Maestro Parker

Algunas ideas antes de una de sus visitas a Chile

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[kenpolife]

The Father of American Karate speaks.

Rare and fantastic.

Major concepts covered in this.

[sunhelmet]

As an instructor in FMA, I would suggest looking at the history of the person you are commenting on, Mr. Parker introduced FMA to one of the most popular ambassadors of FMA today Guro Dan Inosanto, one of Mr. Parker's students at that time. That is a very gracious act and it shows he respected the knife skills of the FMA enough to lead his own student to that path. There's many common elements to what he is showing here in this clip to FMA.

[TeddyBear76100]

Awesome!!!! Finally footage of Ed Parker demonstrating blade techniques!!!

[TeddyBear76100]

@sshaffe4011 Indeed Paul Mills and Skip Hancock - Paul Mills demonstrates some knife skills in one of his speed clips on AKKI YouTube channel, with a part of the new developed Knife Form in 1988 by Mr. Parker: Long Form #8 (not the Old Long Form 7 that can be seen on YouTube - the new Long Form 8 (new Knife Form) has not been put on YouTube yet...

I personally trained with John "Skip" Hancock and would say it is different that Fillipino arts - mr. Hancock has released 2 Blade DVDs

[SuperKenster1]

Ed Parker tried to unlock the secrets of Lua a Hawaiian art. Ed was never sucessfull in that he took up with Mormonisn which discouraged this activity, as a result Ed trained with Sam Chow to the Purple belt level and then Adriano Emperado .Actual Hawaiian Artist with a true appeciation for Polynesian culture are now starting to show the relationship with the movements contained in the "Haka" and Lua something Ed could not do, due to his western oreintation to all things Polynesian.

[Deilgyre]

@talon115 "Limited knowlege of the time?"

He honed his system until he unexpectedly died in 1990...not 1950.

And 'American Kenpo' is known for progressing and improving itself - it's not a static martial art...although it is regimented.

If you're talking about the "improvements" to the martial arts through the ring sport "MMA"...well, lol @ that.

[45vincentconnolly]

One of the greatest thinkers and innovators in the martial arts ever, Period.

[osbornehunter]

damn he was fast! precise like a boxer..imo. id say fast a bruce lee or faster..cmon, lets see everyone's panties in a bunch...lol.

[talon115]

@MrByaeger Agreed!

[MrByaeger]

like kenpo or not, this man could move and explode..much respect

[spadaydaga]

@sunhelmet Very true! I've always thought that Kenpo's Five Swords technique was based on Angel Cabales's Serrada Escrima system. Inside Sweep defense.