@EX007WindGod Kempo has it's origins in China to be sure - but there are Japanese influences and a style called Shorinji Kempo does exist! Ed Parker in detailing his karate lineage mentions the Mitose family(Japanese) and Chow(chinese)as having a great bearing on the Kenpo he was taught. We have the full history on our 'Family tree' in the dojo - try and see if you can see Parkers books Infinate Insights into Kenpo - should be in book 1.
Wow, if I wanna see two dudes kicking randomly without skillful blocks I would play runescape... What the hell happened to kempo laws of having snappy strikes? This was either fail Tae Kwon do or kick boxing at that...
0:25 Disqualified. That douche bag need to learn humility and show more respect for his opponent. That gesture might be be against the rules of THAT competition, but it is certainly against the spirit of the sport. Fuck 'em!
Isn't it interesting that people study Kenpo karate for years trying to master fancy moves, names, multiple combination strikes that would NEVER work. Have the Kenpo teachers with high ranks in Kenpo are out of shape and never been hit in the face or stomach. But when Kenpo guys really fight, it all looks like sloppy kickboxing, mixed with blue belt level Brazilian Jiujitsu and some Kyokushin karate. Beause that's what really works. The rest is fantasy Kenpo taught by fat gurus.
@franklingray i agree man its more of a street fighting style, kenpo competition fighting is crap i think, theres no control there just throwing there legs and arms trying to get that point, ive done it and dont like it at all, i normally just compete in forms now instead, yeah it wouldnt do well in UFC maybe if you have a background in Judo and BJJ it would then you'd have a ground game if you needed it but it is more for defense
Kenpo is designed for self defense...aka...protecting yourself from the mugger or the occasional bar fight. It's not meant for UFC or any sport. Sure, there are Kenpo tournaments, but that's just for fun and it really doesn't turn out to be real Kenpo.
So if you want to protect yourself, it's a good thing to add to your abilities. If you want to fight as a sportsman, don't even think about it. You will use some of it, but not enough to justify the time.
As for does it (American Kenpo) work, yes, but not in competition. The gloves rule out the pressure points from working and that is 90% of the art. Other things like groin and eyes and breaking bones isn't really allowed.
You can't really play fight with it either because if the pressure points are hit correctly, your friend can die, so you don't use them.
As for grappling, they do teach some but mostly to get up...do not fight on the ground.
Today there are many different versions of Kenpo and American Kenpo, especially now that the original creators of both are dead and no new leader was appointed, as their students and their students taught what they considered best for their students.
Ed returned to Utah and then got with other martial artist to come up with more material to teach. In the process, he got creative and started evaluating all he had learned and then came up with his own style, which he admits is only 10% kenpo, but still called it Kenpo. After a few name changes it is now called American Kenpo, but it really isn't Kenpo but a mix of a bunch of stuff.
Chow taught a few people which Ed Parker was one of them. Ed left before he completed his training to go to college in Utah. Ed started teaching Kenpo, but after a few years he ran out of material so he went back to Hawaii to get his black belt. Chow refused to train him...was not happy about him opening up a school in Utah...he didn't have permission.
First off, it is spelled Kenpo but is pronounced Kempo, that's why the confusion in translation.
Second, Kenpo originated in Hawaii but from a student named Chow who was taught by Mitose who is Japanese and came from Japan. I forget the name of Mitose's art, but it was a modified version of Kung Fu; he's ancesors went to China to study it, brought it back and changed it.
creo ke todos conocemos el origen de las artes marciales, no es mas ke la defensa de los viveres, asi ke nadie tiene la patente de dar patadas o puñetaos, todas son legitimas, y da lo mismo como las llamemos, pues cuando llevas muchos años en esto ves ke diferentes estilos tienen las mismas tecnicas, vengan de donde vengan. saludos a todos!
First of all kenpo is not meant for competition fighting.We don't hop around quickest way to get knocked off your feet is to not be on them.this guy deserved what he got.Second we teach always keep hands up , this guy during every plow against him flails his hands way up in a poor attempt to cover himself he lost the fight before it begain.love to see the guy in blue against my father the first high flying kick would be punishable by death or disfigurement.kenpo rarely kicks above the belt.
