Kenpo in America

[MasterPain]

I just thought, this is a thread about Kenpo/Kempo, but its in the karate section, in the UK you'd be hard pushed to find a Kenpo Karate School as opposed to a Kenpo Jujitsu School so shouldn't we move this thread to the Jujitsu section?

When something has been a mixed martial art all along, but it's not Mixed Martial Arts, it can be a bit hard to catagorize.

[Dobbersky]

I just thought, this is a thread about Kenpo/Kempo, but its in the karate section, in the UK you'd be hard pushed to find a Kenpo Karate School as opposed to a Kenpo Jujitsu School so shouldn't we move this thread to the Jujitsu section?

When something has been a mixed martial art all along, but it's not Mixed Martial Arts, it can be a bit hard to catagorize.

Solid response! I agree, same as some Wado Ryu'ists whether Wado Ryu is Karate or Jujitsu or something else, I would consider Kenpo as Kenpo, not Karate or Jujitsu just Kenpo in its own right

[ATACXGYM]

I prefer a white Gi, but that's just me.

I would like to know where the Black Gi came from too. I know that Ninjitsu clans wear black Gi's so wondering if Kenpo/Kempo is part of the lineage of where Ninjitsu came from as I read that Ninjitsu had a Chinese heritage NOT Japanese as considered prior

I haven't a clue as to where the Black Gi came from, although I would think that Kenpo Elders like Doc Chapel or Frank Trejo or Larry Tatum might know. Let me add Ed Parker Jr. to that list as a guy who'd probably know, too.