There’s a new martial arts magazine on the block. Sean Seifer of IDMAA has created Martial Arts Monthly. It’s a free online magazine. It even features my friend KenpoJoe Rebelo, who give Kempoinfo.com a shoutout. They are looking for contributors, so drop them a line if you are looking for a writing outlet. There is a lot of kempo information this month, so it’s definitely worth a read.
Dan Weston posted a link to this classic article over at Martialtalk. Apparently Black Belt has put many of their magazines into Google Books as an archive, which is much more comprehensive than the archives at the Black Belt Magazine site.
I find this article pretty informative, as the descriptions are of Fred Villari as an accomplished martial artist are telling. Also telling, or at least perhaps some foreshadowing is the level of exaggeration Villari puts into the article. He’s 30, but mentions starting his school “8-10 years ago”, even though he apparently started studying with Nick Cerio in 1967, and received his black belt in 1969, only six years before the article. Perhaps a sign?
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Six Kata is one of S. George Pesare’s contributions to the Shaolin Kempo system. The version in this video is one from one of the offshoots (probably a Villari offshoot). It’s interesting because it breaks the pattern established in Kata 1-5 of the cross block (right foot out at elbows) opening and moves to a more explosive accelerating / decelerating movement style. We have a couple of other videos available. Check them out to see the variety of ways this form can be done.