@7teamlosi7 First off - in part you are right, but developing kicks occurs in training, in sparring where you are allowed kick at the head but in a controlled fashion. If kenpo isn't for competition, why was it Ed Parker that set up the frist ever in California - where even Bruce Lee was introduced, Parker was all for competition in that it helped develop the right attributes - but I do take your point - real fight - you keep the kicks low - you like them high, be real good or see a movie.lol!
i used to think that kenpo was really cool looking but in reality when your in an adrenaline rush u cant really improvise, kenpo to me is just a bunch of presets waiting for a right moment and when your opponent is running at you what the hell are you going to do ?..tell him to stop
the reason why they don't use there techniques in fights is because kenpo techniques are a lot of strikes to the face and there techniques are meant to break a lot of bones and or kill the person becaus it's a lif threatneing situation. now other martial arts like muay thai are just flashy tournament fighting styles.
hi. i know you wrote this like 6 months ago but I just read it now. Muay Thai is a very tough style and the fights i´ve seen are not flashy. It has very powerful, nasty looking elbow and knee strikes, and its roundhouse kicks are sloppy but powerful. Muay thai requires a lot of training, or in a fight one can break a shin or an elbow very easily.It requires strict conditioning and is not a "tournament" style. I think you meant taekwondo, where you get a high ranking belt and spar
What's interesting is that when Kenpo/Kempo guys actually fight, all the fancy techniques with their names go out the window. I have seen a number of these fights now. What works is: Hard/Fast boxing like punches, Muay Thai style kicks (some karate kicks perhaps), and in MMA its submission grappling. I have yet to see any Kenpo/Kempo guy utilize any of the techniques I see demonstrated. This guy above fougth like a kyokushin karateka and won.
I think your comment goes for any 'style' of fighting really, they never seem to pull of the fancy specialist moves that they train in. Maybe its because when trained martial artists go up against each other it cancels each other out? Maybe each particular style's techniques would stand out if it was against a mere street thug? Who knows. I know as a doorman, i make kickboxing work quite well for me, mixed with a little aikido-type holds.
I agree with you that you would most likely use kickboxing and some stand up grappling to hold any unruly patrons as you throw them out. However, no patron with specialist martial arts skills and super athletic ability who has reached black belt or above would have the will to fight you. Would I be correct assuming that 99 per cent of the time, the idiots who cause trouble are either looking for it, or drunk, or both? And they're not trained to the bone mentally and physically?
which kenpo school are you training at? In mine we learn to escape from life threatening situations with groin strikes, eye gauges, and throat strikes. To use these techniques would be against the rules of martial sport. In sport you must obey rules, but on the street, where kenpo excels, there are no rules, just survival.
In addition to learning the above we also strength train and do a lot of work with punching/kicking bags to develop our speed and power, and we weight train on off days.
Bushido, like irishboss said, Kenpo techniques are a series of blows to the vital points (ie - the head & joints) that is meant to either paralyze (either momentarily or permanently ), break bones or simply to kill.
I've seen it used first hand on somebody who uses "street fighting". After a quick fight, "the homeboy" was limping and trying to rub his head back home.
@BushidoCode72 Once a Kenpo fighter learns the techniques to a manner of instinct and muscle memory, he is deadly with them. Put a Kenpo guy on the street against an untrained fighter and you'll see the techniques shown. But against another Martial Artist it is just not as easy to pull off the techniques like a movie fight.
i'd not be surprised about this to have muay thai moves or something like that. American Kenpo has borrowed moves from southeast asian martial arts like burmese kickboxing (which is close to Muay Thai)
Your both wrong and your both right, Kempo/Kempo is Japanese word meaning Constitution. The Japanese symbol ん means both N or M because you can basically pronounce it either way depending on the person or some words just sound like N sometimes M, but Japanese didnt originate with your Roman Alphabet so the sound is NOT N or M its ん Japanese is its own language,ん is a forein sound placed best it can into a roman alphebet to help westerners get a easy way to learn.
Of course im correct... IM GUAMKOMUDO!!! lol I just dont get why people get the idea that Japanese or Chinese write in English or something lol In Chinese they dont even have a sound based writing system, they made up the sounds first, then just made characters to mean the words, but Japanese does have a kind of alphebet though, 2 actually, not counting the Kanji symbols (Theres over 5000!!!) Personally I think Japanese should say screw Kanji! We have an alphebet now! lol
The Kanji symbols mean way of the fist, but the word Kenpo can be constitution as in government rules or something. Your right though as well. I dont even know why I brought that up... That translation I said has nothing to do with this video or conversations that take place here xD lol
@GuamKomudo did you know kung means fist and fu means law, translated into another asian language is kenpo, ken meaning fist po meaning law, kempo is just the american version,
Kung does not mean fist, and fu doesn't mean law... >.>
Kung fu means "skill" it has nothing to do with fighting with the exception that fighting can be a skill... If you're a noodle maker, that is your kung fu, the term is changed today. And in Japanese, "Kenpo" means "Constitution" where did you get this information, I am half Japanese, and speak Japanese. "Ken" by itself means sword, and idk what the hell "po" is by itself... But kempo means constitution, or law.
