The 11 hands of Buddha is a less frequently seen blocking system in Shaolin Kempo. It includes the cutting, pulling and redirecting blocks often seen in the more advanced combinations. Steve Castelli of Shaolin Self Defense Centers has created a pretty comprehensive playlist explaining and demonstrating the various elements of this blocking system. If you enjoy it, perhaps like and subscribe their channel. The first 12 videos in the list pertain to the system. I think the last three are put there inadvertently as they are completely unrelated. Here’s an example of him explaining the cutting aspect:
Fred Villari on Boxing Concepts
Fred Villari was a fan of boxing and offers some ideas regarding the intersection of boxing and Kempo. The Villari Videos channel has curated some really interesting material. The video must be watched on Youtube – embedding is disabled.
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Villari’s Pinan and Kata Playlist
The Villari Video channel has a forms playlist that includes the basic kata (pinans and kata) plus some black belt forms like Nenglis and Invincible Wall. Hopefully they will continue to expand the list – it’s nice to see ‘official’ channels put helpful content out there.
Here’s a couple of 4th degree black belts demonstrating invincible wall at what appears to be a tournament or demo:
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