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I realize that this is a bit of an ironic followup to Marlon’s previous post on the Crane stance, but that’s why I recruited him to broaden the intellectual offerings of this blog. This month’s issue of Classical Fighting Arts was a real winner for me. Besides a nice article about Choki Motobu by his [...]

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When I last tested with MSDC, I noted a big deficiency in myself.  When exhausted, dehydrated and hungry standing in a crane / flamingo stance was not easy.  I was shaky and those testing me not only noticed but made a point of telling me so, loudly and repeatedly.  So, nearly comatose on the way [...]

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Repetition is one of the best teachers around.  So most of our kempo forms repeat concepts and move in an SK way.  Many people simply don’t believe in the later creations of GM Villari for various reasons.  I usually, take the approach that I know less than others and work hard to ‘get it’, and [...]

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Where I am after I ‘block’ not only depends on my footwork but also my attackers reaction to my response.  So much of our kempo involves us getting to the side of an attacker or behind them , so the question becomes speed versus technique.  A big criticism I heard of SK was that it [...]

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