What language is it in? Because in Japanese Ken does in fact NOT mean fist, and Po does in fact NOT mean way. I speak Japanese, THAT'S my source... >.>
Kempo is not Hawaiian... Stop being wrong... There is Kempo in Hawai'i, and there is a "Hawaiian Kempo" which is actually Chinese. You want the legit Hawaiian martial art look up "Lua". Lua is the martial art of Hawai'i, which also has weapon fighting as well.
call me wrong for practicing hawaiian style kempo.
and even if there is lua, it's not the only hawaiian martial art
it would be like saying there's only one japanese martial art.
so lua may be legit, but so is hawaiian kempo, which is still different of chinese kempo in technique and stuff but the base is probably the same otherwise they wouldn't both be called kempo.
Sorry if I came off rude or something. I just meant by "legit" that Lua is strickly a Hawaiian martial art. Hawaiian Kempo is Hawaiian martial arts mixed with what they learned from Chinese merchants that came to their island. By Legit, I meant 100% Hawaiian. Lua is also very scary I would never do Lua, because half of it is making the other persons neck open so you can bite their throat out... >.>
Lua kinda makes sense since the original inhabitors were cannibals ^_^'
Durr every martial art has spread. But let's be honest, most martial arts have copied from others (well maybe not lua because it's from a secluded island) But karate, kung fu, kempo, ..., they would all not be what they are today if they didn't copy from others. So even if hawaiian kempo is partially chinese, in due time techniques will develop and become more original and in the end become a separate style.
@VuileTeef Lua was there a long time before Kenpo - it's still practised - I've a book and some dvds on it - the influences on Kenpo, as I study Kenpo, can be seen, it's a 'live' art like Filipino Escrima/Kali or Indonesian Silat - that is, it is used for battle, still to this day, and I also have Parker's 5 books 'Infinite Insights into Kenpo' Chow enouraged Parker to develop Kenpo in America but would not offer any help, so Ed had to go it alone, he never mentions any problems between them.
@GuamKomudo Wish more people understood this. Names and even simple sounds rarely if ever translate perfectly across languages, especially as different as English and Japanese - so the whole Kenpo/Kempo argument is really a waste of time. It shows how desperate some become to legitimize their art, or more accurately delegitmize other arts. Too bad.
@GuamKomudo Dunno if it means much but the Kenji characters the Japanese use for Kenpo/Kempo is "拳法" which if translated into Chinese means "quánfǎ" which is an old way of saying "Kung Fu".
I also use to be in Shaolin Kempo, and it's actually Kung fu and Karate, and also some Jujitsu, making it Japanese, Chinese, and Okinawan, it's also Korean due to the fact that they use the chambering of kicks which is a Korean style of kicking that they use. Kempo, especially "Shaolin" Kempo which is not anything to do with the actual Shaolin, is simply just a mix of martial arts of Asia...
What does Karate have to do with what I am saying... And the reason I know what I am talking about is because I speak Japanese. Kempo/Kenpo means "The law of the fist" This concept could also be translated into the English as a "Constitution" a "law" a set in stone system. And the concept of Karate (Empty hands) does not mean "empty hands" as we would say in English. I would translate that better in English as "unarmed" or "Holding no weapon". But I never talked of Karate anyway lol
Can you read? Or do you only hear what you have to say? Kenpo does not mean constitution it means Law of the fist just like I said earlier. What has karate have to do with it? Kenpo is a form of karate and karate means empty handed.(open hands) what means no weapons.
You can speak Japanese but did you practice Kenpo? Or do you only think it`s cool to talk about it...
YOU are not listening to me man xD haha I did Shaolin Kempo in Oregon. You misunderstand, I speak the language in which this combat system was named. There is no single way to translate a concept from Japanese to English. "The law of the fist" "The constitution of the fist" Is the same concept. It's not a wrong translation, as it implies the same concept... lol The word 拳法 Is derived from two concepts reprisented by two characters 拳 fist and 法 Law/Constitution. None is wrong, none is right
Maybe it's just me, but that doesn't look anything like kenpo - it looks more like TKD. Kenpo techniques are usually counter-active and don't focus so much on throwing kicks. Don't get me wrong - it was a great kick, but that doesn't look like any kenpo i've ever seen.
