I thought the person (blue belt, I think) doing the Circle of the Tiger in the previous post did a pretty good job. I was especially pleased to see that the form was done in a pretty ‘by-the-book’ fashion. This was in contrast by the unseen, but unfortunately not unheard off-screen Bruce Lee / Strangling a Cat festival nearby. This always disappoints me about tournament kata, in that everyone turns into something like Michael Bolton stubbing his toe repeatedly, providing a long drawn out kiai for every move of their form. This next video is of a green belt performing the Ryuei-Ryu (say that ten times fast) kata Pachu at a tournament. I sure hope this lady won.
Not Kempo, but a pretty good kata performance.
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Circle of the Tiger
Here’s a performance of ‘Circle of the Tiger’. Although it is a form from Nick Cerio’s Kenpo, many offshoots including USSD and MSDC have incorporated it. Here’s one version; a performance at a tournament in Canada. Video after the jump. Continue reading
One more Emperado Video
John Bishop has posted a sixth video of Sijo Adriano Emperado on Youtube, so I’ve just added it to the earlier post on this subject at the bottom. One caution – this last one has some ‘not suitable for television’ language in it.
