirely true, as a student of Kenpo/karate I have experienced several fights where the techniques that I have learned quickly ended the fight. If I where to punch someone in the groin, the person would bent down instictively, thus I would bring order to this so called chaos allowing me to set up another series of techniques.
Malkuthdum 1 year ago
I could forgive the "BadGuy" for not moving if the demonstrated technique was 1 or mabye 2 simple movements, but so much of Kenpo seems based on the idea of stringing together 10+ movements where A sets up B sets up C sets up D etc.
It doesn't work like that. BadGuy's NEVER going to just stand there stunned & let Kenpo-man pull off a combo like that.
Maybe I'm wrong. I'd love to see something other than a demonstration where this sort of combo is performed. If theres a link please show me.
TwoGunGunnar 1 year ago
"As variables become routine, appropriate responses become second nature and spontaneous. Such responses may be necessary in the street where a surprise attack may eliminate ones ability to examine all of the possible options. Only instinctive responses, developed through logical training methods and conditioning, prov...ide the proper transfer of knowledge required in these situations."
jadeezy21 1 year ago
this is great, it has simular principles to wing chung
Jamac007 1 year ago
@Jamac007
I disagree. A lot. I do Wing Chun, & the ONLY similarity between WC & Kenpo is: they're both primarily striking arts. Other than that, they're as different from each other as 2 striking arts can possibly be. They're different in terms of basic principles, training methodology, & basic assumptions about what is and is not possible in a fight.
TwoGunGunnar 1 year ago
@Jamac007
Wrong. In wing chun they flow "in the moment". What you are seeing is a string of moves strung together on an inactive opponent.
What Bruce called "dissecting a corpse".
Lisuilong73 1 year ago
@Lisuilong73 Wrong, Kenpo is all about the flow of the technique from one strike to the other. Most "techniques" in Kenpo are designed to teach a concept rather that "if attacked this way, move left foot, counter with right hand, etc.". This is designed to train the Kenpoist to be spontaneous. The trapping of Wing Chun and the double-factor and checking concept of Kenpo all come from the same basic Chuan-Fa foundation, but took different paths.
MultiStarkindustries 7 months ago
As straight as the bald guy was facing, when he came in to punch, I would front kick, alot less complex, and he would be open to a wide array of attacks after that initial kick.
Tamadrummer1981 1 year ago
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m16team47 1 year ago
I learn kenpo this shit hurts, even if the hits are just "love taps". Any real kenpo instructor isn't gonna do any technique sloppy on u, coz technically, u're supposed to be able to defend urself from the get go.
None of this punch and high kick training shit for 3 years coz flashy = waste of time and useless.
@steve, yes and no, u can't really do well in anything unless u practise, u should give it a go, once u do technique line, u'll see that u gotta do it seriously, otherwise it'll hurt
Kolestarol 1 year ago
You can't micromanage a fight like this. All this stuff is way too complicated and will never work.
SuperSneakySteve 1 year ago
and how come i've never seen shit like this in a real fight?
fuzzcentralage 1 year ago
@fuzzcentralage very good question..techniques and drills are just reference points, same as in boxing or grappling. it would be really great if the attacker just hit once and froze as we did our thing. but you know that doesn't happen and hopefully instructors know this too. real fights are chaos, but chaos is hard to practice. while i personally don't train in a strict kenpo system there are alot of practical things within it that can be applied to any art.
MrByaeger 1 year ago 4
@MrByaeger Sir, the solution to the "chaos" situation of real combat is simply to practice Shielding Hammer vs the boxing 1-2 aaand the power jab. and the 1-2 knee, 1-2 kick, etc.
ATACXGYM 2 weeks ago
@fuzzcentralage most people go for one hit haymakers in fights or tackles. the mind is not clear in a frantic situation. real fight =/= sparring drill/competition
Feijoada1 1 year ago
This guy Speakman is the most dangerous fighter i have ever seen,,, his style is no joke,,, I am hoping to begin to learn Kempo next year.
diamondmoney007 1 year ago
@diamondmoney007 The “most dangerous fighter” you have ever seen? I think Jeff Speakman is a very talented martial artist and instructor, but most dangerous fighter, hardly. There’s a difference between being a martial artist and being a fighter.
William Chow, Ed Parker, Sean Kelly, Frank Trejo, Bart Vale, Steve Sanders, Sam Kuoha, and many other Kenpoists were all street and/or in-ring fighters, but not him. Speakman is good but the names I mentioned before, those are the real Kenpo fighters.
barrettokarate 1 year ago
Thanks
kodran08 1 year ago
interesting theory about older styles and big movement... I've met many Tai Chi men who take that long movement from practice and shorten it right up in application, Long path to short path. The force that those strikes have is beyond belief for the small distance used. Long path is great for training balance, relaxation in the strike and muscle memory. It all leads to great force when shortened and like the crack of a bullwhip, it takes a lot of practice. All worth it in the end. Peace.
unclesuave 1 year ago
Fucking idiot.
iamgodan 1 year ago
@iamgodan don't talk about yourself like that.
CLAYTONLANDA601 1 year ago
kenpo is amazing.. looks like something out of a video game.. king of fighters..
Fenzi010 1 year ago
Jeff Speakman is BOSS! He can kick ass at any age.
musicispower84 2 years ago
Man, Jeff Speakman is a great teacher. He explains things well.
spadaydaga 2 years ago 19
sensei jeff speakman, great video. i hope you do more, it would help me alot. im a 1rst degree black, and i have been realy inspired by the way you execute the forms and the techniques. im really trying to be the best and be like ou. take care master.
alexcolman1 2 years ago
Hes gonna be jabbing with his left...not stepping through with his left. No one uses "step through jabs". All of Shielding Hammer might not apply : /
..great concepts though...
TheBXSici1ian 2 years ago
That is AWESOME! Thank you MAXKENPO50.
jazzkenpo 2 years ago
great stuff high five to the uploader you rock thanks. chris
cmoore300 2 years ago
NOW that's KENPO! (5.0) of course.
kenpojoe815 2 years ago