I had the same thought. Looks nothing like Kenpo. I've seen it a lot in tournaments. Kenpo guys are all Kenpoy and shit doing their katas and when they spar they turn into a taekwondo muhammad ali. What's with that?
What a bad sport, taekwondo is where it's at!
RORYMONAGHAN1 2 months ago
Man are they slow. Dancing around each other... cmon.
legendarysannin65 2 months ago
Wow! People are actually on here arguing on whether it's kempo or kenpo? Who cares? Just keep training. Jeez!
lookahere 5 months ago
@lookahere YEA! And its spelled KEMNMNPO! :O)
jiggahippo 1 month ago
@jiggahippo LMAO!!! Never seen it spelled quite like that.
lookahere 1 month ago
What was that flashing wings,, Thanks Bow
KidsKicksforChrist 7 months ago
lucky kick
RonnieCoffman 7 months ago
nice round house but i thought kenpo teaches to keep kicks waist level! LOL
MisterMouthy 8 months ago
@MisterMouthy No mate - controlled kicks are allowed - but if you want you can throw a head shot - I go for the head all the time myself! lol!
omurchu12 8 months ago
Dude from what i kno Kempo Chinese martial art not japanese ...do some more research . And thus 2 guys have no skill what so ever !!!
EX007WindGod 9 months ago
@EX007WindGod Kempo has it's origins in China to be sure - but there are Japanese influences and a style called Shorinji Kempo does exist! Ed Parker in detailing his karate lineage mentions the Mitose family(Japanese) and Chow(chinese)as having a great bearing on the Kenpo he was taught. We have the full history on our 'Family tree' in the dojo - try and see if you can see Parkers books Infinate Insights into Kenpo - should be in book 1.
omurchu12 8 months ago
Wow, if I wanna see two dudes kicking randomly without skillful blocks I would play runescape... What the hell happened to kempo laws of having snappy strikes? This was either fail Tae Kwon do or kick boxing at that...
TheGreekZombi 9 months ago
0:25 Disqualified. That douche bag need to learn humility and show more respect for his opponent. That gesture might be be against the rules of THAT competition, but it is certainly against the spirit of the sport. Fuck 'em!
newtubetubetube 9 months ago
did he died
wohs145 10 months ago
can someone give me a straight answer whats kempo. does deal with punching and kicking or what?
TheCoffeeNut711 10 months ago
@TheCoffeeNut711 Primarily hand - but kicks do exist in the style - not as much as say TKD
omurchu12 8 months ago
chinese kempo seems great
HewlFTL 10 months ago
OH SNAP
mradamhowell 11 months ago
fag fighting
knockoutassasin 11 months ago
bravo ma romaneeeeee!!!!!! creste inima in mine cand vad ca romanii ii domina pe altii:D
SpaZz208 1 year ago
its always the 'not having your hands up' that gets people. all the time.
franis9779 1 year ago
IT IS ALL OVER!
6000voltage 1 year ago
Isn't it interesting that people study Kenpo karate for years trying to master fancy moves, names, multiple combination strikes that would NEVER work. Have the Kenpo teachers with high ranks in Kenpo are out of shape and never been hit in the face or stomach. But when Kenpo guys really fight, it all looks like sloppy kickboxing, mixed with blue belt level Brazilian Jiujitsu and some Kyokushin karate. Beause that's what really works. The rest is fantasy Kenpo taught by fat gurus.
BushidoCode72 1 year ago
@BushidoCode72 It worked here and would work in any fight. I´m only very surprised they don´t wear protection, some of the attacks can be deadly.
HIHIMIII56 1 year ago
@franklingray i agree man its more of a street fighting style, kenpo competition fighting is crap i think, theres no control there just throwing there legs and arms trying to get that point, ive done it and dont like it at all, i normally just compete in forms now instead, yeah it wouldnt do well in UFC maybe if you have a background in Judo and BJJ it would then you'd have a ground game if you needed it but it is more for defense
TheIrishNatez 1 year ago
lucky shot
Enemyatthegates1 1 year ago
Kenpo is designed for self defense...aka...protecting yourself from the mugger or the occasional bar fight. It's not meant for UFC or any sport. Sure, there are Kenpo tournaments, but that's just for fun and it really doesn't turn out to be real Kenpo.
So if you want to protect yourself, it's a good thing to add to your abilities. If you want to fight as a sportsman, don't even think about it. You will use some of it, but not enough to justify the time.
FranklinGray 1 year ago
As for does it (American Kenpo) work, yes, but not in competition. The gloves rule out the pressure points from working and that is 90% of the art. Other things like groin and eyes and breaking bones isn't really allowed.
