David Carnley of Steiner Academy of Martial Arts

It’s interesting to see the development that takes place when a school is cut off from its original source of information. In this particular case, the school is twice removed, once from the main line of Shaolin Kempo, and again from an offshoot, and has explored both Kyusho and SL-4 kenpo to flesh out their knowledge, creating an interesting frame of reference for techniques.  In this clip, David Carnley demonstrates the particular interpretation of combinations 3 and 2 used at the Steiner Academy of Martial Arts. 

 

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Combination 17

I got an email from Jim Brassard today. He has a nice video on combination 17 posted to Youtube today. He refers to the old habit of many Shaolin Kempo folks  regarding stepping back and shows his interpretation. 

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Knife vs. Candy Cane. Candy Cane FTW!

I guess it’s like an unlikely form of ‘rock-paper-scissors’.

Proving the power of the Christmas Spirit, a person takes up a plastic candy cane from the front yard to defeat a knife wielding attacker. I don’t know if this will lead to plastic candy cane regulation or how this will affect your ability to bring plastic candy canes on airplanes, but hey, it’s nice to see the good guys win now and then. 

Edit: Apparently they also fight germs. Is there nothing that candy canes can’t do?!?!

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