Over the course of sharing some techniques, the question ‘What is a Kempo’ cropped up in regards to kempo techniques. Most folks in Shaolin Kempo have combinations and ‘kempos’, along with weapons defenses, grabs, etc.
Some however aren’t as familiar with ‘kempos’ as we often term them, so I took a moment to give an explanation as to why we might have a bunch of front punch defenses called combinations, and then have another set of front punch defenses called ‘kempos’. As soon as I sent the email containing the explanation, I thought that I might need to explain this again sometime, so I figured I would post it. It is over in the articles section.