You can't really play fight with it either because if the pressure points are hit correctly, your friend can die, so you don't use them.
As for grappling, they do teach some but mostly to get up...do not fight on the ground.
FranklinGray 1 year ago
Today there are many different versions of Kenpo and American Kenpo, especially now that the original creators of both are dead and no new leader was appointed, as their students and their students taught what they considered best for their students.
FranklinGray 1 year ago
Ed returned to Utah and then got with other martial artist to come up with more material to teach. In the process, he got creative and started evaluating all he had learned and then came up with his own style, which he admits is only 10% kenpo, but still called it Kenpo. After a few name changes it is now called American Kenpo, but it really isn't Kenpo but a mix of a bunch of stuff.
FranklinGray 1 year ago
Chow taught a few people which Ed Parker was one of them. Ed left before he completed his training to go to college in Utah. Ed started teaching Kenpo, but after a few years he ran out of material so he went back to Hawaii to get his black belt. Chow refused to train him...was not happy about him opening up a school in Utah...he didn't have permission.
FranklinGray 1 year ago
First off, it is spelled Kenpo but is pronounced Kempo, that's why the confusion in translation.
Second, Kenpo originated in Hawaii but from a student named Chow who was taught by Mitose who is Japanese and came from Japan. I forget the name of Mitose's art, but it was a modified version of Kung Fu; he's ancesors went to China to study it, brought it back and changed it.
FranklinGray 1 year ago
creo ke todos conocemos el origen de las artes marciales, no es mas ke la defensa de los viveres, asi ke nadie tiene la patente de dar patadas o puñetaos, todas son legitimas, y da lo mismo como las llamemos, pues cuando llevas muchos años en esto ves ke diferentes estilos tienen las mismas tecnicas, vengan de donde vengan. saludos a todos!
3179Mik 1 year ago
Dude falling had made a U-turn hitting the floor lol!
WBailor 1 year ago
AiM BoT
iiReMz 1 year ago
always ALWAYS keep you guard up
abudd12 1 year ago
First of all kenpo is not meant for competition fighting.We don't hop around quickest way to get knocked off your feet is to not be on them.this guy deserved what he got.Second we teach always keep hands up , this guy during every plow against him flails his hands way up in a poor attempt to cover himself he lost the fight before it begain.love to see the guy in blue against my father the first high flying kick would be punishable by death or disfigurement.kenpo rarely kicks above the belt.
7teamlosi7 1 year ago
@7teamlosi7 First off - in part you are right, but developing kicks occurs in training, in sparring where you are allowed kick at the head but in a controlled fashion. If kenpo isn't for competition, why was it Ed Parker that set up the frist ever in California - where even Bruce Lee was introduced, Parker was all for competition in that it helped develop the right attributes - but I do take your point - real fight - you keep the kicks low - you like them high, be real good or see a movie.lol!
omurchu12 8 months ago
why no pads xP
NFuNFu 1 year ago
@NFuNFu Some styles do - some don't - Kyokushin don't either and they do ONLY ko's with kicks to the head in comps no punches to the head allowed.
omurchu12 8 months ago
yeahhh so good kick
falunfis 1 year ago
Kempo is a great kicking system.
davepamn 1 year ago
I love Kenpo so much
happiness over comes me when I watch videos about it
so glad I decided to take it
I feel like a completely different person
much love to all Kenpo stylist
m14nut 1 year ago
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morningskybutterfly 1 year ago
i used to think that kenpo was really cool looking but in reality when your in an adrenaline rush u cant really improvise, kenpo to me is just a bunch of presets waiting for a right moment and when your opponent is running at you what the hell are you going to do ?..tell him to stop
dancepeda 1 year ago
a big kick in the nuts. Problem Solved
tasui 1 year ago
nice quality camera. xD
I don´t understand why there are a kenpo competition when the tecniques are different than used.
If the tecniques aren´t unusefull to combat maybe should be not combats.
jarelgran 1 year ago
@jarelgran lol
dancepeda 1 year ago
the reason why they don't use there techniques in fights is because kenpo techniques are a lot of strikes to the face and there techniques are meant to break a lot of bones and or kill the person becaus it's a lif threatneing situation. now other martial arts like muay thai are just flashy tournament fighting styles.
irishboss29 2 years ago
@irishboss29
hi. i know you wrote this like 6 months ago but I just read it now. Muay Thai is a very tough style and the fights i´ve seen are not flashy. It has very powerful, nasty looking elbow and knee strikes, and its roundhouse kicks are sloppy but powerful. Muay thai requires a lot of training, or in a fight one can break a shin or an elbow very easily.It requires strict conditioning and is not a "tournament" style. I think you meant taekwondo, where you get a high ranking belt and spar
MartinPenabad 1 year ago
What's interesting is that when Kenpo/Kempo guys actually fight, all the fancy techniques with their names go out the window. I have seen a number of these fights now. What works is: Hard/Fast boxing like punches, Muay Thai style kicks (some karate kicks perhaps), and in MMA its submission grappling. I have yet to see any Kenpo/Kempo guy utilize any of the techniques I see demonstrated. This guy above fougth like a kyokushin karateka and won.
