Hawaiian Kenpo Katas

Bill Ryusaki is a seminal figure in the history of Kempo, and for East coast Kempo folks, you should recognize his name as many of the early videos shared by SGM George Pesare were filmed in his yard. It’s interesting to see that Naihanchi appears in some form in one of the kata.

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Channan from Kempo Jutsu

In a continuing effort to share the forms I am currently doing, I am posting a video of Channan. It’s a traditional style (old style ) form out of the Okinawan tradition. This would be given at an intermediate rank in Kempo Jutsu.

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Combination 97 (or 95).

Marlon Wilson drew my attention to this video in which GM Villari demonstrates what he references as combination 97, but has also been taught as combination 95. To my mind, it seems like a variant of combination 22, but with more of a ‘tiger’ flair to it. Its the first technique on the video.

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