I know we’ve already had a post on circle of the tiger, but here’s a slightly ‘crisper’ version of Circle of the Tiger done by Billy Dunmire (courtesy of YouTube). It’s a Nick Cerios Kenpo form that was based on 1-3 kata, and has been adopted by both USSD and MSDC. One more thing, you [...]
Entries Tagged as 'KempoBlog'
Billy Dunmire, Circle of the Tiger
December 18th, 2009 by matt · 2 Comments
“There are no fixed postures in Karate”
December 13th, 2009 by matt · 2 Comments
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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Getting Around
December 6th, 2009 by Marlon · 14 Comments
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 [...]
Tags: KempoBlog · Marlon · Quick Tips · Uncategorized · self-defense
I must be doing something right.
November 29th, 2009 by matt · No Comments
Here’s some ‘feedback’ I got. I must be doing something right.
Who cares? Here you are living all caught up and focused on somebody that died way way back in 1981. Get a life, more important live your life. Mitose is dead and gone & since, chances are you never had the courage to confront [...]