BushidoCode72 2 years ago
I think your comment goes for any 'style' of fighting really, they never seem to pull of the fancy specialist moves that they train in. Maybe its because when trained martial artists go up against each other it cancels each other out? Maybe each particular style's techniques would stand out if it was against a mere street thug? Who knows. I know as a doorman, i make kickboxing work quite well for me, mixed with a little aikido-type holds.
DW01 2 years ago
I agree with you that you would most likely use kickboxing and some stand up grappling to hold any unruly patrons as you throw them out. However, no patron with specialist martial arts skills and super athletic ability who has reached black belt or above would have the will to fight you. Would I be correct assuming that 99 per cent of the time, the idiots who cause trouble are either looking for it, or drunk, or both? And they're not trained to the bone mentally and physically?
ramzevans 2 years ago
which kenpo school are you training at? In mine we learn to escape from life threatening situations with groin strikes, eye gauges, and throat strikes. To use these techniques would be against the rules of martial sport. In sport you must obey rules, but on the street, where kenpo excels, there are no rules, just survival.
In addition to learning the above we also strength train and do a lot of work with punching/kicking bags to develop our speed and power, and we weight train on off days.
ramzevans 2 years ago
Bushido, like irishboss said, Kenpo techniques are a series of blows to the vital points (ie - the head & joints) that is meant to either paralyze (either momentarily or permanently ), break bones or simply to kill.
I've seen it used first hand on somebody who uses "street fighting". After a quick fight, "the homeboy" was limping and trying to rub his head back home.
SeaHawkSpring 2 years ago
@BushidoCode72 Once a Kenpo fighter learns the techniques to a manner of instinct and muscle memory, he is deadly with them. Put a Kenpo guy on the street against an untrained fighter and you'll see the techniques shown. But against another Martial Artist it is just not as easy to pull off the techniques like a movie fight.
nostracamis 1 year ago
HOLD THE GOD DAMN CAMERA STILL! D:
CreatorForLife 2 years ago
law of the fist ,or fist law,same thing~
fntmdrgn1 2 years ago
actually Kenpo is not the way of the fist,but more accurately interpreted as "Fist Law".
fntmdrgn1 2 years ago
the law of the fist ;)
k4r4t3mike 2 years ago
Yep~
fntmdrgn1 2 years ago
this is muay thai....look again
kinggaryy 2 years ago
lol are you sure?!..
envyweb 2 years ago
i'd not be surprised about this to have muay thai moves or something like that. American Kenpo has borrowed moves from southeast asian martial arts like burmese kickboxing (which is close to Muay Thai)
tasui 2 years ago
kempo blows
moltenthoughts 2 years ago
kempo is pressure point fighting right?
PRINCEADE9 2 years ago
Wing Chun is superior
Noeltampus1988 2 years ago
is the same kempo or kenpo
avogadro855 2 years ago
this is not fucken kempo u dumb ass shit
SamXiong1 2 years ago
powerblip-shut the fuck up you dumb ass. kenpo is translated to Kempo from the japenese language. the correct name is kenpo but you can use kempo
thequick12345 2 years ago 2
actually the original term is KEMPO. get ur facts right
powerblip 3 years ago
Your both wrong and your both right, Kempo/Kempo is Japanese word meaning Constitution. The Japanese symbol ん means both N or M because you can basically pronounce it either way depending on the person or some words just sound like N sometimes M, but Japanese didnt originate with your Roman Alphabet so the sound is NOT N or M its ん Japanese is its own language,ん is a forein sound placed best it can into a roman alphebet to help westerners get a easy way to learn.
