DesertDragon Posted January 29, 2004 Share Posted January 29, 2004 Is there any type of form you would recommend for an open tournament favoring kempo? Would I be better off doing a form like shotokan's unsu, with a jump and some flashier moves, or more of a "power" form with deep low stances with strong simplistic techniques? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorinryu Sensei Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 My experiences with judging and referring numerous Ed Parker Kempo tournaments haven't been very pleasant. I've found them VERY prejudiced and biased towards their system, even to the point of "loading up the judges" so that they would assign judges that would favor their system in the black belt division. I'm sure this isn't the "norm" for all kempo tournaments (or I hope not anyway), but it has been my own personal experience, and I won't judge/ref another of their tournaments because of it. As to your question, kempo likes fast, flashy techniques, but hates high kicks flying kicks, so I'd recommend avoiding those. Power is good, but speed is better..so a combo of both of those would be a good choice I think. My nightly prayer..."Please, just let me win that PowerBall Jackpot just once. I'll prove to you that it won't change me!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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