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A video posted of Shihan Manny Esmeraldo of The Dojo in Stamford, CT, starts with a demonstration of some combinations (you can play ‘name them’ in the comments) and on to some kempo techniques, but then ends with what I only hope was a speed drill. The instructor appears to have good speed, accuracy and flow, but the attacks become so feeble, as to render them as ‘token arm to work with’. What do you think?

I am often asked when I am going to put up videos of the combinations. Some folks are more visual and don’t easily translate the written descriptions in the archive to movement. Well, this year I’m setting a goal to make videos of all of the combinations I have archived. I don’t currently do them all, and don’t like many of them, but I’ll do it anyway.

However, since I don’t actually get paid to do this site, I will do them at my leisure. If you are in a rush, however, we do have video or have found video for a surprising number of combinations.

Kempoman (steve) has put up a walk through of combinations 1-60. In the near future, I’ll be posting an alternate 1-20 I found, plus another 1-37 done by a Villari’s 7th dan. Besides that, 2,3,5,8,10,11,13,15,16,17, 19,20, 22,36,43,44,47,49,50,and 56 have been done by folks such as, Jim Brassard, Marlon Wilson, Fred Villari, Justin Terrien, Jesse Dwire, and Kevin Carmichael. So, check those out while you wait, and take a moment to appreciate the folks who have put their stuff out their for your benefit. I didn’t put any links here, so you’ll have to make thorough use of the search function.

Happy Searching,

Matt

John Bishop‘s current book emphasizes more the history of the art. I figured I’d provide a link if anyone was interested in checking it out. Also, here’s his second video from Youtube on Kajukenbo concepts. It gives insight into the mindset on how the techniques are integrated from the various component arts keeping in mind the concept of ‘flow’.