GuamKomudo 2 years ago 17
i searched, and GuamKomudo is correct. thx for catchin that. ive noticed its been a debatable pronunciation amongst many. :)
powerblip 2 years ago
Of course im correct... IM GUAMKOMUDO!!! lol I just dont get why people get the idea that Japanese or Chinese write in English or something lol In Chinese they dont even have a sound based writing system, they made up the sounds first, then just made characters to mean the words, but Japanese does have a kind of alphebet though, 2 actually, not counting the Kanji symbols (Theres over 5000!!!) Personally I think Japanese should say screw Kanji! We have an alphebet now! lol
GuamKomudo 2 years ago
verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry interesting!!!!....VERY!!!!.
it deffinetly wouldnt kill me if i knew more about all dat lol
SurreallTV 2 years ago
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GuamKomudo 2 years ago
Kempo/Kenpo means "Way of The Fist" not constitution... but you are right bout the translation part
AlexAbatecola1 2 years ago
The Kanji symbols mean way of the fist, but the word Kenpo can be constitution as in government rules or something. Your right though as well. I dont even know why I brought that up... That translation I said has nothing to do with this video or conversations that take place here xD lol
GuamKomudo 2 years ago
@GuamKomudo did you know kung means fist and fu means law, translated into another asian language is kenpo, ken meaning fist po meaning law, kempo is just the american version,
MrKempoNinja 1 year ago
Kung does not mean fist, and fu doesn't mean law... >.>
Kung fu means "skill" it has nothing to do with fighting with the exception that fighting can be a skill... If you're a noodle maker, that is your kung fu, the term is changed today. And in Japanese, "Kenpo" means "Constitution" where did you get this information, I am half Japanese, and speak Japanese. "Ken" by itself means sword, and idk what the hell "po" is by itself... But kempo means constitution, or law.
GuamKomudo 1 year ago
@GuamKomudo well i read a wiki and i honestly believe everything on there, so if i am wrong i am sorry
MrKempoNinja 1 year ago
@GuamKomudo ken(/m) means fist and po = way, destiny
so it's the way of the fist. So constitution has nothing to do with it.
(And I know this because I do kempo myself)
VuileTeef 1 year ago
What language is it in? Because in Japanese Ken does in fact NOT mean fist, and Po does in fact NOT mean way. I speak Japanese, THAT'S my source... >.>
GuamKomudo 1 year ago
@GuamKomudo
that i don't know, my sources are my senseis and books
Well since it originated from Hawaii that's a possible language
VuileTeef 1 year ago
Kempo is not Hawaiian... Stop being wrong... There is Kempo in Hawai'i, and there is a "Hawaiian Kempo" which is actually Chinese. You want the legit Hawaiian martial art look up "Lua". Lua is the martial art of Hawai'i, which also has weapon fighting as well.
GuamKomudo 1 year ago
@GuamKomudo
call me wrong for practicing hawaiian style kempo.
and even if there is lua, it's not the only hawaiian martial art
it would be like saying there's only one japanese martial art.
so lua may be legit, but so is hawaiian kempo, which is still different of chinese kempo in technique and stuff but the base is probably the same otherwise they wouldn't both be called kempo.
VuileTeef 1 year ago
Sorry if I came off rude or something. I just meant by "legit" that Lua is strickly a Hawaiian martial art. Hawaiian Kempo is Hawaiian martial arts mixed with what they learned from Chinese merchants that came to their island. By Legit, I meant 100% Hawaiian. Lua is also very scary I would never do Lua, because half of it is making the other persons neck open so you can bite their throat out... >.>
GuamKomudo 1 year ago
@GuamKomudo
Lua kinda makes sense since the original inhabitors were cannibals ^_^'
Durr every martial art has spread. But let's be honest, most martial arts have copied from others (well maybe not lua because it's from a secluded island) But karate, kung fu, kempo, ..., they would all not be what they are today if they didn't copy from others. So even if hawaiian kempo is partially chinese, in due time techniques will develop and become more original and in the end become a separate style.
VuileTeef 1 year ago
@VuileTeef Lua was there a long time before Kenpo - it's still practised - I've a book and some dvds on it - the influences on Kenpo, as I study Kenpo, can be seen, it's a 'live' art like Filipino Escrima/Kali or Indonesian Silat - that is, it is used for battle, still to this day, and I also have Parker's 5 books 'Infinite Insights into Kenpo' Chow enouraged Parker to develop Kenpo in America but would not offer any help, so Ed had to go it alone, he never mentions any problems between them.
omurchu12 8 months ago
@GuamKomudo Wish more people understood this. Names and even simple sounds rarely if ever translate perfectly across languages, especially as different as English and Japanese - so the whole Kenpo/Kempo argument is really a waste of time. It shows how desperate some become to legitimize their art, or more accurately delegitmize other arts. Too bad.
blooit 1 year ago
@GuamKomudo Dunno if it means much but the Kenji characters the Japanese use for Kenpo/Kempo is "拳法" which if translated into Chinese means "quánfǎ" which is an old way of saying "Kung Fu".
