Kajukenbopr

1. I did not say he should ask for money- but it better be good material he gives out. as commercialized as martial arts have become its hard to find a good school where they teach you well. 2. there are some very good instructors out there and how they give their classes will give out great training for the students. 3. I dont think belts should be sold simply for money however, I think a rank is achieved when you have mastered or know the material you are currently practising. I do not want to offend anyone, but at least here in Puerto Rico, I havent seen a serious teacher of martial arts teach good Tae Kwon Do. Most students end up leaving martial arts because it was a dead-end road for them......

lol i knew anyone that wanted $50/month teaching from a blue belt couldnt be that good....

they are all different types of excercise, they are all pretty effective, but every style of tai chi is effective for self defense once mastered. you train moving slow to gqain control of your whole body and increase chi. Then quick movements can be developed

lol, The way I train(even though I dont really get to train that long because of college)and the way I think about all I learn in martial Arts, people say I'm a bit obssesed about MA. Its what I like to do with my free time and thinking about it and trying to better myself all the time

well, never take fighting to teh emotional extreme(getting too angry). but I would have pretty much done the same as you. you should however, keep a better guard next time you fight like this, you keptt getting hit that means ur guard is down wen u are hitting him and retreat. Also, find an easier "escape route" when you plan on retreating from the opponent instead of just stopping altogether in front of him.

Actually, i have to say that it is a profit machine..... I'f I have 30 students which I train for 2 hour clases 2 times a week, just by asking $50/month per student.Its $1500 by instructing my students(and most schools have more than 20 students), add to that, their equipment(extra cost)-that I could provide if they buy ft from me. Then for exams for the belts from $50-300 or 400 as I've heard in some schools. So with 30 students, I could gain from $1500 to who knows how much $ by giving a belt exam. Besides training with me, the students must train at their homes to come prepared and work better next time, so I'm relaly giving out 16 hours of my time for $1000/month. Plus I get to have my full job the rest of the week. After you get a black belt under you, you get him to teach for you, and so on, and on.... not there for profit,huh? I'm not saying its wrong to charge for classes, but I think some schools take advantage of students and make them pay too much for the classes and exams. For a black belt exam I heard you have to pay $500 for a test that takes about 45 min. What costs so much that u have to pay $500 for 45 minutes??

well, you are probably reffering to Traditional Tae Kwon Do which is a mroe complete martial art. It is pretty much like Karate, however, I have noticed KArate tends to be harder than trad Tae Kwon Do. However, when people talk about olympic or sport Tae Kwon do and says he practices for self defense, they are wrongfully assuming, just because they can kick for a competition, they have learned all they need to defend him or herself. I'm not saying it doesnt help, I'm saying its not all there is to it, is all.

Hell, yeah! I think a girl who can look good to me and can kick my butt is sexy did that sound too much like a masochist? I love it. I had a friend who I didnt really pay much attention to, and after she told me she practiced kenpo we started talking a lot and I ended up liking her for a while.

Kung fu for self defense. it emphasises on low kicks and a lot of hand strikes and simple blocks entwined, they train for quick reaction, speed strikes, finger strikes are common. As a Kung Fu style, it has everything from kicks, to punching, grappling and a bit of groundfight, though they try to avoid getting close to grapple if they can strike instead.

Tai chi has the best conditioning for the body- I bet you cant take one class without breaking a sweat or trembling. Its different point of views but Tai chi is very effective when mastered. Also, it can make u be healthier

First of all, 50 bucks to learn form someone who doesnt know everything, is not that great a deal.... you might be taking incomplete BJJ material.... Insuficient training on his part- but it is 50 bucks... Take it

depends on the style- some fight in boxing stance but I'm sure I know a couple of schools that dont use the boxing stance. Some Kajukenbo schools teach the boxing stance- where I practice we're told to adopt any position that's comfortable as long as its practical and wont get you hurt.

Sauzin I dont want you to feel left out. Here is the link to the Okinawa Kenpo Karate Origins Link: http://iwatanakarate.tripod.com/kenpo-karate-history.htm

I wanted to post this again since I cant really take info from that place. Kenpo's Origin http://www.ctkenpo.com/historyofkenpo.html

Budoscholar00 This is not always so. True, most people jsut try to grab you and get you to the floor, but this is how someone who doesnt know how to fight will react. However, if you find yourself defending agianst an experienced boxer (or someone who has trained in a similar art) will strike in a more controlled manner and become harder to control.

well, depending on the school- some kenpo schools can be great for self defense. Kajukenbo has techniques that have been proven on the streets for self defense. I've sparred with people from KArate and Wing Chun- those are pretty effective but it all depends on how well they train, u see...

Kenpo came from China and was refined in Japan to the name okinawan kenpo karate, from there it has changed to other styles, both the root from china and the one that was refined in Japan. Its not stuff that came together at the same time in different places..... people took that style to other places and kept changing parts of it to make it more efficient- more in tune with their needs.

catchtom Go look at a good Kenpo or KAjukenbo school- one hit, moving to another hit, to a grab- u dont move and let your opponent stare at you as you move, you hit and you keep moving quickly leaving your attacker with no time to respond Krav MAga is the same, hurting the opponent to keep on hurting him some more until he cant try to hurt you anymore...

Asians use, or traditionally use weights for everyday chores, that helps prove to themselves that their training is working - some may use them to develop some speed, but its not the whole base of their training. you may not believe it works,but it does. Like I said, you have to try it to see for yourself.

Actually, stance training does improve strength but if you're not patient enough to wait to see the results, they wont make themselves evident to you. you can say you dont stiffen up, but weights are designed to make ur muscles contract and keep that shape, even if you dont realize it, you get tense. you said this type of training has been proven wrong? Then what are cientifics saying in England? They are saying people in China stay healthier than us because they practice excercises which keep them more relaxed which makes them stronger as well as healthier. Sure, they dont grow big muscles, but theirs are easier to keep and they dont need to tense up to develop them.....Also, these muscles are easier to use than the ones develop by weights.

the base of most kenpo styles are pretty similar- ur right they vary, some are from china, others from Japan and others are from Hawaii - there are going to be different. However, karate styles are different from each other and they still call themselves "Karate" , Kung Fu can be even more diverse from one style to another but still falls into the category of "Kung Fu" so what if yo are KEnpo from Japan and I am Kenpo from Hawaii?- it is still kenpo.

wow, took me so long to answer to this : I think its conflicting before when you train for push ups for example, you train to develop one kind of movement which is used for short periods, repeatedly, with effort. in Chinese excercises, the strength used is minimum but sustained for long periods of time. These mvements are not necessarily the same, allowing for more movement. Also, true internal excercises require for a stress free body- by doing weight lifting and crunches, you create stress in the body again making it more difficult to make progress.

doesnt hurt to train for power though..... mix speed with power and you've got a killer combo

Well, to my knowledge American Kenpo focuses more on rapid hits using mainly the hands. Not so much use of grappling as other kenpo and a lot of quick movement to overwhelm the opponent. Kajukenbo, although it has a lot of quick hits, it involves more kicks; we train to grapple and groundfight a lot(though I guess American Kenpo trains in this too). But we seem to be more KArate like- not so much rapid movements all the time, just in the techniques we use. American KEnpo strikes are a bit different but I think most of the style is pretty much the same. How it is executed is where the styles might differ. Like I said, I dont really know much about American KEnpo,so I could be wrong. Send me a pm and we'll discuss the differences, I'd like to learn more about American Kenpo.

if it is a tournament open to general styles, you dont really have to worry about how you wear the belt as long as you wear it - just in case, you should learn how they do it at your school