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onizukademongto 1 year ago
@onizukademongto It means law of fist. The symbol 拳 is pronounced as kobushi, but in the combination with 法 as ken.
TerrierBram 11 months ago
@GuamKomudo actually it shoalin kempo and its chinese and i happen to take it
mohanned906 1 year ago
I also use to be in Shaolin Kempo, and it's actually Kung fu and Karate, and also some Jujitsu, making it Japanese, Chinese, and Okinawan, it's also Korean due to the fact that they use the chambering of kicks which is a Korean style of kicking that they use. Kempo, especially "Shaolin" Kempo which is not anything to do with the actual Shaolin, is simply just a mix of martial arts of Asia...
GuamKomudo 1 year ago
@GuamKomudo
LOL. That`s not right man get your facts straight. Kenpo means law of the fist and Karate means empty hands (open hands)
I know that because I practiced Kenpo 5.0 from a student of Jeff Speakman who was a student of Ed Parker.
Osu
Djee2007 6 months ago
What does Karate have to do with what I am saying... And the reason I know what I am talking about is because I speak Japanese. Kempo/Kenpo means "The law of the fist" This concept could also be translated into the English as a "Constitution" a "law" a set in stone system. And the concept of Karate (Empty hands) does not mean "empty hands" as we would say in English. I would translate that better in English as "unarmed" or "Holding no weapon". But I never talked of Karate anyway lol
GuamKomudo 6 months ago
@GuamKomudo
Can you read? Or do you only hear what you have to say? Kenpo does not mean constitution it means Law of the fist just like I said earlier. What has karate have to do with it? Kenpo is a form of karate and karate means empty handed.(open hands) what means no weapons.
You can speak Japanese but did you practice Kenpo? Or do you only think it`s cool to talk about it...
Djee2007 6 months ago
YOU are not listening to me man xD haha I did Shaolin Kempo in Oregon. You misunderstand, I speak the language in which this combat system was named. There is no single way to translate a concept from Japanese to English. "The law of the fist" "The constitution of the fist" Is the same concept. It's not a wrong translation, as it implies the same concept... lol The word 拳法 Is derived from two concepts reprisented by two characters 拳 fist and 法 Law/Constitution. None is wrong, none is right
GuamKomudo 6 months ago
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Djee2007 6 months ago
Haha sorry bro xD Try to be more specific next time ok =D
GuamKomudo 6 months ago
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@GuamKomudo
Now you are talking sense. Next time be specific....
Osu
Djee2007 6 months ago
Hey dude this is definitely not kenpo as Avaj78 said dis is more like kyokushin!
Btw its spelt KENPO!
helljumper301 3 years ago
pretty good video but kenpo is spelled kenpo
matt2696 3 years ago
This not kempo,you stupid fuck! This is kyokushin-kai karate.
Avaj78 3 years ago
is this allowed LOL ? kicking a man in the face is pretty savage LOL!
kingcharlesfunksquid 3 years ago
what about kicking a guy who does not step in a ring with you? Now that is what you call savage. Not this.
mandag34 3 years ago 2
Kicking in the nuts is savage.
chrisinsocalif 3 years ago
yah but if a guy attacked me onda street if def. kick him in the groin lol
Nikrou 3 years ago
Maybe it's just me, but that doesn't look anything like kenpo - it looks more like TKD. Kenpo techniques are usually counter-active and don't focus so much on throwing kicks. Don't get me wrong - it was a great kick, but that doesn't look like any kenpo i've ever seen.
crazymanwithaplunger 3 years ago 2
I had the same thought. Looks nothing like Kenpo. I've seen it a lot in tournaments. Kenpo guys are all Kenpoy and shit doing their katas and when they spar they turn into a taekwondo muhammad ali. What's with that?
TrevorX76 3 years ago
lol same... and a slow motion version too, tkd fighters kick so damn fast :) compared to this fight =.="
Johnohpro8 3 years ago
i like kempo but if u can get kempo and ju juistu you'd be pretty bad ass with standin and ground fighting
southernman454 3 years ago
I was there lolol
kempochines 3 years ago 3
was it a hard kick? did the guy survived? :)
adryana1980 3 years ago
yes. He is ok a Jeet Kune Do instructor today and live and kicking lolol
chuanfalohantao 3 years ago
HEAD SHOT!
LilReaper1010 4 years ago 12
frumos...:))
UniCoolGMaxx 4 years ago